Faculty Review Clocks

Promotion & Tenure: Assistant to Associate

Probationary Period - Tenure-Track Faculty

Unpaid Time Off (LWOP)

Unpaid Time Off

Yes. Any duration of LWOP automatically stops the clock.

n/a

Promotion & Tenure: Assistant to Associate

COE: Promotion and Tenure > Assistant Professors

Paid leaves (sick leave, FML, etc.)

Sick Leave and FML - Faculty

No

Yes. A probationary extension may be requested. Up to two extensions (plus one for Covid-related impact) may be requested in the Assistant Professor rank.

See Probationary Period - Tenure-Track Faculty > tab "Probationary Period extensions".

Promotion: Associate to Full

Any

No

Kind of.

The timing for promotion reviews for tenured and professional-track faculty is largely determined by the department/college/school and candidate.

Reviews are considered accelerated when the Effective Years in Rank is less than six.  Tenured and professional-track faculty accrue one effective year of service in rank for every nine months of full-time academic service during any academic year. An academic year does not count as an effective year in rank if the tenured associate professor: (1) begins employment after the start of the fall semester, or (2) has an approved personal circumstances flag.

A Personal Circumstances Flag can be requested, which designates a year within the scope of a multi-year review as having been impacted by personal circumstances.

See Personal Circumstances Flag.

Comprehensive Periodic Review (tenured faculty)

Any

Leave and Modified Assignments Administrative Matrix

No

Yes, a deferral may be requested in some circumstances.

Tenured faculty are required to undergo a comprehensive periodic review every six years.  In accordance with Texas Education Code Section 51.942 and Regent’s Rule 31002, Evaluation of Tenured Faculty, a deferral may be requested in some circumstances, for instance, if the faculty member is on an approved leave during their sixth year.

See COE: Comprehensive Periodic (Six-Year) Review of Tenured Faculty (CPR) > Deferral of CPR

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Another option: Personal Circumstances Flag:

The PC Flag does not in and of itself adjust the timing of comprehensive periodic review.  But it should prompt reviewers and peer review committees to reframe the review period for the faculty member.

See Personal Circumstances Flag.