The College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences has guidelines and criteria for promotion and tenure and promotion and continuing status that include a statement regarding compliance with relevant university and Board of Regents policies and an appendix with examples of instruction, research and service activities that may be used in the evaluation process.
Guide to the Promotion Process is a valuable online resource that provides practical, informal guidance and answers to frequently asked questions regarding the preparation of dossiers for CALES faculty, administrators, mentors and staff.
Annual reviews for tenure- and continuing-eligible faculty must have an extra component that addresses progress toward tenure or continuing status.
Promotion of professors of practice and other career-track faculty (non-tenure) faculty, and 3-year or other probationary reviews with recommendation for non-renewal are due to the Office of the Dean by September 26. Promotion and/or tenure or continuing status dossiers and three-year or other probationary reviews are due to the Office of the Dean by October 24 (unless there is a possibility for non-retention). Consult your unit head for earlier unit deadlines.
- CALES Promotion & Tenure Guidelines and Criteria
- Promotion & Tenure Guidelines for Cooperative Extension Specialists (see abstract)
- Promotion and Continuing Status for Cooperative Extension Agents
- Promotion of Professors of Practice
- Promotion of Research Professors, Career Track
- Appointment and Annual Performance Review Criteria: Instructors, Career Track
CALES endorses the University of Arizona Guide to the Promotion Process. These guidelines were used in formulating our guidelines and criteria.
Examples of Activities to be Used in Conjunction with the Position Description in Evaluating College of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences Faculty for Promotion and Tenure/Continuing Status
Abstracted Criteria
A one-page abstract of each set of criteria for use in Section 3 of the dossier is available below.
- Abstracted Criteria for Promotion/Tenure-track Faculty
- Abstracted Criteria for Promotion/Tenure-track Extension Specialists
- Abstracted Criteria for Promotion and Continuing Status/Cooperative Extension Agents
- Abstracted Criteria for Promotion/Career-track Professors of Practice
- Abstracted Criteria for Promotion/Career-track Research Professors