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submitted to the Provost, it is reviewed by the Promotion and Tenure Committee. The
Chair of the Committee shall send the Committee’s letter of recommendation to the
Provost. This letter is highly confidential and is not available for review by the
candidate. The Committee’s letter will outline the strengths and weaknesses of the
application, and it will be the Provost’s responsibility to summarize that information
as a developmental tool for the candidate. For candidates who receive tenure and
subsequently apply for promotion to Professor, the Committee’s confidential letter
will become part of the application for that promotion and will not be available for
review by the candidate.
4.
Prior Review Letters
: For candidates for tenure, the Area Chair’s pre-tenure review
letters will be added to the file by the Provost.
5.
Departmental Summary Letter
: After meeting formally with all department faculty
members to solicit input on the candidate’s qualifications for tenure, the candidate’s
Department Chair shall prepare a brief letter summarizing the department’s judgment
of the candidate. The letter must accurately represent the views of the department
faculty members regarding the candidate’s teaching; research, scholarship, and/or
creative work; and service. This letter is highly confidential and is not available for
review by the candidate. The Department Chair shall insert the letter in this section
of the file.
6.
Letters Related to Research, Scholarship, and/or Creative Work
: No later than
September 15, the candidate will provide the Provost with a list of at least five people
not affiliated with the College and qualified to evaluate the candidate’s research,
scholarship, and/or creative work. The candidate should specify the nature of
relationships with the outside reviewers. The candidate should review this list with
the Department Chair and/or senior members of the department prior to submission to
the Provost. The candidate will also provide the Provost with a packet to be sent to
the outside reviewers including the curriculum vitae, a summary of all research,
scholarship, and/or creative work and copies when appropriate. The Provost will
solicit formal comments addressing the candidate’s research, scholarship, and/or
creative work from at least two of the references. These letters are highly confidential
and are not available for review by the candidate.
7.
Additional Letters from Colleagues
: The candidate must solicit letters of evaluation
from most if not all members of the candidate’s department. Additional letters of
evaluation from colleagues outside the candidate’s department are encouraged. These
letters should speak specifically to a candidate’s strengths and weaknesses as a
teacher, scholar, and colleague. Only letters sent by the author to the Provost by
January 10 will be included in the application file. These letters are highly
confidential and are not available for review by the candidate.