Common use of External Review Letters Clause in Contracts

External Review Letters. A review, external to the University, of scholarly publications and/or creative activities is required for all tenure and/or promotion applications. One set of external review letters may be used for concurrent tenure and promotion applications. A. Purpose of External Review The purpose of external review is to ensure that scholarly and creative standards at the University are commensurate with those at comparable universities and colleges, and are in line with discipline standards. B. Process of Obtaining External Reviews 1. The pool of potential external reviewers shall be generated in the spring semester as described below, after the candidate has submitted the letter of intent. Whenever possible, reviewers should be solicited and sent the review materials by the end of spring finals week. The pool must be large enough to reasonably ensure a minimum of three (3) reviews to be received by the end of week 2 of the following fall semester, at which time the departmental review process begins. 2. Candidates for tenure and/or promotion must submit to the RTP committee chair all materials relevant to external review, as determined by academic unit guidelines, and a list of at least three