Post-Tenure Merit Review Process

In May 2017, the Faculty approved a new merit compensation system that dovetails with significant milestones in a faculty member’s professional life (e.g., initial renewal, tenure, promotion, and post-tenure review).   While most of the milestones remain unchanged, the new system establishes a three-year cycle for post-tenure review of Associate Professors. 

This new three-year cycle began with the cohort of faculty promoted to Associate Professor in 2017, who underwent three-year post-tenure review during the 2019-2020 academic year.  All other Associate Professors will undergo their next post-tenure review according to their original schedules; upon completion, they will transition to the new three-year cycle until earning promotion to Professor. Upon successful promotion to Full Professor, the post-tenure merit review clock is reset to a new and permanent five-year cycle.  See document below for a more complete explanation of this process, both in narrative form and as a schematic. 

Three-year and Five-year reviews will be due yearly to Mai Savelle on October 15 (or if that day falls on the weekend, check the faculty calendar for the adjusted due date).  For schedules of faculty due for the three- and five-year reviews, see Portal > Dean of Faculty > Department Chair Handbook, where these lists are posted for your convenience under both Chapters 1 (Calendars and Schedules) and 5 (Faculty Evaluation).  These lists are revised each fall.