Faculty Promotion and Tenure Task Force 

Background:

In spring 2021, Chancellor Elliman tasked the Office of Strategic Initiatives (OSI) with running a strategic process to identify key priorities and initiatives for the campus over the next five years. OSI partnered with Inworks to leverage an inclusive, human-centered philosophy of design innovation and engage over 700 members of the campus community in contributing to a vision for how CU Anschutz might continue to break new ground in health sciences education, research, patient care and community engagement. OSI convened a steering committee and four working groups centered on each of these mission areas.

In synthesizing the recommendations from these groups, a common theme that emerged was the need to invest in our people. Participants felt that there was a need to better recognize the contributions of faculty across the many dimensions of their work. A key recommendation was to evaluate campus promotion and tenure processes to identify opportunities to reward achievements in community engagement, and innovation.

Charge:

The charge of this task force is to assess current promotion processes and develop recommendations/best practices regarding campus promotion criteria and processes, with attention to DEI, innovation, and community engagement.

Co-Conveners:
Dr. Laura Borgelt, Associate Vice Chancellor, Strategic Initiatives and
Dr. Regina Richards, Vice Chancellor, Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement