Promotion & Tenure Guide
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Guide to Promotion and Tenure at the University of Oregon
The University upholds high standards for promotion and tenure, and our faculty maintains a high success rate. Tenure is the result of accumulated accomplishments in research, teaching, and service, when together they indicate the potential for an enduring career of academic excellence. Activity, though, should not be confused with accomplishment.
We consider excellence in research to mean research that leads to a national and international reputation for creating new knowledge in one’s field. Excellence in teaching means excellence in fostering learning at all levels of instruction, both undergraduate and graduate. Excellence in service means service sufficient to establish one’s ability and commitment to participate in the success of the university, one’s academic field, and the communities in which those are situated.
- Scholarship - Research and Creative or Professional Practice
- Expectations
- Developing a Scholarly Program
- Preparing for Publication, Performance or Exhibition
- Managing Your Time and Priorities
- Building a Professional Reputation
- Recordkeeping
- Teaching
- Expectations
- Recordkeeping
- Evaluation of Teaching
- Service
- Expectations
- Managing Your Time and Priorities
- Professional Evaluation at the University of Oregon
- Probationary Years (tenure-track appointments with no credit for prior service)
- Annual Reviews (spring of years 1,2, and 4)
- Third Year Review (spring of year 3)
- Promotion and Tenure Review (beginning spring of year 5 with decision by spring of year 6)
- Post Tenure Reviews
Guide last updated October 20, 2009
Earlier versions of the Promotion and Tenure Guide are archived here.
