Notes from Academic Affairs

Dear Faculty Colleagues,

We want to highlight the Academic Affairs calendar, specifically as it relates to Third-Year Review and Five-Year Periodic Performance Review.

Third-Year Review: The Third-Year Review is required for all tenure-track faculty. Third-Year Reviews are internal to each college and are meant to provide substantive feedback regarding strengths and areas for improvement to faculty at this critical stage in the tenure timeline. Third-year documentation will be uploaded into the TMS system along with the annual evaluation ranking and are due to the Provost’s Office by March 25, 2022. Third-year documentation should include the faculty member’s CV and self-assessment, committee vote and report, chair report, dean report, and any other reports created based on college/unit guidelines.  All responses to these reports from the faculty member should also be included.  Please note that the supporting documentation is not required to be uploaded.

Five-Year Periodic Performance Review (PPR): The PPR is a post-tenure/promotion review that spans a five-year period and is designed to provide an overview of scholarly, service, and teaching activity for a tenured faculty member (ISUPP 4010, I.A.). PPRs are due to the Provost’s Office on March 25, 2022. The PPR documentation should include the faculty member's CV and self-assessment, committee vote and report, chair report, dean report, and any other reports created per college/unit guidelines. All responses to these reports from the faculty member should also be included.  These documents should be uploaded into the TMS system along with the annual evaluation ranking.  Please note that the supporting documentation is not required to be uploaded.

Please note that the TMS system will only allow 3 documents to be uploaded to any annual evaluation. Therefore, it is suggested that all documents be scanned into a single file if possible. 

Please make sure to consult with your dean and department/program chair for additional college-specific procedures and due dates for each of these reviews at the department and college levels.  

Thank you!

–The Academic Affairs Team