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.
Non-mandatory P&T
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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2025-26 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:
Promotion and tenure committees should follow these guidelines when requesting external reviews:
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2025-2026 Research Faculty Guidelines, Templates, and Cover Pages
Research faculty promotion packets should be submitted to the Office of Research and Innovation according to the following guidelines:
The following templates are provided to assist research faculty in preparing their dossiers:
Departmental promotion committees should follow these guidelines when requesting external reviews:
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.
Dossiers for instructor promotions must be submitted electronically to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost according to the following guidelines.
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.
Dossiers for clinical track promotions must be submitted electronically to the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost according to the following guidelines.
Collegiate professor track committees should follow these guidelines when requesting external reviews:
Questions?
Email Cyndi Hutchison