Providing Promotion Pathways That Reflect Changing Faculty Workloads

Peters, Cees

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“…According to Gentry and Stokes (2015, 4), striking a relevant balance between successful teaching, research production, and service "can be a daunting challenge." In addition, Peters (2019) mentions that tenure and promotion to a professorial position are not easy since academics may not achieve the status or position-not because they do not qualify, but because their department, college or university does not consider their work worth promoting them. Against this background, this study deemed it necessary for future professors to be mentored.…”

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“…The journey to a professoriate is an interesting but not an easy task because, despite their efforts, academics may not achieve the status or position-not essentially because they do not qualify. It may be because their department, college or university does not consider their work worthy of promotion (Peters 2019). This suggests that the criteria and guidelines outlined in the call (to apply for a professoriate) may not have been clear and transparent.…”

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Professoriate: A Viewpoint of Promotions at an African University

Makokotlela

2024

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Promotion is a milestone in an academic career that is a rewarding but challenging process. There are promotion criteria and guidelines that universities follow as standards for the promotion and tenure of prospective professors. This research purposed to explore the nature of promotion criteria and guidelines for future professors at a South African university during the transformation era. This qualitative, phenomenological and interpretive study involved document analysis and participant observation. The findings revealed that the university had criteria and guidelines for promoting future professors; however, they were not clearly defined. The chair of the department and the professors from within the department mentor future professors. Some aspects of transformation were observed during the process of promotion. All the criteria for promotion should be transformed. This study endeavoured to contribute to the selection criteria for prospective university professors throughout the transformation period.

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