PPA Academic Responsibilities and Restrictions Sample Clauses

PPA Academic Responsibilities and Restrictions. PPAs teach the full regular faculty course load, currently four courses per year. Additional responsibilities include service such as departmental or Divisional committees, student advising, etc. Professor of Practice in the Arts may serve on or chair committees, serve as director of undergraduate and graduate studies, may be invited to supervise and participate in BA, MA, and MFA theses and exams, may be invited to participate in, but not supervise PhD theses and exams, and may vote on Department or Unit matters in the following areas: 1. All student matters, including but not limited to admissions, aid, curriculum, exams, and thesis advising; 2. Most Department/unit faculty and governance matters; 3. Recommendation of who is to serve as department Chair; 4. Serve on search committees. Additionally, PPAs may not: 1. Serve as members of the University Senate; 2. Vote in the Department or Division on appointment, renewal, tenure, or promotion decisions for tenure-track and tenured faculty; 3. Chair search committees for tenure-track, tenured faculty, or Professors of Practice in the Arts; 4. Serve on review committees for other Professors of Practice in the Arts at or above their rank; 5. Vote in the Department or Division on renewal or promotion decisions for Professor of Practice in the Arts above their own rank;
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