Guide to the Promotion Process

The annual memo to launch promotion reviews includes the current online version of the 2020-2021 Guide to the Promotion Process (PDF). This guide provides an overview for candidates, heads, and mentors, and the promotion processes for continuing status professionals and tenure-track faculty. 

Please download (PDF) the 2020-2021 Guide to Career-Track Promotion for more information related to career-track faculty.

• COVID-19 Context

• Advice on Preparing Dossiers

  • Tips on Research Documentation

  • Advice on Candidate Statements

  • Advice on Teaching Portfolios

  • Using Service and Outreach Portfolios to Document Impact

• Directions on Dossiers

• Avoiding the Most Common Problems in Dossier Submission

• Promotion Policies

  • The Yearly Promotion Review Schedule

  • The University's Inclusive View of Scholarship 

  • The Provost Awards for Innovations in Teaching

  • Evaluations of Teaching

  • Policies on Promotion Review Committees

• Other Policies on Promotion

  • Additions to Dossiers

  • Notifications of Candidates on Recommendations

  • Recognizing Interdisciplinary Collaborations

  • Considering Findings of Professional Misconduct

  • Appeals of Promotion Decisions

  • Requesting Delays in the Promotion Process

  • Checklist to the Guide to the Promotion Process: Dossier Dos & Don'ts

The University Handbook for Appointed Personnel (UHAP) provides policies for personnel procedures. Promotion procedures for tenure and career-track faculty (nontenure-eligible) are covered by Chapter 3.3 in UHAP, while continuing-status professionals should consult Chapter 4A.3.

Dossier Templates

• Continuing Status and Promotion

• Promotion and Tenure 

• Career Track Promotion