From University Manual

3.00 UNIVERSITY ARTP COMMITTEE

3.01 Composition 

A. The University ARTP Committee shall be composed of one student selected by the Associated Students, Inc. Board of Directors, one member elected by the Library unit, one member elected by the counseling faculty unit, and tenured  faculty members elected by and from their tenured and probationary colleagues in each college.  Each college shall elect one member of the University ARTP Committee for each 100 probationary and tenured faculty or fraction thereof assigned to that college as of the current year.  No more than one faculty member may be elected from the same primary unit.

FTEF   UARTP Representative(s)

    1 - 100   One member
101 - 199   Two members
200 - 299   Three members
300 - 399   Four members
400 - 499   Five members

The President's designee shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of the University ARTP Committee.

B. Any change in the composition of the University ARTP Committee shall be subject to recommendation by a vote of the entire faculty and the approval of the President.

C. It is imperative that the members of the University ARTP Committee be persons with such concern for the quality of the University and with the function of the University in its local, regional, and national setting, that they will be able to set aside the interest they will have in some particular part of the University, so that these special interests will not intrude upon the deliberations of the University ARTP Committee. 

3.02 Duties and Procedures

A. In General

 The University ARTP Committee shall serve as a committee of the Faculty Senate.  The committee shall: 

1. Forward any recommended changes in University ARTP policy through the Faculty Senate to the President.

2. Review and recommend directly to the President department, division,  and college criteria, policies, and procedures applicable to the evaluation of faculty unit employees for the purpose of appointment, retention, tenure, and promotion.

3. Advise the President on the allocation of all University promotion monies.

4. Recommend to the President the annual ARTP calendar prior to the end of the spring semester.

B. Procedural Reviews

l. Each primary level (department or equivalent unit) ARTP committee shall be required to submit to the University ARTP Committee for review and recommendation to the President its criteria, policies, and procedures for appointment, retention, tenure, and promotion. 

2. The policies and procedures submitted by a primary level committee shall be approved by a vote of the probationary and tenured faculty of the primary unit acting in their own right.

3. Each secondary level (college or equivalent unit) ARTP committee shall be required to submit to the University ARTP Committee for review and recommendation to the President its policies and procedures for appointment, retention, tenure, and promotion.

4. The policies and procedures submitted by a secondary level committee shall be approved by a vote of the probationary and tenured faculty of the secondary unit acting in their own right or by means of a faculty committee elected by them for the purpose. 

5. The University ARTP Committee shall review the criteria, policies, and procedures of departments (or equivalent units) and colleges for consistency with applicable authority referenced in Section 1.00 of this document and with the University-wide criteria, policies, and procedures.

6. Proposed changes in the primary and/or secondary level criteria, policies, and procedures for appointment, retention, tenure, and promotion shall be approved by the President upon recommendation of the University ARTP Committee prior to implementation in the next annual faculty evaluation cycle.