Faculty Promotions

Deadlines
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The Office of the Provost maintains a list of deadlines for faculty appointment processing, award nominations, promotion & tenure files, finance and more.

Senior-level Promotions and/or Award of Tenure

Reviews for tenured/tenure track promotion to professor or associate professor and/or award of tenure occur on an annual cycle culminating with changes in rank or tenure status becoming effective on July 1. Reviews for non-tenure track promotion to professor or associate professor are conducted so that promotions can become effective on January 1 or July 1. Instructions for the process are available at Instructions for Senior Level Promotion or Tenure, and the cover sheet  can be found at the link to the right.

Timeline:

  • September 15 – non-tenure track senior-level faculty files are submitted to the Office of the Provost for promotion effective the following January 1.
  • December 1 – tenured/tenure track senior-level faculty files are submitted to the Office of the Provost for promotion/tenure effective the following July 1. 
  • January 15 – non-tenure track senior-level faculty files are submitted to the Office of the Provost for promotion effective the following July 1.

Junior-level Promotions

Reviews for promotion to senior instructor or assistant professor occur via a biannual review process that culminates on January 1 or July 1.

Timeline:

  • November 15 – junior-level faculty files are submitted to the Office of the Provost for promotion effective the following January 1
  • April 15 – junior-level faculty files are submitted to the Office of the Provost for promotion effective the following July 1