From Associate Professor to Professor a. An associate professor will be eligible for promotion to professor when, other conditions of this article having been complied with, he is an outstanding teacher, has received superior evaluations, has been in the rank of associate professor for five (5) years, and has a doctorate from a regionally accredited institution of higher education. In the absence of a doctorate, the faculty member must have been in the rank of associate professor for seven (7) years. Individuals not promoted to the rank of professor xxxx continue to advance on the salary scale of the associate professor rank until they reach the maximum of the salary scale.
