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Adjunct Promotion

The Adjunct Promotion Application for Academic Year 2025 is now closed for submissions.  Additional details regarding your application will be sent by May 1, 2025. This process will reopen again in November 2025.

How to Apply

Please follow the instructions below to submit your Adjunct Promotion Application.

  1. Determine if you are eligible to apply for a promotion. Please refer to the Union of Adjunct Faculty at Pace Collective Bargaining Agreement (PDF) or the promotion criteria guideline (PDF) to determine your eligibility.

    Please note that any eligible adjunct faculty applying for a promotion must have served in their present rank for a minimum of three years at Pace University. These guidelines do not apply for the adjunct faculty at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law.

  2. Indicate your current faculty rank and the rank for promotional consideration using the grid below:

    Current RankPromotion Rank
    Adjunct Lecturer/InstructorAdjunct Assistant Professor
    Adjunct Assistant ProfessorAdjunct Associate Professor
    Adjunct Associate ProfessorAdjunct Professor


    *Please note that you can only apply for promotion to the next adjunct faculty rank.

  3. Complete the online application form and include the following materials:
    • Letter of Intent
    • Current resume and/or curriculum vitae
    • Minimum of two (2) letters of recommendation from sources other than the Department Chair
    • A teaching portfolio that contains teaching philosophy and pedagogy, appropriate use of technology, assessment of learning outcomes, and evidence of student learning (e.g., student evaluations, comments, and peer evaluations)

Please Note: Adjunct faculty are no longer required to have a Department Chair recommendation prior to submitting their application form – please refer to the application routing workflow below:

  • Step 1: Adjunct submits completed application through NextGen;
  • Step 2: Department Chair reviews application and completes all required information;
  • Step 3: Associate Dean reviews application;
  • Step 4: Faculty Assign Services Team (FAST) reviews requirements for promotion are met;
  • Step 5: Compensation reviews adjunct promotion rank and rate;
  • Step 6: Provost Office reviews and provides final approval of adjunct promotion

Submission Deadline

Submit the completed application by March 14, 2025, by 5:00 p.m. EST – no exceptions. Any applications submitted after this time will be deferred to the next academic year.

Please continue to monitor the status of your application. In some instances, applications are returned requiring additional information and/or comments to be addressed. If you have any questions or concerns about its status, please contact provost@pace.edu

Next Steps

  • All candidates will receive written notification of their promotion by May 1, 2025.
  • All approved adjunct promotions (with the respective per credit increase) will be effective as of September 1, 2025.

Questions?

If you have any questions, please email provost@pace.edu