STEP 1: INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL REVIEW:

Institution must use the following guidelines in reviewing a potential candidate to be recommended for TENURE ON APPOINTMENT.

• Only candidates with outstanding and demonstrable national reputations will be eligible for consideration for tenure upon appointment. The appointment should be equivalent in stature to distinguished professors in the candidate's field. "Demonstrable national reputation" may be evidenced either by a combination of several achievements or one singular and distinctive achievement. Examples include prestigious honors and awards in field; publications of international, national, or regional scope, including textbooks; offices and positions held in international, national, or regional organizations in field; level and scope of consultant work; number and dollar amounts of funded research; recognition for excellence in teaching, and others.
  

• Candidates must meet all tenure requirements of the nominating institution (except for length of service) including, when possible, review and recommendation by the unit and campus tenure committees.
  

• Candidates must have received tenure at a prior comparable or higher level institution (if there is an exception, it must be justified).
  

• Candidates must be eligible to be associate or full professor.
  

The institution's Chief Academic Officer should submit in writing the institution's potential recommendation as early as possible, and at least two weeks before the FIS monthly deadline, to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. The recommendation should fully address each of the requirements listed below:

• Provide the rationale for appointment and value to institution (mission) 
• Highlight the candidate's outstanding and distinguished achievements
• Indicate rank at prior institution
• Indicate tenure status at prior institution
• Highlight evidence of demonstrable national reputation
• Include current curriculum vitae

STEP 3: REGENTS CENTRAL OFFICE TWO WEEK REVIEW:

STEP 4: REGENTS CENTRAL OFFICE RESPONSE:

Sr. Vice Chancellor will notify institution of the recommendation for action on the request.

Only when a positive recommendation has been received may the institution communicate with the candidate about the offer, which must be clearly identified as being CONTINGENT upon approval by the Board of Regents.

Only then is the institution's formal recommendation submitted through the Faculty Information System to meet the Board Agenda deadline.