Promotion and Tenure Format
TO: Deans and Department Chairs
FROM: Donald H. DeHayes, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
DATE: August 14, 2009
SUBJECT: PROMOTION & TENURE REVIEWS FOR 2009-2010
Below is the outline of the information format to be used in 2009-2010 by all faculty members who will be considered for promotion and tenure. Please note that the Dean’s and Chairperson’s recommendations will be at the front of the materials. The Deans’ offices will ensure that these are in the correct order. It is intended to summarize and clarify the materials submitted for review and has been designed to permit some flexibility in their presentation.
While some attention will be given to the quantity of a faculty member's contributions, the principal concern will be the quality of one's contributions. The quantity and quality of a faculty member's contributions also must be commensurate with the expectation of the University, the faculty member's college, and the faculty member's discipline.
A faculty member's individual assignment, and the University's expectations of that faculty member's assignment, will vary, as is implicit in the statement of criteria for promotion and tenure in Section 7.22.10 of the University Manual.
The instructions for formatting the materials for promotion and tenure are designed to indicate the University of Rhode Island's accepted method of presenting and clarifying the materials submitted for review and of highlighting the quality of each faculty member's particular contributions.
* Promotion & Tenure Format in PDF
Lastly, the important Promotion and Tenure deadlines are outlined below:
- November 20, 2009 - Final day for a reviewed faculty member to receive the evaluation that the chairperson will forward to the dean. (The chair’s evaluation must be in the hands of the faculty member five working days prior to submission to the dean.)
- December 1, 2009 - Final day for the chair to submit faculty evaluations to the dean.
- February 13, 2010 - Final day for the dean to submit recommendations to the Provost. Please submit 6 copies of each recommendation to the Provost.
- April 15, 2010 - Final day for notification of a promotion & tenure decision.
