Post tenure review is required of all tenured faculty at an interval of five years. These reviews are conducted by departments and dean's offices, and submitted to the Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA). Some financial support to facilitate the resulting professional plan is supplied to faculty by OFA through the dean’s offices. OFA is also charged with annual reporting of post tenure review results to System Administration.
Information, provided by the Office of Faculty Affairs, pertaining to Post Tenure Review, can be found on the Office of Faculty Affairs website.
In summary, the candidate’s work is reviewed by a department subcommittee of at least two members. For faculty rostered outside of the tenure home, the department is to contact the rostering unit to determine whether or not they would like to have a faculty member included on the subcommittee. Documentation reviewed by the subcommittee during the Post Tenure Review is to include:
- Updated curriculum vitae to be submitted along with the report
- The five most recent annual merit performance evaluation reports (Faculty Performance Ratings)
- Faculty Course Questionnaires from the preceding five years
- Peer reviews
- Previous five-year Faculty Professional Plan
- Updated five-year Faculty Professional Plan
- Other documentation as desired or as required by the department
Process
A Post Tenure Review Form is required for summarizing the faculty member’s work, with conclusions regarding the candidate’s productivity and contributions to the University. This summary needs to include some detail regarding the committee’s findings in each of the following areas:
- Teaching
- Research/creative work
- Service
- Professional development plan
NOTE: A rating for each individual area and one overall rating must be provided. If your department currently uses a numeric rating scale, please use the following grid as a guide to adjust the numbers to the relevant ‘Rating Options’ listed below:
| Rating Options | Equivalent # Ratings |
|---|---|
| Fails to Meet Expectations | 1 - 1.99 |
| Below Expectations | 2 - 2.99 |
| Meeting Expectations | 3 - 3.99 |
| Exceeding Expectations | 4 - 4.99 |
| Outstanding | 5 |
A draft of the committee's report is to be given to the faculty member for review. They may approve it as written or append comments. Both the faculty member and the Chair must sign the form. If the person under review is rostered in an Institute, the Institute Director must also sign.
The following documents are to be combined in one bookmarked PDF and emailed to CAS Faculty Affairs (CAS-Faculty@Colorado.edu) in the Dean's Office in the following order:
- Signed Post Tenure Review Form or report
- Updated curriculum vitae
- Faculty Course Questionnaire Summary Form for the last 5 years
- Previous five-year Faculty Professional Plan
- In the event that the previous 5-year plan is lost and cannot be retrieved, please substitute a memo explaining that the document has been lost. Include in that memo a retroactive summary of the 5-year projection.
- Updated five-year Faculty Professional Plan
No Post Tenure Review will be accepted without the items listed above included.
Note: All other back-up documentation (i.e., annual merit performance reports, peer reviews, etc.) are to be kept within the department.
Timeline:
Reviewed 25 January 2024