Tenured associate professors accrue one-half an effective year of service in rank for every nine 4.5 months of full-time academic service during any academic year. An academic year a fall or spring term.
A fall or spring term does not count as an effective year toward the number of effective years of service in rank if the tenured associate professor:
(1) Begins begins employment after the start of the fall semester (after September 1), or spring term or
(2) Has has an approved personal circumstances flag.
Years of probationary service as a tenure-track associate professor count toward the total number of effective years in rank for the promotion review of a tenured associate professor.Candidates shall be evaluated as if the accomplishments in rank were completed during the number of effective years in rank.