PeopleSoft Enhancement to track Harvard faculty by Tenure and Ladder Status coming in July

Beginning in July of 2010, Harvard's PeopleSoft system will have the capability to track Harvard faculty by tenure and ladder status. Based on the PeopleSoft job code selected for the appointment, the system will automatically sort and report faculty appointments in four categories: tenured, pre-tenure ladder, core non-ladder, and other non-ladder. The new tenure/ladder attribute is a critical step in enabling PeopleSoft to track faculty appointments reliably on a University-wide basis.

The University's Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development & Diversity has developed a Tenure/Ladder Attribute Factsheet that explains the faculty appointments by ladder/category and defines each of the four categories. This effort will improve Harvard's ability to assess its progress in the areas of faculty development and diversity, and to ensure that faculty job titles and codes are used consistently and equitably across schools.

As part of this process, in close consultation with representatives from each school, 12 new job codes were created to account for every faculty title currently in use across the University. Brief descriptions of the intended use of each faculty job code have also been provided to reduce human error in the PeopleSoft data entry process and facilitate accurate reporting on the composition of Harvard's ladder and non-ladder instructional faculty.

For more information, including the intended use of each faculty job code, please refer to the complete implementation details at http://www.faculty.harvard.edu/node/828, or contact Assistant Provost for Faculty Appointments Amy Brand, telephone 617-495-5390.

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