Section V.A.4: Tenured Professors - Promotion and Tenure Reviews and Developmental Reviews - Graduate School

IV. Reviews for Tenured Professors

1. Types of review: There are two types of review for professors: annual review and post-tenure review.
2. Annual review: Professors produce an annual self-evaluation (elements described in GSEC policy handbook). Annual self-evaluations are reviewed by the department chair. No written response from the department chair is required, except in the case of the post-tenure reviews described below. A meeting can be held or a written report can be completed at the request of the faculty member or at the discretion of the department chair.
3. Post-tenure reviews
   1. Purpose: The purpose of post-tenure reviews for professors is to provide feedback on the faculty member’s professional growth and contribution to the mission of the Graduate School.
   2. Schedule: Post-tenure reviews occur every six years after a faculty member is promoted to the rank of professor.
   3. Process: Post-tenure reviews for professors include a comprehensive self-evaluation, chair evaluation, and dean evaluation.
      1. Comprehensive self-evaluation document: The faculty member prepares a comprehensive self-evaluation, with supporting documentation, using the elements contained in the annual self-evaluation, expanded to address the six-year period under review (elements described in GSEC policy handbook).
      2. Chair evaluation: The department chair produces a written evaluation and forwards this to the professor and the dean. The professor may write a response, to be forwarded with the chair’s evaluation.
      3. Dean evaluation: The dean of the Graduate School produces a written evaluation based on the materials submitted by the faculty member and department chair. This evaluation is given to the faculty member, who may offer a written response. The evaluation letters and faculty response(s) (if present) are included in the faculty member’s personnel file, to be available in subsequent reviews.

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