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Personnel Decisions

Faculty Annual Report

Faculty Annual Report (FAR) is submitted using Watermark Faculty Success - effective Spring 2025

Calendars and Timelines

Calendar for Personnel Decisions 2025-2026
Includes deadline dates for Reappointments, Promotion and/ or Tenure, Annual Reports, and Leave of Absence

Tenure Track timeline example; timeline with credit toward tenure

Faculty Reappointment

Portfolios for reappointment review for Tenure Track and Clinical Track faculty members are prepared following the Portfolio Guidelines below and submitted using Watermark Faculty Success - effective Fall 2025.

Promotion and/or Tenure

Portfolios for promotion and/or tenure review for Tenure Track, Tenured, Clinical Track, Instructor Track, and Teaching Faculty Track faculty members are prepared following the Portfolio Guidelines below and submitted using Watermark Faculty Success - effective Fall 2025.

University Promotions Committee (UPC) Review Request form


Portfolio Guidelines - Effective Fall 2017
The portfolio guidelines version effective Fall 2017 is required for faculty members whose appointment starts Fall 2017 or later, and for associate professors applying for promotion starting in Fall 2018.  Clinical Track faculty members submitting portfolios for promotion or reappointment review will follow the effective Fall 2017 guidelines starting in Fall 2018.

  • Portfolio Guidelines (Instructions and guidance for preparing your portfolio.)
  • Portfolio FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions supplement the Portfolio Guidelines.)
  • COVID Impact Statement Guidelines (Optional)

Leaves of Absence

Request for Leave of Absence With Pay

Request for Leave of Absence Without Pay

Faculty Handbook Policy

Archived Documents

Faculty Reappointment

Promotion and/or Tenure

Portfolio Checklist (Outline of the portfolio, refer to Portfolio Guidelines for instructions.)
Promotion and/or Tenure Application Form - Insert into section A.1 of the portfolio
Promotion and/or Tenure Appraisal Form - Insert into section H of the portfolio

Portfolio Guidelines - Prior to Fall 2017

Early career faculty members (e.g., Assistant Professor, Clinical Assistant Professor) appointed to their current rank prior to Fall 2017 have the option to select the version of the portfolio guidelines they will use. The Portfolio Guidelines Selection form should be submitted to the Dean's Office by October 11, 2017.  If a selection is not submitted by the deadline date, the portfolio guidelines option will default to the version effective Fall 2017.