Promotion

Can non-tenure-track faculty be promoted? In most tracks, yes. In fact, while UGA's NTT contracts are for one year at a time, many NTT faculty spend their entire careers at UGA! In our faculty surveys, 7/10 non-tenure-track faculty plan to still be employed at UGA in five years; those who don't report the most likely reason as "retirement."

The majority of non-tenure-track faculty positions (e.g., academic professionals, clinical faculty, lecturers, librarians, public service faculty, research scientists) at UGA have well-defined "career ladders" and specific guidelines for appointment as well as for promotion. With entry-level, mid-rank and senior level "rungs," these positions are analogous to, but with substantive differences from, tenured/tenure-track positions. Some non-tenure-track roles (e.g., instructors, administrative A, university physicians) do not have specific  promotion guidelines.

Raises provided to non-tenure-track faculty upon promotion vary in amount by role. 

A quick snapshot can be found on our at-a-glance document here, however the Office of Faculty Affairs website hosts the current official guidelines and details.  

Interested in taking part in a dossier-writing group to work on your materials for either 3rd year review or promotion? Fill out this form by Wednesday Dec 10, 2025 to join a group! Date already passed? Contact us to ask about what's available!

The Office of Faculty Affairs hosts promotion workshops for many of the NTT tracks. Upcoming dates as well as recordings from previous years can be found here.