10.0 II-1.00(A) University Policy on Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure

View the entire policy in pdf format OR link to specific sections of the policy below.

For procedural information and forms, see the Annual APT Procedures Manual or the Faculty Appointment Procedures and Forms webpage.

Description of Faculty Titles

Criteria for Appointment and Promotion

New Faculty Search and Apppointment Procedures



• Information to be Provided to Faculty at the Time of Their Appointment 1 and 2
• Tenure-track Faculty
• Mentoring Requirements
• Intermediate Review
• Deadline for Notification of Nonrenewal of Appointment
• Appeal of Decision Not to Renew Appointment

Promotion and Tenure Review
• Criteria For Promotion
• Program Considerations as a Criteria
• Teaching Criteria
• Research, Scholarship, and Artistic Creativity Criteria
• Service Criteria
• Initiating and Withdrawing From Review
• Mandatory Review of Assistant Professors
• Mandatory Review of Associate Professors Without Tenure
• Request for Non-mandatory (Early Tenure or Promotion to Full Professor) Review
• Decision Not to Review Non-mandatory Case
• Waive Right to Mandatory Review
• Withdrawal from Review Process
• Elements in a Dossier
• Curriculum Vita
• Personal Statement
• Summary Statement of Professional Achievement
• External Letters of Review
• Written Report of the First Level Review Committee
• Dissenting report
• Written Report of First Level Administrator (Chair)
• Written Report of the Second Level Review Committee
• Written Report of the Second Level Administrator (Dean)
• Written Report of the Third Level Review Committee and of Provost
• First Level (Department) Review
• Primacy of the Review by the First Level Unit
• First Level Review Committee Membership
• Mandatory Abstention of Committee Members Entitled to Vote at a Lower Level
• Negative decisions by both the First Level Committee and the Dept. Chair
• Second Level (College) Review
• Second Level Review Committee Membership
• Mandatory Abstention of Committee Members Entitled to Vote at a Lower Level
• Opportunity for First Level Representatives to Meet with Second Level Committee
• Third Level (Campus) Review
• Third Level Review Committee Membership
• Mandatory Abstention of Committee Members Entitled to Vote at a Lower Level
• Opportunity for First and Second Level Representatives to Meet with Second Level Committee
• End-of-theYear Annual Report
• Presidential Review
• Notification of Decision
• Notification to Candidates
• Notification of Negative Decision
• Terminal Year Appointment for Faculty Denied Tenure

Emeritus Review
• Eligibility requirements
• Criteria
• Deadline Dates
• Review Process
• Appeal of Negative Decision

Appeal Process
• Grounds for Appeal
• Deadlines Dates to Request Appeal
• Appeals Committee Membership
• Responsibilities and Powers of the Appeals Committee
• Presidential Review and Implementation of Decision

Go to APT Procedures Manual or the USM APT Policy