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subsequently issues a Notice of Salary Adjustment to the
faculty.

▪ Promotion refers to the upgrading of the academic rank of
a faculty from a lower rank to a higher rank, for example,
from Instructor to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor to
Professor, etc. and accompanied by an increase in salary in
accordance with the provisions of the Salary Standardization
Act. A promotion is approved by the Board of Regents and
Commission on Civil Service and an Appointment and Notice
of Salary Adjustment is subsequently issued to the faculty.
▪ Merit promotion refers to the movement of a faculty from
one rank/sub-rank to another on the basis of meritorious
performance and despite the absence of the required
educational qualification for the rank/sub-rank.
▪ Presidential discretion refers to the authority of the
president to advance/promote a faculty on the basis of
meritorious performance despite the absence of the
educational qualification required for the position, rank or
sub-rank to which the faculty shall be finally
promoted/advanced on the basis of qualitative factors other
than those herein specified.
▪ Rank refers to the academic positions of faculty, namely:
Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor,
Professor, College Professor, and University Professor.
▪ Sub-rank refers to the academic position within a rank. The
sub-ranks for the Instructor rank are Instructor I, II and III;
for the Assistant Professor rank — Assistant Professor I, II,
III and IV; for the Associate Professor rank — Associate
Professor I, II, III, IV and V; for the Professor rank—Professor
I, II, III, IV, V, VI.
Section 6. Performance Appraisal for SUCs. There shall be a Personal
Appraisal System which shall be used to assess the
instructional competencies of every faculty. Performance
appraisal shall be conducted at the end of each term that is
semester and summer.
Section 7. Promotion and Advancement Cycle.

Promotion and advancement shall be done every two
years without prejudice to interim promotions/advancement
on account of degree(s) earned during the period. In no
instance, however, should a faculty be promoted/advanced
within a period of two terms after the latest promotion.
Advancement/upgrading shall be done every odd year.
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