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Senior Agent

Category
Tenured and Tenure Track Appointments
Sub Category
Extension Agent Titles

Definition

This rank is parallel to the rank of Associate Professor. In addition to the qualifications of an Agent, the appointee must have demonstrated achievement in program development and must have shown originality and creative ability in designing new programs, teaching effectiveness, and evidence of service to the community, institution, and profession. Appointment to this rank may carry tenure. 

New appointments at the rank of Professor and Associate Professor with tenure and Principal and Senior Agent with tenure must be reviewed by faculty committees and administrators at all levels. No offer of appointment at the rank of Associate Professor, Professor, Senior Agent or Principal Agent (regardless of tenure status) is valid without presidential approval. (New Assistant Professor and Agent appointments are not handled by the University APT process.)
 

Hiring Procedures

New faculty appointments to the ranks of Associate Professor and Senior Agent without tenure proceed for review and approval by the President based on a recommendation from the Provost, unless questions arise, in which case the President may direct that the proposed appointment undergo an unofficial "tenurability review" by University APT committees prior to presidential consideration. No offer of appointment to the rank of Associate Professor or Senior Agent without tenure is valid in the absence of presidential approval. Units hiring associate professors and senior agents without tenure must submit a dossier to the Office of Faculty Affairs for review. The dossier should contain an original proof of degree, a completed New Faculty Appointment Information form, a Dean's letter of support, and Chair's letter of support, the new hire's CV, and external letters of support for the hire. For additional information and processing a new appointment to Associate Professor or Senior Agent without tenure, see the APT Guidelines.

For new appointments at the rank of Senior Agent with Tenure, prior to final approval from the President, a letter of intent to hire may be sent after gaining approval of the appointment from the hiring Department's Dean(s). Refer to the Sample Letters of Intent to Hire for a template of such an appointment letter.

New appointments may be submitted at any time. (However, during summer and winter breaks the processing of cases is often slower due to the unavailability of campus APT members.) All requests for new appointments must be accompanied by the New Faculty Appointment Information form that provides the information necessary for presidential approval of the appointment.

See the APT Guidelines for more information. 

Appointment Term

Appointments as Senior Agent without tenure shall be for an initial period of one to four years, except that initial appointments for individuals with no prior teaching experience may be for a maximum of six years.

Faculty members with a 9-month appointment (22 pay periods) who wish to have their academic salaries paid over a 12-month period (26 pay periods) must complete appropriate documentation.