Promotion, Tenure and Emeritus Policy

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Applicability
This policy is applicable to personnel holding full-time academic-year appointments regardless of rank. Adjunct and part-time faculty and faculty who are employed for special projects with specified time limits are not covered by this policy.

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Updated 2024
The updated Promotion, Tenure and Emeritus Policy (formerly the Tenure Policy) was implemented during the 2024-25 academic year. The Promotion and Tenure process is essentially the same with the improvements outlines below). Information was consolidated from other places in the Faculty Handbook, including Faculty Appointment, Reappointment and Promotion Policy; Faculty Appeal Policy, and Faculty Advisory Committee Structure. It is now laid out all in one place in this policy.

P&T committees are restructured so that members are at the same rank or above as the faculty being reviewed.
Reviews happen at the department level, college/school level and university level. The review committees are determined at the start of the academic year with deadlines and dates for service confirmed. The calendar for promotion or tenure is included in Appendix A of the policy.
Faculty being reviewed are notified at every level and can submit a letter should they disagree.
The process for seeking early promotion or tenure is clarified.