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Timeline for Dossiers

Dossier schedules

Tenure Dossier Schedule

Due In CALS*

Due in Day Hall

Trustees Meeting

Earliest Action Date (by Trustees)**

December 1, 2021February 24, 2022May 27-29, 2022July 1, 2022
April 1, 2022August 4, 2022October 13-15, 2022November 1, 2022
August 1, 2022October, 20, 2022January 26-28, 2023February 1, 2023
October 1, 2022November 17, 2022March 23-24, 2023April 1, 2023
December 1, 2022February 23, 2023May 26-28, 2023July 1, 2023

Promotion to Full Professor Schedule***

Due in CALS*

Due in Day Hall

Earliest Action Date (by Provost)**

July 1Late OctoberJanuary 1 (six months after CALS due date)
January 15Late AprilJuly 1 (approx. six months after CALS due date)

* If the “Due in CALS” date falls on a non-working day, then the dossier will be due the next business day.

** Please note that the CALS Senior Associate Deans’ Office will notify you once communication has been received from Day Hall.

*** Promotion to full professor can be decided in the 6th year after the award of tenure. Thus, review may begin during the start of the 6th year, but should begin no earlier than the end of the 5th year.

Submission Deadlines

Submission deadlines in each college are driven by the university tenure and promotion timelines for 2021-2022 and 2022-23.