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Tenure |
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Once you receive the title “Professor” your appointment is guaranteed until your retirement.
Relevant regulations state that upon the candidate’s request, he/she may be issued a short-term contract, however, as of yet, never has there been a prospective professor who chose a short-term contract.
In order to ensure competition, SNU provides tenure to associate professors as well. Up to this point, no monetary benefits for tenured professors have been extended to associate professors. About 10 percent of all associate professors have been granted tenure so far.
The SNU Administration is working on expanding tenure to associate professors. Currently, many faculty from the Natural and Technological Schools are applying for associate professor tenure, while faculty from the Liberal Arts and Social Sciences are not. Three (3) years after a rejection of tenure, the candidate is eligible for tenure application again. Also, tenure application can be received upon promotion. Therefore, it could be said that there are many opportunities for tenure reception.
Restriction on Number of Tenured Faculty
The number of tenured faculty cannot exceed 90 percent of the total number of Tenure-Track Faculty.
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Appointment of Tenured Faculty |
1. Professors are appointed until retirement as stipulated in Section 47 of the Educational Officials’ Law; unless the candidate chooses a short-term contract.
2. In principle, associate professors are not eligible for tenure. However, in exceptional cases and when the candidate fulfills all requirements and passes evaluation by the Tenure Appointment Board, the candidate may be appointed until retirement as stipulated in Section 47 of the Educational Officials’ Law.
3. The organization and employment of the Tenure Appointment Board will be determined independently.
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Tenure Evaluation |
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1. Candidates for contract renewal are subject to the following evaluation criteria. |
A. Research products, and academic or creative activities in the candidate’s specialty
B. Instructional abilities and achievements
C. Service
D. Other achievements (Commendations, decorations, citations, etc.)
E. Conformity to Educational Laws, and dignity as a Tenure-Track Faculty Member
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2. Research Product Evaluation |
A. Contracts limited to 2 years require 100 points including one paper published in an academic journal written either as an independent study, as a first author of a joint study, or as a correspondent author. Contracts for between 2 and 4 years require 200 points including two papers, and for contracts for 4 to 6 years, 500 points including five papers. However, if the candidate has exhibited exceptional academic achievement, the candidate is exempt from the above requirements upon review by the Promotion and Tenure Committee.
B. The candidate’s research products will be given a grade among “수” (5 points), “우” (4 points), “미” (3 points), “양” (2points), and “가” (1 point), by 3 evaluators. The final grade is determined by calculating the average of the remaining 3 grades.
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3. Acceptable Research Products and Conversion Rates |
A. Acceptable research products pertinent to the candidate’s field of expertise include the following.
i. Published books
ii. Published translations
iii. Papers published in academic periodicals or collections
iv. Achievements such as presentations, exhibitions, or selections (Fine Arts and Physical Education candidates)
v. Other achievements (designs, projects)
vi. Compilations, editions, master’s thesis or dissertation (requires approval from Promotion and Tenure Committee)
B. The conversion rates for research products are as follows. However, if the candidate is the first author of a joint study or a correspondent author, then the candidate is eligible for 70 points.
i. Independent Study: 100 points
ii. 2 coauthors: 70 points
iii. 3 coauthors: 50 points
iv. 4 coauthors or more: 30 points
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