Landing a tenure-track job is arguably still the coveted grand prize in academe. It’s understandably a big deal: an institution puts it in writing that a person has a job for life. As long as the ...

A tenured job remains the coveted prize in academe. That leads us to some questions: (1) How are institutions making solid choices when it comes to whom they grant tenure and promote? and (2) How ...

Promotion dossiers are collected and processed electronically through Workflow, within the Faculty Activity Reporting system. Do not discuss your candidacy for promotion with any students so as not to ...

To what degree are gaps in an associate professor’s record to blame for an unsuccessful promotion? Or were there other factors that affected or even biased the outcome? We are leading a long-term ...

Unclear promotion policies can create conflicts and high turnover rates among employees who don't understand why co-workers received a promotion instead of them. Problems may not end there if vague ...

Deans conduct election of college tenure committee members and Faculty/Academic Senate from tenure committees by 3/1 with first meeting to be held no later than 9/15 ...

For the policy regarding eligibility to participate in the tenure and promotion process, see “Employment of Members of the Same Family”. Candidate’s Preparation of Tenure and Promotion Materials ...