Dean Dossier Guidance

As Dean, you or a designee convene the unit-level Appointment, Promotion & Tenure committee (APT) meeting, which adheres to rank-on-rank voting and follows school/unit bylaws/standards. If the faculty has selected an Advocate, the Advocate must be invited to present and answer questions at the APT meetings.

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Policy on Faculty’s Right to Advocacy

  • Faculty may select an Advocate
  • Advocacy is offered to faculty whenever there is a negative vote/recommendation at any review level (department vote through PRB recommendation)
  • Advocacy meeting attendees include the advocate, Senior Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs, PRB Chair, and department chair.

Following the decanal/APT committee meeting, the Dean presents a faculty dossier to the Provost through a Dean’s letter that must:

  • state the Dean’s/VP’s recommendation
  • describe the mission of the College/School/Unit, including its future growth and direction, and the contribution of the faculty’s work to that mission
  • contextualize the faculty’s research, teaching and service contributions in relation to your unit’s mission
  • report the APT and department vote outcomes
  • address the unit-level personnel vote and any irregular aspects of the case
  • explain how the APT vote should be interpreted, including an explanation of negative votes/abstentions
  • discuss the Chair’s recommendation and either endorse or modify it
  • confirm or modify disciplinary norms and standards described in the Chair’s letter
  • address any case anomalies, including timing, if they are not adequately addressed in the Chair’s letter.

Prior to submitting a dossier to the Office of Faculty Affairs:

  • Complete Section B of the Dossier Checklist
  • Perform text recognition (OCR) on the complete dossier PDF
  • Upload the dossier PDF to your UBbox folder shared with Faculty Affairs and include a PDF of Supplemental Material