Candidates may experience professional slowdowns, reductions in excellence, or variable patterns of productivity, performance, and trajectory while serving in rank as a tenured associate professor for a variety of personal reasons.
If a candidate experiences short-term variations in productivity due to personal circumstances, then use of the personal circumstances flag mentioned in Section C.1 should be explored.
For longer-term variations, the provisions of this section apply.
If a candidate has accumulated more effective years of service than the normative period relevant to their discipline [Subsection C.2(a)], the candidate’s record during the entire time in rank is considered during the promotion review, but emphasis is placed on accomplishments during the normative timeframe immediately preceding the review.
The contributions, performance, and trajectory built during the recent normative timeframe must meet the criteria of excellence across areas of contribution (Section A.6) necessary to support promotion.