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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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