Overview
Policies and Procedures governing RTP at Cal State L.A. are articulated in several documents. It is highly recommended that candidates for retention, tenure, or promotion familiarize themselves with these documents. These policy documents include: the CSU/CFA Collective Bargaining Agreement (particularly Articles 13, 14, and 15), the CSULA Faculty Handbook policy “Evaluation of Permanent Instructional Faculty,” and relevant College and Department/Division/School RTP policies. These policies are listed in priority order; in any case in which a lower-level policy document conflicts with a higher-order document, the higher-order document governs the matter (e.g., if a College policy conflicts with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, that policy is null and void with respect to the matter about which there is conflict).
For College and Department/Division/School policy documents, click here.
Together, these policies aim at two main objectives: (1) to maintain and enhance the high quality of the academic programs at CSULA, and (2) to safeguard the rights of faculty employees throughout the evaluation process leading to retention, tenure, and promotion decisions.
EARLY TENURE AND PROMOTION
Typically, a faculty member is considered for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in his or her sixth(6th) year of employment as a probationary faculty member and considered for promotion to the rank of professor during the fifth (5th) year in rank as an Associate Professor. Please note that a candidate for early promotion to the rank of Associate Professor must have sustained outstanding record at Cal State Los Angeles in categories A and B, "educational performance" and "professional achievement", and must have at least a satisfactory record in category C, "contributions to the University". A candidate for early promotion to the rank of professor must have an outstanding record in categories A and B, "educational performance" and "professional achievement " and must be found to be at least commendable in category C, "contributions to the University". For more information please see the faculty Handbook policy on the evaluation of permanent instructional faculty (linked above).
reports and rebuttals
Each level of reviewers will provide the faculty member with a report of their review and decision, which the faculty member must sign, indicating receipt of that review. If desired, the faculty member may submit—within 10 calendar days of the date of each report—a response to any level of review; any such responses then become a part of the Personnel File, available to higher level reviewers.