Since the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is the only unit on campus that has Cooperative Extension, the nature of their appointments is often less clearly understood. Occasionally a major piece of new information is received after the dossier has left the unit. If it appears that the information might impact the evaluation decision, the new information must be resubmitted to the committees at each level in order to be added to the dossier. The final date at the university level for additional information is February 1. Under special circumstances, candidates may be considered for early review, but should be sure they meet all the criteria for tenure or continuing status.
Many early candidates have prior experience elsewhere.
Committees will look at whether the candidate meets the same criteria as someone going up in their sixth year. These candidates should not be expected to meet higher standards to be promoted or receive tenure or continuing status early. If the outcome of the early review is a recommendation to deny tenure or continuing status, early candidates will not receive a terminal year appointment and may reapply during their mandatory review year. Normally a candidate is evaluated on six years of work which was all completed here. For candidates with prior experience elsewhere, the review will emphasize the work done at the University of Arizona.