The university provides promotional pathways for tenured, tenure-earning and non-tenured earning faculty. Normally, candidates for promotion and/or tenure are eligible beginning in their sixth year of continuous service, or earlier if credit was granted at initial appointment. Candidates must demonstrate meritorious performance in assigned teaching, research and service.
COVID-19 Documents
Assistant and Associate Professors
Instructors and Lecturers
Librarians and Instructional Designers
Forms and Letters
- Hire with Tenure Credit
- Signature List for Committees
- Tenure Clock Adjustment
- Tenure with Hire
- Withdrawal for Electronic Promotion and/or Tenure
- External Reviewer Letter: Traditional Clinical Faculty
- External Reviewer Letter: Research Faculty
- External Reviewer Letter: Tenured/Tenured-earning Faculty
- External Review Letter: Non-traditional Clinical Faculty
Resources
- Candidate Training Manual
- Candidate Review of Evaluations
- Coming Soon: College Committee Training Manual
- Coming Soon: Department Chair Training Manual
- Coming Soon: Department Committee Training Manual
- Coming Soon: Dean Designee Training Manual
- Coming Soon: Dean Training Manual
- Coming Soon: Joint Department Chair and Cluster Lead Manual
- Coming Soon: University Committee Training Manual
- Resources for Unit AESP or P&T Criteria Revision
- Coming Soon: Department Chair/Unit Head Training Manual
Manual
Applicant Training Manual
Do you need help navigating the electronic awards system?
Check out the Applicant Training Manual here.
Committee Training Manual
Committee members have a different view than applicants. If you need help navigating the electronic award system in this role, please view the training manual here.
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Video Tutorials
- Starting Your P&T Dossier
- Updating Your P&T Dossier
- Candidate Review of Evaluations
- Department Chair Tasks
- Committee Chairs – Completing the Committee Evaluation
- Committee Members – Viewing P&T Dossiers
- College Dean Designee - Review of the College Committee Evaluation
- College Dean - Completing the Candidate Evaluation