Hampshire College Committee on Faculty Reappointments and Promotions

The Hampshire College Committee on Faculty Reappointments and Promotions (CCFRAP) makes decisions on faculty reappointments and promotions.

Contact Information
Jennie Southgate: jcfha-at-hampshire.edu

Members in January 2012
Jim Miller (CS) Mary Russo (HACU) Thom Haxo (IA) Brian Schultz (NS) Amy Jordan (CSI) Alan Goodman (DOF, ex officio) Ellen Green (CSI student member) Sammy Ruigu (NS student member) Devin Morse (CS student member alternate)

Student Involvement
Students have always been considered an integral part of college decision making. The high regard that the community has for student judgment and perception is clearly reflected in the fact that students participate in the decisions regarding faculty reappointments and promotions. This participation takes two forms:

1. Students are strongly encouraged to submit letters to the files of faculty members who are up for reappointment. A list of such faculty members is printed in the school newspaper in the fall, with information as to where material may be sent. Student letters are most helpful when they describe in some detail the ways in which the student has worked with the faculty member, and an evaluation of the learning experience. It is not necessary for students to conclude with a recommendation for or against reappointment or promotion. Many factors are considered in the final judgment. A procedure established in spring 1979 allows students to submit confidential information to a faculty committee established in each of the Schools. A summary of the content and context of the student’s information is placed by the committee in the candidate’s open reappointment file. The name of the student is withheld.

2. Student members of all Schools participate in the reappointment process at that level. In addition, students are members of the Hampshire College Committee on Faculty Reappointments and Promotions (CCFRAP). CCFRAP makes recommendations on faculty reappointments and promotions to the president. Two students, elected early in the fall semester, (must be voting members of a School) are members for a one-year term.