RRS_Series: Faculty Promotion and Tenure

Activity
V.10. HUMAN RESOURCES/Employee Records
Series Name
Faculty Promotion and Tenure
Series ID
510-20-205
Description

Document the periodic consideration of faculty who are eligible for changes in rank or tenure status, including mid-term review, promotion or tenure, or post-tenure review. Comprises records of University Senate Committees deliberating faculty personnel matters, including but not limited to the Faculty Personnel Committee.

These records found in all media (paper, digital, or other) may include but are not limited to: 

  • candidate dossier checklist; 
  • confidential waiver for letters of evaluation;  
  • statement of duties; 
  • conditions of appointment; 
  • post tenure reviews, including the Third-Year Post-Tenure Review (3PTR) Report;  
  • letters of evaluation;  
  • current curriculum vitae or resumes;
  • candidate statements, including equity and diversity statements;
  • candidate evaluations of teaching, scholarship, and service; 
  • committees’ voting and signature sheets;  
  • sabbatical reports 
  • equity and diversity statements;   
  • committee reports;
  • related documentation and correspondence. 

Note: These files should always be maintained separate from employee's personnel files at all times; the letter from the Office of the Provost communicating promotion and tenure decisions should be added to the faculty’s Employment record by its custodian.  

Retention and Disposal Instructions

10 years after decision notification from Provost’s Office generated and added to employee record, purge.  

Exception: In the event of a subpoena, audit, public records or similar state or federal information request, halt until further instructed any scheduled disposal activities, including purging or transferring material to University Archives.