Promotion primarily indicates a personal level of achievement.
While this is also true in awarding tenure, the tenuring of a faculty member is based on an expectation and a prediction regarding his or her future development and performance and an institutional decision to make a long term commitment to him or her, subject to the Regents Bylaws . Thus, promotion is positive evidence of progress toward tenure but not a guarantee of being awarded tenure. While our assessments and recommendations on tenure and promotion must be separate, the procedures we must follow regarding tenure and promotion are very similar. Candidates are entitled to know the identity of everyone who reviews all or parts of their files, including the names of external reviewers. Anyone with relevant information may proffer it for inclusion in a candidate's file to the person responsible for conducting the review at any level of consideration.