The University of South Carolina is committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting outstanding faculty who demonstrate excellence in teaching, research, service, and outreach. The University believes that the presence of a high quality and diverse community of scholars is necessary to achieve such excellence.
Columbia Faculty Senate has charged the Committee on Professional-Track Faculty with reviewing and approving policies regarding professional-track faculty, including matters related to promotion. The full description of the Committee’s charges is available in the Columbia Faculty Manual. The Office of the Provost is pleased to work in support of the efforts of both Senate and the Committee to establish an initial unit criteria and procedures website. Additional guidance on professional-track promotions will be forthcoming.
Professional-Track Faculty Appointments and Promotions
Please visit this page for more details on professional-track faculty appointments and promotion, including information on the review calendar and candidate portfolios, as well as for administrative upload of appointment and promotion applications.
Professional-Track Faculty Promotion Unit Criteria
Please visit this page for the collection of current professional-track faculty promotion procedures and criteria, as well as for information on updating unit criteria.
Submit Candidate Names
We appreciate your patience as the Office of the Provost finalizes a new submission portal for all candidate names for both promotions for professional-track faculty and tenure and promotions for tenure-track faculty. The November 5 deadline for PTF faculty candidate names will be extended; units will be notified when the submission portal is live.
Related Policies
ACAF 1.06 Academic Titles for Faculty and Unclassified Academic Staff Positions [pdf]
ACAF 1.16 Professional-track Faculty [pdf]
ACAF 1.18 Change of Status between Tenure Track and Professional Track [pdf]
If you need assistance with matters related to professional-track faculty promotions, please contact the Office of the Provost at 803-777-2808 or provacaf@mailbox.sc.edu.