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- Cases considered during the sixth, seventh, or eighth effective year in rank at UT Austin are considered on-time reviews.
In the spring term before promotion review, the BC/EC and department chair (or dean in a non-departmentalized college/school) are responsible for determining whether a tenured associate professor should be considered as a candidate for promotion. That judgment should use the norms of the field in terms of relevant standards of excellence across areas (Section A.6) and the field’s definition of the normative time in rank.
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• The minimum required years of effective years in rank at UT Austin, as defined in Section A.8
• At least three peer teaching observations across at least two different academic years at UT Austin must be included in the dossier, as defined in Subsection G.13(c)
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Promotion to the rank of tenured full professor is based on the same criteria listed under Subsection B.2(c) for the awarding of tenure and require documented evidence of outstanding quality, impact, and potential for continuing excellence across areas of contribution (Section A.6). However, the standards, workload demands, and expectations are higher for the promotion to tenured full professor and include expectations about demonstrated leadership.
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