On October 24, President Tripathi promulgated the Faculty Senate Resolution to Revise the Policies, Procedures, and Criteria for Appointment, Promotion & Tenure (CAPT), which had been unanimously approved at the September 17, 2024 Faculty Senate meeting. The updated Policies, Procedures, and Criteria for Appointment, Promotion & Tenure are effective as of July 1, 2025.
The following updated Policies, Procedures, and Criteria for Faculty Personnel Actions is effective starting July 1, 2025 for cases being considered in Fall 2025.
For dossiers submitted BEFORE July 1, 2025 for consideration during the 2024-25 academic year, please use the old Policies, Procedures, and Criteria for Appointment, Promotion & Tenure.
This should be a concise description, no more than three pages, of the candidate’s research: history of and future plans for funding; focus and origins of research program; its current status, especially noting, in cases for promotion with tenure, the extent of revision and degree of differentiation from work completed for graduate degree; evidence of influence of work in the field; plans for further development and new work. This statement is an opportunity for the candidate to provide a sense of appropriate context and intention for the work perhaps not otherwise evident in the dossier. To demonstrate impact, academic publications, journal articles, reports, evaluation studies, various other forms of public scholarship, and grants and external awards may be included.
For scholars whose work involves community-based activities, such activities should be regarded as research/scholarship when they entail applying one’s scholarly expertise/skills/knowledge to positively impact communities and are subject to expert review.