CAP Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Revised November 1, 2008
The Council on Academic Personnel (CAP) is a standing committee of the Academic Senate of UCI. It is
a faculty body that makes recommendations to the Administration regarding appointments, promotions
and merit increases. The following are CAP's responses to questions frequently asked at our meetings
with various faculty groups. It must be emphasized that the University of California Academic
Personnel Manual (APM) (systemwide) and UCI's Academic Personnel Procedures (APP) are CAP's
governing principles, and these documents override anything written below. This document has no legal
standing, and merely represents opinions held by members of CAP. The APM and UCI's APP should answer most questions. If something is not clear, a faculty member should ask the Department chair, the school's Dean, or the Office of Academic Personnel.
standing, and merely represents opinions held by members of CAP. The APM and UCI's APP should answer most questions. If something is not clear, a faculty member should ask the Department chair, the school's Dean, or the Office of Academic Personnel.
CAP forwards its recommendations to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP), the
administrative officer chiefly responsible for academic personnel matters at UCI, and the Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, the administrative officer at the head of the Office of Academic Personnel ("AP"). Letters received by Deans, Department chairs, and faculty members from the VP's office reflect the input of various levels of review, including the Department, Department chair, Dean, external reviewers, and CAP.
administrative officer chiefly responsible for academic personnel matters at UCI, and the Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, the administrative officer at the head of the Office of Academic Personnel ("AP"). Letters received by Deans, Department chairs, and faculty members from the VP's office reflect the input of various levels of review, including the Department, Department chair, Dean, external reviewers, and CAP.
The questions below are grouped into five sections whose subjects are roughly indicated by the titles. The
focus is on the Professor ("line") series, except in the last section, but much is of general applicability.
A. Academic Personnel Standards and Criteria | FAQs 1-13
B. The Personnel Review Process | FAQs 14-27
C. What is Reviewed; Contents of the Dossier: | FAQs 28-48
D. Council on Academic Personnel Procedures | FAQs 49-62
E. Criteria for Other Series | FAQs 63-68
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