The Office of Faculty Affairs oversees numerous functions related to faculty employment, performance and engagement. These services include participation in committees and other School- and University-based service and leadership groups, and faculty recruitment/appointment, tenure and promotion.
Services
Standing Committees
- Administrative Council
- Scholastic Standards and Petitions
- Access and Collective Engagement Executive Committee
- Tenure and Promotion Committee
Special Councils and Representatives
- Council of Department Chairs
- Council of Program Directors
- Dean's Student Advisory Committee
- Research Advisory Council
- USC Faculty Senate Representatives
Resources
Committee Descriptions [pdf]
Committee Membership, 2024-2025 [xlsx]
Faculty Annual Review
- Annual review overview (Office of the Provost)
- Annual Review Policies and Procedures [pdf]
- Annual review document for tenure-track faculty [docx]
- Annual review document for professional-track faculty [docx]
- Guidelines for annual review panels [pdf]
- Guidelines for annual review presentations and letters [pdf]
- Annual review summary sheets [pdf]
Tenure Progress Review (3rd Year Review)
Post-Tenure Review
Teaching Peer Review
Appointment, Tenure and Promotion Procedures
- Clinical, instructional and practice faculty [pdf]
- Research faculty [pdf]
- Tenure-track faculty (Office of the Provost, 2019) [pdf]
- Adjunct faculty appointments [pdf]
Faculty Policies and Procedures