Promotion and Tenure

As the University’s Faculty Handbook states, each academic department is responsible for determining what constitutes evidence for promotion and/or tenure (Section 205.03.1.3).

Departmental Promotion and Tenure Guidelines

Faculty members that have appointments prior to August 1 of the year they go into effect may choose to be evaluated using the old or approved new/amended academic unit guidelines for four years following their last review. Faculty must inform their academic unit committee when they turn in their portfolio under which guidelines they want to be evaluated. The fifth year after guidelines are approved all faculty will be evaluated using the new or amended guidelines.

The 2025 guidelines apply to faculty hired on or after Aug. 1, 2025.

Prior to 2025

Updated 2025

Departmental Production/Publication Standards

To specify the types of activity that merit production/publication credit, some departments’ guidelines refer to the Promotion & Tenure Production/Publication Standards used by the College. Other departments have devised their own standards, which supersede this list.

College-wide Requirements

Candidates in all departments must earn the following number of production/publication credits.

2 production/publication credits to move from Assistant to Associate Professor
3 production/publication credits to move from Associate to Full Professor
1 production/publication credit for each post-tenure review

In addition, all departments must use pages 1 and 3 of the Promotion & Tenure/Post-Tenure Evaluation Form. Page 2 is a sample and should be replaced by the list of evidentiary categories applicable to the candidate’s department.

Resources for the Completion of Required Evaluation Materials

Digital Measures
Summary of Professional Activity Form
Overview of the Faculty Evaluation Process

Lecturers & Senior Lecturers

Overview of Lecturer Promotion Process (2016 - )
Lecturer Faculty Evaluation Summary Form (2012 - )