The Office of Faculty Affairs coordinates a variety of activities associated with faculty life and academic programming on the Boulder campus. The office is a branch of the division of Academic Affairs and is administered by the vice provost and associate vice chancellor for faculty affairs.听

Major office functions include:

  • Faculty Personnel:听Faculty recruitment, hiring, and appointments; reappointment, promotion, and tenure; post-tenure review; evaluation and compensation; leaves, sabbaticals, and retirement
  • Faculty Development & Support:听Mentoring;听professional development workshops for early-career, mid-career, and teaching/clinical faculty;听community building initiatives;听leadership development;听faculty relations
  • Faculty Data & Impact:听Processing and reporting faculty personnel actions requiring approval by the provost, chancellor, president, and the University of Colorado听Board of Regents; providing assistance to faculty for the Faculty Report of Professional Activities (FRPA)
  • Program Review:听Supporting the academic program review processes administered by the听Academic Review and Planning Advisory Committee (ARPAC)

The Office of Faculty Affairs spans听the following domains:

Faculty Personnel

Creating听partnerships with the schools, colleges, and other administrative units to support faculty in their mission-critical roles and providing faculty with听policy advice and clarity to the campus.

Faculty Development & Support

Helping faculty envision, develop and sustain successful careers at CU Boulder, and providing听faculty with opportunities to engage with the campus community and create a sense of belonging to and ownership of the institution.

Faculty Data & Impact

Supporting the听campus merit review processes for faculty, and create partnerships to publicize faculty research and creative work.

Program Review

Helping academic programs reflect, re-conceptualize and flourish and we foster investment and improvement in academic programs.