by Bryan Gibel
Daily Lobo
An associate professor denied promotion two years ago will get full professorship.
The Board of Regents unanimously voted June 12 to give Santa Falcone professor status in the School of Public Administration.
She will also get a salary adjustment.
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Falcone's application for promotion was compromised by bias and improper considerations, Regent Mel Eaves said in a statement.
"Impartial academic judgment in evaluating Falcone's record was compromised by flaws in the Falcone promotion review at lower levels," he said. "The processes of the School of Public Administration, and of the administrative levels of review, failed to meet the Faculty Handbook requirement of objectivity and fairness."
Falcone applied for promotion in fall 2005.
She was denied the promotion, despite having the same qualifications as Professor Bruce Perlman, who was made full professor, according to a letter from Professor Donald Coes.
Falcone appealed to the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, which reviews decisions regarding tenure, promotion and employment.
It found Perlman submitted an inflated rÇsumÇ.
Falcone then appealed to the regents, which voted to review the case April 10.
Falcone could not be reached for comment.
The promotion and salary adjustment will happen in July.
Falcone will be compensated for a professor's salary since July 1, 2005.
Faculty promotions are first considered by department.
The college's dean and the associate provost for academic affairs then review the application.
The provost makes the final decision on faculty promotions.
Eaves, chairman of the committee that investigated the appeal, said he could not elaborate on the statement because personnel matters are confidential.
Faculty personnel decisions are not disclosed to preserve the faculty's right to academic freedom, UNM spokeswoman Susan McKinsey said.
