Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors V. Benefits and Personnel Policies Publications of Interest and Sources of Further Information Appendix 1. Commonwealth College Promotion and Tenure Promotion and tenure are awarded for academic and professional merit. The Guidelines are available from the department head or the director of academic affairs. University Criteria for Promotion and Tenure University criteria for promotion and tenure have deliberately been made general in the expectation that there will be further definition and elaboration by the academic unit. Each college, the University Libraries, and the Dickinson School of Law have developed more specific criteria statements.
Some departments have departmental criteria statements.
Faculty members should obtain copies of the pertinent criteria statements so that they are aware of the expectations of their unit. There are three categories, listed below, in which candidates for promotion and tenure must demonstrate achievement and potential for further progress. The criteria are applied in light of the mission of the academic unit and the professional responsibilities of the faculty member. Tenure Tenure is based on the potential for future advancement in the several areas as indicated by performance during the provisional period. Tenure reviews are made in the second, fourth, and sixth years of the provisional period.