Calendar of Key Academic Affairs Dates
for 2011-2012
FALL 2011
September: Dean forwards names of all
candidates for tenure and their probationary service reports to the
professional standards committee of the college and to the
department head, where applicable.
September 19: Tenure application due to faculty
member's immediate supervisor.
October 14: Department report for all tenure
and promotion candidates due to dean of the college, who refers it
to the college professional standards committee.
November 14: College professional
standards committee report due to dean of the college.
December 9: Dean's review and recommendation
due to Provost, who refers it to the University Promotion and
Tenure Committee.
December 15: Deadline to notify tenure-track
faculty in their second year of academic service of
non-reappointment.
SPRING 2012
Beginning of each calendar year: Provost will
send to each college dean a list of faculty members who are
eligible for review during the coming academic year.
January: Dean notifies faculty entering their
sixth year in the fall of that calendar year that they may be
considered for tenure.
January 17: University Promotion and Tenure
Committee reports due to Provost for all tenure and promotion
candidates.
First Wednesday of Classes of the Spring
Semester:
Faculty Activity Reports for all faculty due by 5 p.m. (send to
your college's dean's office)
February 1: Provost's reports on all tenure and
promotion candidates due to President.
First Friday in February: Dossiers for faculty
undergoing second- and fourth-year reviews due to college's
Professional Standards Committee. For second-year faculty in
colleges whose Professional Standards Committee does not examine
dossiers, dossiers should be submitted to the dean of the
college.
March 1: Deadline to notify tenure-track
faculty in their first year of academic service of
non-reappointment.
April 1: President provides written
notice of the Board's decision to faculty being considered for
tenure and promotion.
April 5: CASE/Carnegie Foundation U.S.
Professor of the Year.