Faculty Tenure & Promotion Information

2012–2013 Timeline for Promotion and Tenure Application Process
May 31, 2012
  • List of nominees for tenure and/or promotion from Department Chairs submitted to the Dean’s Office
  • Department administrator enters candidate information via the online P&T system
July 2, 2012
  • UFCD receives official tenure-eligible list from Provost and Academic Personnel Offices
  • Candidate elects to waive/not waive rights to review external letters of evaluation via online system
July 9, 2012 Department Chairs send out letters to solicit External Reviewers (refer to “Solicitation of Letters” memo)
August 20, 2012 Original hard-copy P&T Packets due in the Dean’s Office, D4-14, for technical/formatting review prior to uploading document via online system
September 10, 2012
  • External Reviewers’ letters (minimum of five) received by Department Chair
  • Department administrator adds department review committee members via online system
September 14, 2012 Candidate uploads final packet into online system (any modifications to packet will be submitted in section #33-Further Information)
September 17–October 15, 2012
  • Departmental meeting, review and vote
  • Department administrator uploads department vote and department chair letter via online system
Oct 15–Nov 12, 2012 P&T Advisory Committee packet review and assessment period through the online system
December 3, 2012 P&T Recommendations due to Dean
December 21, 2012 College administrator uploads P&T Advisory Committee vote and dean’s letter via online system
January 2013 Packets submitted to the Academic Personnel Office via online system
January 2013 Academic Personnel Board meets
March–April 2013 Academic Personnel Board—denial and deferral process
May–June 2013 President of the University notifies Deans of his decision on nominees’ applications

Mid-Career Review

The mid-career review process for tenure-accruing and non-tenure accruing faculty in the College of Dentistry will occur after three years of employment. The review process will be used to formally advise the tenure-accruing faculty member on his/her progress toward tenure and recommend courses of action for improvement, if necessary. For non-tenure accruing faculty, the review process will be used to formally advise the candidate of his/her progress toward promotion.

2012–2013 Timeline for UFCD Mid-Career Review of Junior Faculty
July 2, 2012 List of eligible faculty for mid-career review sent to the department chairs from the dean’s office
July 2–August 6, 2012 Candidates for mid-career review prepare packet in the tenure and promotion application format defined in the Guidelines, regulations, and packet instructions (without letters of evaluation and without a departmental vote), in consultation with the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and College’s HR Office
August 6, 2012 Mid-career review packets due to department chair
August 7–September 4, 2012 Department chair and appropriate faculty (same rank or higher) in the department will meet and discuss the candidate’s progress. Department chair completes the mid-career review evaluation report
September 7, 2012 The chair’s evaluation report and original mid-career faculty progress report (original plus nine copies) due to the UFCD P&T Advisory Committee (Dean’s Office, D4-14)
September 10–30, 2012 UFCD P&T Advisory Committee evaluates the candidate’s career progress in conjunction with the chairperson’s evaluation
October 1–22, 2012 UFCD P&T Advisory Committee chair prepares a summary of the career progress to date of each candidate and the reports are approved by the committee
October 23–November 16, 2012 Recommendation of the UFCD P&T Advisory Committee are communicated to the candidate, the candidate’s chair, and the dean

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