Clinical Faculty

The clinical faculty review process is designed to assess the overall contribution and performance of the clinical faculty member. It also provides an opportunity for the clinical faculty member to receive feedback and mentoring as he or she progresses toward the application for promotion. Faculty members being evaluated shall bear the responsibility of making certain that all relevant documents are in their personnel file at the time of the evaluation. The normal review schedule for faculty with clinical appointments is as follows:

Second Year: Formal review involving the Promotion and Tenure Committee, appropriate dean, associate provost, and Provost.

Fourth Year: Formal review involving the Promotion and Tenure Committee, appropriate dean, associate provost, and Provost. Faculty members shall submit for review all the appropriate materials since their last review.

Fifth Year: Formal review involving the Promotion and Tenure Committee, appropriate dean, associate provost, and Provost. Faculty members shall submit for review all the appropriate materials since their last review.

Promotion: Formal review involving the Promotion and Tenure Committee, appropriate dean, associate provost, and Provost. The Provost will notify the faculty member in writing of the decision. A clinical faculty member may be eligible to be evaluated for promotion in his or her sixth year of full-time employment at Bethel University. For cases of promotion to Associate Clinical Professor, faculty members shall submit for review all the appropriate materials since their hiring. For cases of promotion to full Clinical Professor, faculty members shall submit for review all the appropriate materials since their last promotion.

Five-Year Reviews: After the initial fifth year review, clinical faculty are reviewed by the Promotion and Tenure Committee, appropriate dean, associate provost, and Provost every 5 years. The Promotion and Tenure Committee can recommend renewal for a 3-year period.

In the event that a faculty member is scheduled for a review and elects to go for promotion in the same academic year, the Promotion and Tenure Committee shall, if possible, conduct one meeting to consider both review and promotion. All recommendations require separate votes. The meeting shall be held in accordance with promotion timelines.

Office of the Provost