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Three Methods

Mr. Bowers explained that there
are three methods which can be
used for promotion from assistant
to associate professor or from
associate to full. This is "so nobody
gets blocked," Mr. Bowers explained.

The usual way is that the
department, through its chairman,
presents the candidates record with
a detailed report to a faculty
committee concerning promotions.
The committee then reviews the
case, interviewing the chairman and
anyone else whose opinion would
be valuable, such as a scholar from
outside the University.