Academic Affairs

Program Review Process and Procedures 

Program reviews are required by the Higher Learning Commission.  This process meets those requirements as well as insuring our programs are relevant and of high quality.  The process is designed to provide a framework for quality improvement.  The Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs (VCAA) maintains administrative authority over the program review process.  

• Procedure for Selecting and Working with External Reviewers 
  

• Academic Majors and Degrees
• College in the High School
• Curriculum Committee (a sub-committee within Faculty Assembly)
• Curriculum Process Flow Chart: How to use the correct form 
• Program Change Request Form (Major, Minor, Certificate; PCAS Based) 
• Course Change Request Form (ECAS Based) 
• New Program Request Form (Major, Minor, Certificate; PCAS Based) 
• 2021-2022 Curriculum Committee Dates and Deadlines 
• Electronic Course Authorization System (ECAS) - Review detailed information on courses.
• New Program Synopsis 
• Online Learning
• Program & Curriculum Approval (PCAS) - Review latest program curriculum changes
• Semester Schedule Time Patterns and Rules 

New faculty hires at the University of Minnesota Crookston are guided by the university's Faculty Personnel Plan and must comply with the Faculty Credential requirements and guidelines.

• Faculty Personnel Plan - 2023 
• Faculty Credentials 

New Faculty

Visit the New Faculty Information site

Prospective Faculty

• All open faculty positions are posted at the University of Minnesota Employment System www.myu.umn.edu/employment  (under "Location" on the left-hand side, first click "more" and then click the "Crookston" link)
• Benefits for Prospective Employees
• UMN Crookston Human Resources

Promotion and Tenure Dates and Deadlines

Faculty in Decision Year:  

• 2021-2022: Faculty in Decision Year Processing Dates and Procedures 
• 2022-2023: Faculty in Decision Year Processing Dates and Procedures 

Annual Appraisal of Tenure-Track Faculty in Non-Decision Year:

• 2021-2022: Annual Appraisal of Tenure-Track Faculty in Non-Decision Year 
• 2022-2023: Annual Appraisal of Tenure-Track Faculty in Non-Decision Year 

Non-Reappointment of Probationary Faculty:

• 2021-2022: Non-Reappointment of Probationary Faculty 
• 2022-2023: Non-Reappointment of Probationary Faculty 

Four-Year Review of Associate Professors:

Promotion and Tenure Policies, Procedures, Template CV

See MyU > Faculty Center

Scholarship & Research

Engaged Scholarship
The University of Minnesota is proud to advance community-engaged scholarship as a potential means by which we achieve the scholarly goals of the university and our faculty. Community engaged scholarship involves the collaboration of faculty members and individuals outside the academy in scholarly endeavors that lead to mutually beneficial outcomes and the advancement of the pubic good. While faculty members who participate in community-engaged scholarly projects are expected to demonstrate rigorous applications of the scholarship of their discipline (e.g. inquiry, formal research, knowledge generation, creative works) within the collaborative environment, the dissemination aspects of the scholarly endeavors may be non-traditional and situated more within specific community contexts (e.g. outcomes achieved with partners that promote the public good) and not solely or primarily in competitive, peer-reviewed publications.

The website of the University of Minnesota Office for Public Engagement is a valuable resource for faculty members who are interested in community-engaged research projects. This website includes Criteria for Community-Engaged Scholarship  (also called Publicly Engaged Scholarship) as well as a peer-review process that faculty members can utilize to both strengthen their community-engaged scholarly projects and demonstrate the quality of their community-engaged scholarly work through a formal peer-review process.

UMC Library's Guide to Faculty Publishing
What you need to know about journal impacts, acceptance rates, peer-review status, and UMC's institutional repository.

Grants Resource Center
UMC has joined the Grants Resource Center (GRC), a service of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Our institutional subscription to GRC entitles UMC faculty and staff to access tools, services, and expertise to increase their success in competing for grants from federal and private sponsors. Contact Diane Christianson in Academic Affairs for GRC log-in information.

Research Release Requests    |   Research Release Request Form
Get information about individual credit/overload hour limits and tenure-track and tenured faculty research release time procedures.  Due to the volume of research release requests received in recent years, a single application for research release will occur each spring.  The application will be for both the fall and spring semesters of the following academic year.

Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA)
SPA is the University of Minnesota system-wide office authorized to submit research proposals and receive awards from external sources on behalf of the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota. SPA is also the fiduciary for the U on grant-related matters.

University Research Resources for Researchers & Staff
Learn more about grants (applying & reporting), compliance, policies & procedures, subjects protection, technology transfer & IP, training opportunities, working abroad and get commonly used forms.

Professional Development

Professional Development Opportunities
Visit the UMC Human Resources website under 'current employees' to find additional professional development opportunities.

UMC Leadership Academy

The UMC Leadership Academy is designed to create a culture of leadership at the University of Minnesota Crookston by assisting faculty and staff in the development of leadership skills, capacity and readiness, and help position them to move their programs, units, departments, and the campus forward (“leadership in place”). The program is periodically offered.

Currently, the program is designed to require participants to devote between 4 to 6 (4 hours average) per month on program activities. Program activities include four Core leadership training sessions, electives, mentor/coaching meetings and the Hogan assessment.

The UMC Leadership Academy program is a result of the 2015 Employee Engagement Survey where UMC faculty and staff shared their interest for more professional development, leadership and engagement opportunities. This program is also an important part of the UMC Strategic Initiative.

Application Form  UMC Leadership Academy Program Description 

University Undergraduate Research (UROP)
The University of Minnesota is one of the world’s great research universities. On our campuses, at our field stations, and in our communities, literally, tens of thousands of students, faculty, and staff create new knowledge and develop new examples of human expression each and every day.  The University of Minnesota's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) provides funding to U of MN undergraduates who work on a research project with a faculty mentor. UROP provides a stipend and expense money to students. UROP is open to freshmen through seniors who are in an undergraduate degree program in good academic standing. Applications are accepted twice a year through the UROP web site.

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• New Program Request Form (Major, Minor, Certificate; PCAS Based) 

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