Tenure Team
Following a promising probationary review and no later than two years prior to a tenure review for a faculty member, a tenure team is constituted for the tenure candidate. The tenure candidate, mentoring team, Program Chair (where applicable), Division Chair, and Academic Vice President and Dean of the Faculty will establish a tenure team of three to five faculty members. The tenure team will be composed of the mentoring team and additional tenured faculty members in the candidate’s discipline or related fields inside or outside the division. The candidate’s tenure team and, where applicable, the Program Chair assist the Division Chair in developing a comprehensive, evaluative letter. This assistance may include, but not be limited to: consultation, review of scholarship and other materials related to the College’s Tenure Review Standards, classroom observations, student interviews, and review of student evaluations (IEQs) and/or alumni surveys. Once the Division Chair has drafted the letter, each member of the tenure team and Program Chair, where applicable, receive an electronic copy. Any member of the tenure team or the Program Chair, where applicable, who feels that her/his contributions are not adequately addressed in the letter is encouraged to write an additional letter and submit it to the candidate’s file.