Effective July 1, 2005, the following sections of the
Academic Personnel Manual were revised to include references to affirmative
action and diversity in consideration of academic personnel actions and
job responsibilities. To access the full content of the Academic
Personnel Manual (APM), go to http://www.ap.uci.edu/APM/APM_intro.html.
APM - 210-1-d
Instructions to Review Commmittees
Which Advise on Actions in the Professor and Corresponding Series |
Provides that teaching, research, and service that promote diversity
and equal opportunity are to be encouraged and given recognition
in the evaluation of the candidate's qualifications. |
APM - 240
Deans and Provosts |
Provides that Deans and Provosts are responsible
for an affirmative action program consistent with University policies |
APM - 245
(Appendix A)
Department Chairs |
Provides that the Chair is responsible for maintaining
a climate hospitable to diversity and for maintaining a department
affirmative action program. |
APM 210–1-d – Criteria for Appointment, Promotion, and
Appraisal
…The University is committed to excellence and equity in every
facet of its mission. Teaching, research, professional and public
service contributions that promote diversity and equal opportunity
are to be encouraged and given recognition in the evaluation of the
candidate’s qualifications. These contributions to diversity
and equal opportunity can take a variety of forms including efforts
to advance equitable access to education, public service that addresses
the needs of California’s diverse population, or research in
a scholar’s area of expertise that highlights inequalities. Mentoring
and advising of students or new faculty members are to be encouraged
and given recognition in the teaching or service categories of academic
personnel actions…
[Full
text of APM 210]
APM 240 – Deans & Provosts – Definition (240-4a)
An academic Dean or Provost is head of a Division, College, School,
or other similar academic unit and has administrative responsibility
for that unit. This includes fiscal responsibility for the unit, maintaining
an affirmative action program for faculty and staff recruitment and retention
consistent with University affirmative action policies, and responsibility
for insuring that systemwide and local policies, including Academic Senate
regulations, are observed. [Full
text of APM 240]
AMP 245 (Appendix A) – Duties of
Department Chairs
As leader of the department, the chair has the following duties:
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2. The appointee is responsible for the recruitment, selection, and
evaluation of both the faculty and the staff personnel of the department. In
consultation with colleagues, the chair recommends appointments, promotions,
merit advances, and terminations. The appointee is responsible
for maintaining a departmental affirmative action program for faculty
and staff personnel, consistent with University affirmative action
policies. The appointee is expected to make sure that faculty
members are aware of the criteria prescribed for appointment and advancement
[APM 210], and to make appraisals and recommendations in accordance
with the procedures and principles stated in the President’s
Instructions to Appointment and Promotion Committees.
…
The chair’s administrative duties include the following (special
assignments may be added from time to time, and the Chancellor or Dean
may specify additional duties):
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12. To report annually on the department’s affirmative action
program, including a description of good faith efforts undertaken to
ensure equal opportunity in appointment, promotion, and merit activities,
as well as a report on affirmative action goals and results in accordance
with campus policy.
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[Full
text of APM 245] |
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