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Promotion & Tenure

Promotion and tenure policies for tenured and tenure-track faculty, faculty on the continued appointment track, non-tenure-track instructional faculty and research faculty are spelled out in chapters three, four, five and six respectively of the faculty handbook.

Faculty of all tracks should contact the department head, chair, or school director for guidance on college and department promotion and tenure guidelines, expectations, indicators.

Adaptations to the Promotion and Tenure Process

Procedures for Faculty Appointments with Tenure

The promotion and tenure process begins at the department level, and continues through the college to the university level. The provost's staff provides support to the university promotion and tenure committee and oversees the process.

Timeline

Faculty preparing for promotion and/or tenure review should first consult with their department head for important deadlines. University-level deadlines for promotion and tenure review are on the Important Dates webpage.

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2023-24 Guidelines, Templates, and Cover Pages

Tenured and tenure-track collegiate faculty should follow these guidelines when preparing their dossiers for promotion and/or tenure:

The following templates are provided to assist faculty in preparing their dossiers:

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Promotion and Tenure Guidelines 2023-2024.pdf
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Promotion and Tenure Dossier Template 2023-2024.docx
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Promotion and Tenure Cover Page.pdf
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Dossier Certification.pdf

Promotion and tenure committees should follow these guidelines when requesting external reviews:

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External Reviewer Guidelines.pdf
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University Promotion and Tenure Committee 2023-2024.pdf

Research faculty promotion packets should be submitted to the Office of Research and Innovation according to the following guidelines:

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Research Faculty Promotion Guidelines 2023-24.pdf
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Research Faculty Promotion Overview and Important Deadlines Summary 2023-24.pdf
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Research Faculty Promotion - Approval Level Summary.pdf

The following templates are provided to assist research faculty in preparing their dossiers:

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Research Faculty Promotion Dossier Template 2023-24.pdf
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Research Faculty Promotion Cover Page 2023-24.pdf

Departmental promotion committees should follow these guidelines when requesting external reviews:

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Research Faculty Promotion - Guidelines for External Reviews.pdf

For more information see the Office of Research Human Resources.

University Libraries maintains the guidelines for preparing dossiers for promotion and continued appointment of their respective extra-collegiate faculty. 

Please contact the Dean of University Libraries  for more information.

Promotion and continued appointment dossiers must be submitted to the university committee electronically.

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Promotion and Continued Appointment Cover Page.pdf
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University Promotion and Continued Appointment Committee 2023-2024.pdf

Dossiers for instructor promotions must be submitted electronically to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost according to the following guidelines.

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Instructor Guidelines 2023-2024.pdf
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Instructor Template 2023-2024.docx
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Instructor Ranks Cover Page.pdf
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Dossier Certification.pdf
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instructor_promotion_sample_statements.pdf

Dossiers for professors of practice promotions must be submitted electronically to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost according to the following guidelines.

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Professors of Practice Dossier Guidelines 2023-2024.pdf
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Professors of Practice Series Dossier Template 2023-2024.doc
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Professors of Practice Series Cover Page.pdf
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Dossier Certification.pdf

Dossiers for clinical track promotions must be submitted electronically to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost according to the following guidelines.

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Clinical Promotion Guidelines 2023-2024.pdf
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Clinical Promotion Dossier Template 2023-2024.docx
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Clinical Faculty Series Cover Page.pdf
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Dossier Certification.pdf
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Collegiate Faculty Series Guidelines 2023-2024.pdf
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Collegiate Faculty Dossier Template 2023-2024.docx
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Collegiate Faculty Series Cover Page.pdf
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Dossier Certification.pdf

Questions?

Email Cyndi Hutchison