Policies

Below are the Department of Astronomy's shared governance documents and policies.

• The Plan of Organization and Bylaws are the principal governing documents.
  • 2024 Department Plan of Organization
  • 2024 Department Bylaws
• Policies for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
  • Department APT Guidelines for Professorial Faculty (Bylaws 1A)
  • APT Criteria (PDF) for External Evaluators (Bylaws 1A extract) - Professorial promotion criteria extracted from the APT guidelines for inclusion in requests to external evaluators.
  • Merit Pay Distribution Plan for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty (Plan of Org Appendix 1B)
• Policies for Professional Track Faculty
  • Department AEP Guidelines for Professional Track Faculty  (Bylaws 2A)
  • AEP Criteria for External Evaluators (Bylaws 2A extract) - For inclusion in letter and AEP packages (extracted from AEP guidelines)
  • CMNS Research Faculty Criteria
  • Merit Pay Distribution Plan for Professional Track Faculty (Plan of Org Appendix 2B)
  • Department PTK Mentoring Plan