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Faculty Appointments and Advancement

History & Mission

Faculty Appointments and Advancement (FAA) is a multifaceted unit that serves the faculty, academic administration and campus community of IUPUI in matters pertaining to faculty life. Our mission is to enhance the lives of faculty from their recruitment and hiring, orientation and acclimation, tenure and promotion, sabbatical and other leaves of absence, to post-tenure review and retirement.

Overview

The Dean of Faculties is responsible for the strength and success of the University’s most important resource, its faculty.  The Dean of Faculties pursues this mission through policies and procedures which enable schools and departments to hire outstanding faculty and support their success at IUPUI.  The Dean of Faculties celebrates this success with events and ceremonies focused on faculty awards and honors.

FAA serves as the operational arm of the Dean of the Faculties Office. FAA provides interpretation, implementation, and communication of policies and procedures to faculty, administrators, staff and students, both within and outside of the campus community. FAA provides leadership in enriching faculty experiences with advancement policies and processes.

FAA Leadership and Support Missions and Activities

• Provide campus offices with guidance in making faculty appointments and conducting reviews of faculty work throughout their academic careers;
• Contribute to campus, school, and department deliberations about policies and procedures affecting faculty appointments and advancement, including supporting the campus conversation about hiring practices and policies;
• Support the Dean of Faculties in conducting the important reviews that shape faculty life, especially, annual reviews, three-year reviews, promotion and tenure reviews, and post-tenure reviews;
• Facilitate the handling of questions about faculty life and work as well as consult with faculty and administrators in the early stages of faculty grievances;
• Ensure that faulty appointments and advancement procedures are fair, consistent, and transparent; and
•  Support the process for recognizing and promoting faculty achievement and success in both internal and external award competitions.

Some of the projects and ongoing work of FAA for which FAA is responsible and pursues in cooperation with other offices are:Managing faculty appointments (including background checks and I-9 renewals) and reappointments;

• Managing approvals for new certificates, majors, and minors;
• Overseeing the faculty annual summary reports;
• Managing the annual Honors Convocation;
• Overseeing the campus awards process;
• Overseeing the “IUPUI Guide to the Academic Handbook”;
• Organizing and managing (in collaboration with the Consortium for Learning and Scholarship) the new faculty orientation;
• Collecting and reviewing unit and department policies affecting faculty life;
• Managing and supporting three-year reviews, promotion and tenure reviews, and sabbatical leaves;
• Managing the retiring faculty reception;
• Consulting in the faculty grievance process; and
• Maintaining a liaison with HRMS on faculty personnel policies and procedures.