Tenure Track: Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Processes
Here are documents that are used during the reappointment, promotion, and/or tenure review process for the College, as well as a link to common questions and answers. If you have questions regarding this information please contact Janice Jeffryes at 303-492-7593 or via e-mail at Janice.Jeffryes@colorado.edu.
Deadlines for submitting files to the Dean’s office:
- Oct 1: Comprehensive Review Files
- Nov 1: Promotion to Associate Professor and/or Tenure Files
- Nov 1: College Professor of Distinction Pre-nominations
- Dec 1: Distinguished Professor Pre-nominations
- Jan 5: Promotion to Full Professor Files
- Jan 15: Distinguished Professor – Complete Files
- Feb 15: College Professor of Distinction – Complete Files
- Advice for Preparing Adequate Personnel Dossiers (opens in Word)
- Advice on Curriculum Vita Construction for Personnel Reviews (opens in Word)
- Boulder Campus Guidelines for the Gathering of Information on Teaching (opens in Word)
- College Statement of Tenure Standards (downloads as PDF file)
- Common Q&As
- Descriptions of a Meritorious Service Record (opens in Word)
- Guidelines for External Letters of Evaluation (opens in Word)
- Multiple Measures of Teaching – Ten Ideas for Satisfying (opens in Word)
- Pertinent Faculty Handbook Pages (sections V, VI, and VII)
- Sample Letters for Requesting External or Student Evaluations
- Promotion to Full Professor (opens in Word)
- Promotion/Tenure (opens in Word)
- Promotion/Tenure or Promotion to Full – Initial Inquiry to Potential External Reviewers (may be sent prior to the standard letter of request if desired) (opens in Word)
- Student Letters of Evaluation (opens in Word)
- Tips for Completion of Tenure-Track Reappointment/Promotion/Tenure Notebooks(opens in Word)
- VCAC Checklist/Description of VCAC Checklist Requirements (opens in Word)
- Voting Procedure on Tenure Cases