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Promotion and Tenure Case Review Forms

As described in the promotion and tenure case review steps, system forms are completed by reviewers at various steps in the process. Below you can find a preview of the prompts and fields for each of the review forms built in Interfolio.

Completed by the College Case Manager during Step 1: Administrative Review

Present Rank


(Date Promotion/Tenure will be come effective, if approved in mm/dd/yyyy)

(In mm/dd/yyyy format)

(No. of years must include the current academic year when the tenure and/or promotion application is reviewed at the university level)

(No. of years must include the current academic year when the tenure and/or promotion application is reviewed at the university level)

(No. of years of full-time college-level teaching in the rank of Assistant/Associate/Professor prior to joining NIU)

This is an early application

This is an short-track application

Candidate is applying for

Completed by the Department Personnel Committee Chair during Step 4: Department Review to reflect the personnel committee votes

The committee's decision on promotion for this candidate is:

The committee's decision on tenure for this candidate is:

Completed by the Department Personnel Committee Chair during Step 4: Department Review to document the personnel committee votes

Completed by the Department Chair / School Director during Step 4: Department Review

Please select your vote for promotion:

Please select your vote for tenure:

Completed by the College Council Chair during Step 6: College Review to reflect the college council votes

The committee's decision on promotion for this candidate is:

The committee's decision on tenure for this candidate is:

Completed by the College Council Chair during Step 6: College Review to document the college council votes

Completed by the Dean during Step 6: College Review

Please select your vote for promotion:

Please select your vote for tenure:

Completed by the College Council Chair during Step 6: College Review

College Council and Dean Assessment
Please select the college overall assessment below.

When applicable, this can be a simple statement that the College Council and Dean concur with the written assessment submitted by the Department (specifying the written assessment of the Department Personnel Committee or of the Department Chair if department decision was split). Otherwise, written comments in support of the College Council and Dean decision should be provided. If additional space is needed, this written commentary can be uploaded in the College Review Materials section.

If the College Council and Dean Disagree with each other, state below that your written assessments are uploaded. The College Council Chair and Dean should each upload in the College Review Materials section the separate written statements that they each prepared supporting their respective recommendations. These statements should have been shared and discussed with each other before uploading.

Completed by the Office of the Provost during Step 8: Faculty Senate Personnel Committee Review

Please confirm after reviewing the candidate's case:

Completed by the Office of the Provost during Step 9: Provost, President, and Board of Trustees Review

Please confirm after reviewing the candidate's case:

* = alternative versions of this form are used for promotion only or tenure only cases.

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