Each candidate’s contributions are evaluated in the following five areas:
- teaching courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels,
- research, creative activities, and other scholarly efforts,
- mentoring activities, including formal and informal supervision of students and other mentees,
- administrative and committee service to the department, college, and University, and professional public
service to the nation, state, and society, and - other evidence of merit or recognition, such as awards, fellowships, and grants.
Recommendations for promotion and tenure are based on the candidate’s demonstrated record of career accomplishments, with emphasis focused on accomplishments in rank and the trajectory of those contributions, as an indication of future performance.