Promotion and Tenure

Information on this page addresses the promotion processes and policies for both tenure-track and tenured faculty and professional track faculty. Use the navigation to the left to find the information you need. University policy on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure is available here: https://president.umd.edu/sites/president.umd.edu/files/documents/policies/II-100A.pdf

Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty

The University guidelines for appointment, promotion and tenure are linked here and on the menu to the left. The Guidelines, maintained by the Office of Faculty Affairs, are updated on an as-needed basis, so we recommend that you bookmark this link, rather than downloading a copy of the Guidelines. If you should need to reference an older version of the Guidelines, please contact our office.

Forms and Templates

Linked below are various forms, templates and examples that will be helpful as you progress through the APT process. Several of these forms and templates have changed recently, as a result of changes to the University’s APT policy.

Forms External Evaluation Letter Log New Faculty Appointment Form Transmittal Form Expedited Transmittal Form SRTH Transmittal Form Candidate Verification Page Student Evaluation Data Template
Templates and Samples Appointment Agreement
University CV Template (Updated 4.24.19: Read More)
Initial Email to external evaluator, requesting availability External Evaluator Sample Request Letter New Faculty “Intent to Hire” Letter Teaching Portfolio Recommendations Peer Review Guidelines

Other Resources

Workshops

Workshops regarding the promotion process are offered annually by the Office of Faculty Affairs. Presentations from each of the most recent workshops are linked below.

Current APT Committee Members

Tenure Committee

Anand Anandalingam | BMGT

Andrew Baldwin | AGNR

Olivia Carter-Pokras | SPHL

Aristos Christou | ENGR

John Fourkas | CMNS

Jeff MacSwan | EDUC

Martha Nell Smith | ARHU

Linda Steiner | JOUR

Laixiang Sun | BSOS

Promotion Committee

James Baeder | ENGR

Matthew Bell | ARCH

Feinian Chen | BSOS

Lawrence Gordon | BMGT

Dale Johnson | AGNR

Melanie Killen | EDUC

Karen Lips | CMNS

Christopher Morris | ARHU

Min Wang | SPHL

Changes to the APT Policy & Guidelines | 2015

Click here for information about the changes made to the APT Policy and Guidelines during the 2015 revision cycle.

Annual Report

Each year, the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs presents a report of the details of the APT Committee’s work to the Provost and the Senate. Reports from 2011 through 2019 are linked below.

Professional Track Faculty

In April 2015, the University Senate passed, and the President subsequently approved, campus-wide guidelines for the Appointment, Evaluation, and Promotion (AEP) of Professional Track (PTK) faculty. The guidelines are linked to the left.

  • All appointments and promotions are initiated by the appointing unit according to the criteria in the unit PTK-AEP policy.
  • Unless otherwise governed by a college policy, appointments and promotions to the lowest level in PTK ranks (e.g. Lecturer, Assistant Research Scientist) are reviewed and approved at the unit level.
  • Appointments and promotions to the middle level in PTK ranks (e.g. Senior Lecturer, Associate Research Scientist) begin at the unit level and are reviewed and approved at the next administrative level, which is the college for departmentalized colleges or the Office of Faculty Affairs for non-departmentalized colleges.
  • Appointments and promotions to the highest level in PTK ranks (e.g. Principal Lecturer, Research Scientist) begin at the unit level, proceed through the college within departmentalized colleges, and are ultimately reviewed and approved by the Provost. For cases to be reviewed by the Provost, dossiers must be submitted, through the online AEP dossier management application, by March 1 of a given academic year promotion cycle.

College Level Plans

As required by the campus guidelines, colleges submitted their AEP policies to the Senate's Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC) for review and approval during the 2015-2016 academic year. Departments in departmentalized colleges, as well as research institutes and centers, are also required to develop unit-level AEP policies and have them reviewed and approved through the college's dean's office. Faculty should contact their unit heads to learn about unit-level policies.

Forms and Templates

Linked below are various forms, templates and examples that will be helpful as you progress through the AEP process. Several of these forms and templates have changed recently, as a result of changes to the University’s APT policy.

Forms Transmittal Form Student Evaluation Data Template
Templates and Samples University CV Template Teaching Portfolio Recommendations Peer Review Guidelines