Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure

The faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences hereby establishes standards and procedures to guide the granting of tenure (continuous appointment) and academic rank.

To be awarded tenure the minimum period of service shall be three years of full-time teaching (or service of professionals such as librarians and research professors) at the college or university level. At least two years of this service normally must be at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.  The period of service required for the granting of a continuous appointment will normally approach the seven-year maximum.

Time considerations for promotion purposes must be established within each department and college, but in no instance should an individual faculty member be considered for promotion by merely attaining a minimum number of years service in a given rank." For time considerations for promotion within the College of Arts and Sciences check the college guidelines.

Before developing or evaluating a dossier for reappointment, promotion, or tenure, please review both the UNO General Guidelines for Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure and the Arts and Sciences College Guidelines for Promotion, Tenure and Reappointment. In addition, review any procedures or guidelines developed by your department.

 

Due Dates for 2007-2008

For those departments that have first year faculty reappointments, (2008-2009) those are due in the dean's office via a memo to the dean by Friday, December 7, 2007.

Due Dates for faculty up for tenure:
Due to the department committee from candidate Friday, September 28, 2007
Due to chair from department committee Friday, October 19, 2007
Due to college RPT committee from chair Friday, November 9, 2007
Due to dean from college RPT committee Friday, December 14, 2007
Due to the Vice Chancellor from the dean Friday, February 1, 2008

Due Dates for faculty up for PROMOTION and third year or more reappointments:
Due to the department committee from candidate Friday, October 5, 2007
Due to chair from department committee Friday, October 26, 2007
Due to college RPT committee from the chair Friday, November 16, 2007
Due to dean from college RPT committee Friday, January 18, 2008
Due to the Vice Chancellor from the dean Friday, February 15, 2008

Due Dates for faculty reappointments for year two, these would be brand new faculty (2009-2010):
Due to the department committee from candidate Monday, October 22, 2007
Due to chair from department committee Monday, November 12, 2007
Due to college RPT committee from the chair Monday, December 3, 2007
Due to dean from college RPT committee Monday, February 4, 2008
Due to the Vice Chancellor from the dean Friday, February 29, 2008

If you have any questions about this schedule please contact the dean's office.

The College of Arts & Sciences currently employs standardized notebooks in which to compile your materials for reappointment, promotion or tenure. Please contact the dean's office to request a notebook be created for you. 

Listed below are links to the RPT Guidelines, instructions for preparing RPT forms and portfolios, and the RPT Signature Page.  The RPT Cover Page and the RPT Form to fill out when compiling your Notebook (Sections II-V) are available in an Adobe Acrobat version which you may print out and then fill out, or an MS Word version which you may fill out and save on your computer.

If you have any questions on any of these forms you may check with the chair of your department.

Guidelines
Instructions
Signature Page
Cover Page (PDF) (Word)
Form Sections II-V (PDF)  (Word)