Sam Fox School Policy on Faculty Appointment, Retention, Tenure, and Promotion

The following Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts policy document is designed to facilitate the appointment, retention, and promotion of highly competent and qualified personnel in the College of Art, the Graduate School of Art, the College of Architecture, and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design, henceforth referred to as College of Art and College of Architecture, under a procedure consonant with the goals of academic excellence and academic freedom at Washington University. They are to be applied consistently and are subordinate to the current guidelines of Washington University Policy on Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Tenure.

See: https://washu.edu/policies/academic-freedom-responsibility-and-tenure/.

The quality of the faculty of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts is maintained predominately through an academic personnel review process that entails thorough and impartial assessment of each candidate for appointment, retention, tenure, or promotion. The responsibilities of maintaining and developing the highest quality faculty also imply an obligation to the candidate for just recognition and encouragement of achievement and the assurance that fair procedures and criteria form the basis of the review process.

Revisions or amendments to this document require approval of the Sam Fox School’s tenured faculty, the directors of the colleges and the dean of the school. A quorum of 2/3 of the tenured faculty is necessary for a vote to amend the document.

At the time of appointment, each new faculty member will be given a copy of this document.