The duty of the tenured faculty to give advice on tenure decisions is perhaps its highest responsibility. The process begins with their review, and it is highly dependent upon their thoroughness, fairness, and rigor. To give weak advice to the Dean on the assumption that the difficult decisions will be made at a later stage subverts the principle of peer review and faculty governance, and is an abnegation of departmental responsibility. Reports that are considered by the Dean or Promotion and Tenure Committee to fall into this category will be returned to the department with a request that the problem be corrected.
Reasonable doubt precludes a favorable recommendation.
If a reasonable doubt exists, the department should indicate as much to the Dean and the FAS Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure. Affirmative Action 9.0 Emeritus Status Download the complete FAS section 3. The Dean has de jure authority to recommend tenure decisions contrary to faculty advice, although that power is usually used sparingly, and in a properly functioning tenure process it may never be used. A recommendation and docket must be submitted in all mandatory review cases, whether positive or negative. Each department has its own traditions and established practices for making personnel and other decisions.