Promotion and/or Tenure Generalized Timeline

Promotion and/or Tenure Generalized Timeline

March	Office of Faculty Resources, Planning & Assessment (OFRPA) generates potential candidate list for Academic Unit Leader of unit.
April	Academic Unit Leader review potential candidates, request updated CV (and other materials the potential candidate would like to provide such as narrative statement) from potential candidates, and discuss with academic unit advisory committee.
April	Academic Unit Leaders respond to OFRPA with list of names, CV, and other materials that the faculty member would like to provide.
May to July	Dean and Associate Deans complete preliminary review of CVs and provide comments via OFRPA. OFRPA provides comments to Academic Unit Leaders who then confirm P&T list. OFRPA schedules dossier prep meeting with Academic Unit Leader and candidate.
July to August	Academic Unit Leader requests external letters of evaluation and upon receipt, provide to academic unit faculty for review.
September	Academic Unit Leader requests review letters from required consultations of academic unit faculty.
September	Academic Unit Faculty compose review letters.
Late September	Academic Unit Leader composes letter of recommendation.
Third week of October	Dossier due to OFRPA.
Late October to early December	College Advisory Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure (APT Committee) reviews dossier and makes a recommendation to Dean.
Mid-December to January	Dean completes review and composes letter of recommendation.
Second week of January	Dossier due to the Office of the Provost.