Tenure and Promotion

Appointment, Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion

• Article 5 and 6 of CBA
• Candidate Information: Tenure Review Process on Canvas
• Chapter V of Faculty Statutes
• Faculty Policy Series 15 – AD HOC Committee on Tenure
• Target Dates for Personnel Action – Appendix A of CBA
• Faculty Policy Series 14 – Annual Evaluation of Faculty/Digital Measures
• 14A Sample Form
• 14B Sample Form

Peer Review

• Faculty Policy Series 46 – Peer Observation of Teaching

These three sessions aim to provide faculty with essential insights into the criteria, process, and best practices for achieving tenure and advancing their academic careers, while also addressing common challenges and strategies for navigating the promotion landscape.

October 29, 1-2:25 p.m.; Axinn 246. 
Associate to Full Professor: November 17, 1-2:30 pm, Plaza Room Middle, Student Center

Target Dates

The timeline and procedure for creation and changes to access to Canvas sites:

• May - Provost Office forwards list of Tenure candidates to Edtech. Edtech creates Canvas shells for each candidate.
• June 1 – All tenure candidates receive access to Canvas sites.
• Summer – As faculty notify their Dean’s Office of their intention to stand for promotion, an administrator emails help@hofstra.edu with the faculty member’s name and email address to create the Canvas site.
• September 1 – Faculty lose access to the Canvas site. Department Chair added to Canvas site based on list provided by Provost’s Office.
• Mid-September – Upon the formation of the Ad Hoc Tenure Review Committee or Ad Hoc Promotion Review Committee, Department Chair will email help@hofstra.edu with the names and email addresses of all committee members.
• Approximately December 15* – Recommendation of Ad Hoc Committee and Chair due to Dean. Edtech to remove access to materials for Department Chair and Ad Hoc Committee members. Upon receipt of recommendation, Dean’s Office submits a request to help@hofstra.edu to provide access to materials to Dean’s offices and Faculty Personnel Board members, when required by CBA 5.13.
• Approximately February 15* – Upon receipt of Faculty Personnel Board recommendations, Dean’s Office notifies help@hofstra.edu to remove FPB members from Canvas sites.
• Approximately March 8* – Dean’s recommendations due to Provost. Upon receipt of recommendation, Provost’s Office notifies help@hofstra.edu to remove Dean’s Offices from Canvas. Access is granted to the Provost Office for maintenance of records.

*Exact dates vary each academic year.