Policy on informing faculty on annual salary and reappointment for upcoming academic year
Tenured Faculty
As per Chapter 304 - Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure - Section 304.02: Tenure is a faculty status that fosters an environment of free inquiry without regard for the need to be considered for reappointment.
Tenured faculty will not receive annual contracts that reappoint them. Deans will provide to each of their tenured faculty a notification through Docusign of their annual salary for the upcoming academic year normally by April 1.
Deans will create a contract for the year a faculty member is first tenured and the year promoted to professor.
Tenure-track Faculty
As per Chapter 304 - Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure - Section 304.07: Unless tenured, no faculty member is entitled to reappointment.
Tenure-track faculty will receive an annual contract through Docusign from their Dean that will notify in writing of appointment and annual salary for the upcoming academic year normally by April 1. Faculty must sign the contract electronically.
Participating Faculty
As per Chapter 301 - Faculty Titles for Members of Marquette University – Section 301.02: Participating faculty are not on a tenure track and are not entitled to continued reappointment.
Participating faculty will receive an annual contract through Docusign from their Dean that notifies them in writing of appointment and annual salary when their appointment or reappointment has been approved by the Dean and Provost. Faculty must sign the contract electronically. Faculty on multi-year contracts will receive annual notification through DocuSign indicating the year they are in and their annual salary. Faculty must sign the notification electronically.
Part-time Participating Faculty
Part-time participating faculty will receive contracts through DocuSign from their Dean that will notify in writing of appointment and annual salary after their appointment or reappointment has been approved by the Dean and Provost. Faculty must sign the contract electronically.
Policy issued in writing on March 21, 2017 by Daniel J. Myers, Provost.
Policy revised on December 19, 2022 by Kimo Ah Yun, Provost
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Acting Provost Sarah Feldner, who is a professor of communication studies, previously
served as acting dean of the Diederich College of Communication before she was named
permanent dean in May 2020. Prior to that, she was the college’s associate dean for
graduate studies and research.