University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine.

The primary requirement for attaining the senior rank of Associate Professor or Professor is the demonstration of substantive, creative and independent scholarship in academic endeavors (teaching, research, health care, academically related professional development activities, and mentorship). The discovery, transmission and application of new facts, insights and relationships, and their integration into existing knowledge, constitute evidence of scholarship. In its evaluation of nominations for promotion and for tenure, the Senior Appointments and Promotions Committee (SAPC) will weigh the distribution of effort among the endeavors specified for the particular track. In general, however, promotion to the rank of Associate Professor requires evidence of steady growth in scholarly activity and of leadership or excellence in one or more endeavor. Promotion to the rank of Professor requires evidence of sustained or increased scholarly activity, generally for a period of five years, and of leadership or of excellence in many endeavors.