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The Tenure-Track Years

 

Peer Review

Administrative Decision

  Notification to Put Dossier Together Deadline for Dossier Deadline for Tenure-Track Review by Peers* Notification Date if Renewed Notification Date if Not Renewed Date of Termination
1st Year December 1 January 15 February 1 March 1 March 1 End of 1st Year
2nd Year September 1 October 15 November 15 December 15 December 15 End of 2nd Year
  January 15 February 15 March 1 End of Academic Year End of Academic Year of 2nd Year End of 3rd Year
3rd Year* January 15 February 15 March 1 End of Academic Year End of Academic Year of 3rd Year End of 4th Year
4th Year* January 15 February 15 March 1 End of Academic Year End of Academic Year of 4th Year End of 5th Year
5th Year** January 15 February 15 March 1 End of Academic Year End of Academic Year of 5th Year End of 6th Year
6th Year Tenure Evaluation*** September 1 October 15 November 21 No Renewal Possible*** End of 6th Academic Year End of 7th Year
*For a full description of prior service credit see Academic Tenure 2005, Section III. F. 1.
**Faculty members eligible for tenure proceedings before the sixth year should follow the 6th year tenure evaluation dates.  For faculty members under the previous promotion and tenure policy, if tenure should be denied, the peers could extend the probationary period through the sixth year and permit a second application for tenure.  In that case, the candidate would receive notification of the "Administrative Renewal Decision" by the end of the academic year during which tenure was denied.  This option of extending the probationary period and permitting a second tenure application is not available for faculty under the new - i.e. current - policy.
***Continuing the probationary period is not an option when faculty apply for tenure in the sixth year.
Reporting Deadlines:
P/T Committee to Chair - November 21
Chair to Dean - January 10
Dean to VPAA - February 15
VPAA to President - March 15
President to TBR - as designated by the Board
 

[Approved by the University Faculty April 27, 2005.]

 

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