ACTION BY THE UNIVERSITY RANKING TENURE EVALUATION COMMITTEE	No. 8-19A	Rev.
		Date 10-10-00

OLD VERSION

POLICY

The University Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee shall review the files of all candidates for advancement in rank or tenure who request it. Typically, such a request will be predicated by a disagreement in the recommendations among the Department Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee, College Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee or the Dean, although a candidate may request review by the University Committee even if there is no disagreement among the reviewers identified above.

In order to provide a context for their review, the University Committee shall have access, as need, to the professional files submitted by candidates for promotion and tenure during the academic year from the candidate's college.

The University Committee shall inform the Provost of its recommendations adding its own evaluation. The University Committee shall also send copies of its recommendations to the department chair and candidate. The chair shall send the report to the dean for inclusion in the candidate's professional file.

Committee recommendations for advancement in rank, for tenure, or for making favorable progress toward tenure shall require a majority vote of the total Committee membership. A quorum, for voting purposes, shall consist of five Committee members. Individual Committee members may issue a separate dissenting or concurring evaluation, which shall be forwarded to the provost, individual members and placed in the respective candidate's file.