Guidelines for Promotion/Tenure Review AY2009-10

United Academics - AAUP/AFT Faculty

If you are applying for promotion or tenure this year, the information located on this web site will help you put together your application file. The deadline for submitting files to your dean or director is October 2, 2009. The documents that govern review are Article 9 of the UNAC United Academics - AAUP/AFT collective bargaining agreement and the "Blue Book" which is UAF's Policies and Regulation's concerning Faculty Appointment and Evaluation.

These materials are designed to assist you in understanding the review process (Part I) and to provide some suggestions for preparing your promotion and/or tenure application (Part II). Please review these suggestions carefully, as they may contribute to the overall effectiveness of your file. Part III contains all the forms that you need to complete for your file.

As further guidance, I would like to emphasize that peer unit members and administrators are primarily concerned that the file and supporting materials present a record which demonstrates balanced performance and/or progress in each of the required areas of faculty responsibility appropriate to your position. You are especially encouraged to address in this summary any aspects of your position or your record, which you feel, deserve special consideration, or which you feel might not be readily apparent to those evaluating your file.

If you have questions or need further assistance, please consult your dean/director or contact Sarah Lewis in the Office of the Provost at 474-5178.

"Please note: the Provost's office has a new promotion/tenure/pre-tenure/post-tenure file preparation policy, effective for AY09-10. The use of plastic sleeves in review binders is prohibited, unless used to include single items that are originals, oddly shaped, or cannot otherwise be hole-punched. Any AY09-10 binders received that have all pages in plastic sleeves will be returned to the candidate for their removal."

Note: Parts I, II, and III have been updated as of May 26, 2009. Please use these updated versions for your AY09-10 file.

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