In addition, I have included copies of letters to Tenure eligible faculty and to all UNH Tenure Track and Research Faculty. Because promotion and tenure recommendations are made at several levels, it is imperative that the data accompanying cases be complete and properly documented. This task falls in particular to the chair of the department, as it is in the department that the case is written.
Complete documentation includes a full vita with publications in the appendix.
Recommendations must be consistent with the supporting material provided, and anyone reading the case must be able to ascertain that the data were obtained in a fair and reasonable manner. Please explain the process used in evaluating scholarship. We need to demonstrate exactly how evaluative conclusions have been reached in every case. Because candidates need to know the basis for decisions about promotion and tenure from the outset, I repeat the request from past years that departmental standards and criteria be made explicit to new faculty. Criteria should not be inflexible, but candidates should understand the importance of teaching, scholarship, and service, as interpreted by the department, and should be aware of the standards to be applied.