Promotion and Tenure

I'm a new assistant professor. When will I be eligible for promotion?
	You are eligible any time your record of accomplishment (your dossier) merits a positive decision in the view of your department chair/head, promotion and tenure committee, or dean. Typically, faculty hold the rank of assistant professor for six years.
How many years do I have before I must be tenured or given one year's "timely notice" that my position will end?
	No more than six years on tenure track, including any credit for years of "prior service." A faculty member on tenure track may be given "timely notice" before the sixth year when, in the view of the department and dean (and with the approval of the Provost and Executive Vice President), the candidate has little or no chance of receiving indefinite tenure at Oregon State University.
What is a dossier and what does is contain?
	The dossier is the document prepared for promotion and tenure review. You should start your dossier soon after beginning employment as a faculty member. Instructions are available from your department head/chair or Academic Affairs. It contains your position description, current vita, summaries of courses taught, teaching evaluations, publications, awards, grants, and similar summaries of your work and accomplishments.
May I nominate myself for promotion even if I lack the support of my department and/or dean?
	Except for the sixth year of probationary service (in which tenure decisions must be made), the department has no obligation to forward a dossier lacking departmental and/or dean’s support to the Provost and Executive Vice President. If the faculty member feels he or she has been prejudicially treated in not being supported, the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs should be contacted.

For complete information: http://oregonstate.edu/facultystaff/handbook/promo.html

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