This is for junior faculty during the fifth credited year of service (or before, if application for P&T is before then).
Promotion and tenure procedure - junior faculty
- By March 1: The faculty candidate for tenure, an assistant professor, should sign the application for tenure form from the Provost's office. Currently link (2/10/15).
- March: remind the candidate that they are to give a colloquium before the faculty vote. This rule was instituted by faculty vote. (In 2015, lots of candidates, so have some speak in the spring?).
- Late March: Assemble the committee. For continuity, should stick mostly to last year's evaluation committee. The candidate is allowed to select one person on the evaluation committee.
- April: Gather documents from the candidate: papers, cv, etc. Remind candidate to have Form A prepared by the start of August.
- May: prepare and send out letters requesting evaluation of the candidate.
- August: make sure letters are received, committee starts preparation of Form B, based on Form A, annual reviews, peer reviews, external letters.
- September:
- End of September: Faculty (P&T) meeting for vote on candidate, forward vote results to College along with completed A and B forms.
- Voting members of the faculty (tenured associate professors) are informed of the department vote.
- Starting in late October, the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) reviews the case, including subcommittee visit to department to interview faculty and students, over next few months.
- If the College of Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee looks like it will disagree with the Department vote or that its decision is possibly negative for the candidate, an appeals process is conducted, with the Chair and up to two advocates for the candidate presenting to the CAS P&T Committee.
- Candidate and PHY Chair are informed of College decision.
- Provost decides on tenure, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees in mid-May.
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