Eligibility Timelines for Promotion and Tenure. A. Promotion to Associate Professor
Eligibility Timelines for Promotion and Tenure. A. Promotion to Associate Professor NOTE: Promotion to Associate Professor and the granting of tenure shall occur at the same time for those hired as Assistant Professor on a tenure line. Faculty can apply for promotion to Associate Professor and tenure after four years of continuous service at WOU. The files are due and the review process takes place during the fifth year of service. If awarded, the promotion and tenure shall become effective at the beginning of the sixth year of full time service. If stipulated in the initial hiring contract, a faculty member may be reviewed for promotion to Associate Professor and tenure after a combined minimum of four years of successful continuous service on a tenure track at WOU and another comparable institution. If not stipulated in the initial hiring contract, faculty must indicate a desire to apply early by including external reviews and a statement outlining levels of distinctiveness in teaching, scholarship, and service that warrant early consideration for promotion in the Annual Faculty Report due no later than Friday of the 1st week of June. If approved, the faculty member would be evaluated for promotion and tenure during the following year’s evaluation process by the Division PRC. Failure to achieve early promotion and tenure does not preclude a faculty member from being awarded promotion and tenure in the subsequent year following another review.
Eligibility Timelines for Promotion and Tenure
