The faculty member has the right to respond to the review, and that response becomes a part of the review file. Every probationary faculty member is reviewed annually. For this purpose, faculty members must maintain an updated curriculum vitae, student evaluations of teaching, copies of scholarly publications and teaching materials, and records of creative work. The review ensures that the faculty member receives the guidance necessary for meeting promotion and tenure standards, but it does not in any way prejudge the review for promotion and tenure. The annual review of probationary faculty is as complete and detailed as possible to provide sufficient feedback and guidance to the faculty member under review.
Probationary faculty have a right to reply in writing to their annual evaluations.
All such replies are transmitted to the Office of the Dean and maintained as part of the review file. Tenure Timetable Annual reviews ordinarily follow the six-year timetable for annual reviews for probationary faculty outlined below. For a faculty member first appointed at mid-year, the tenure timetable begins at the start of the next academic year. As soon as the requirements for the degree are completed, the faculty member provides the DEO with documentation from the graduate college of the degree-granting institution that specifies the date on which the degree was completed and the date on which it will be formally conferred. The tenure-track faculty member receives a promotion to assistant professor, effective on the date the degree requirements were completed, and begins receiving the salary for that faculty rank.