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Tenure and Promotion Schedule

Date	Requests, Meetings, and Recommendations
August 2011	Deans submit listing of all faculty applying for tenure and/or promotion to the Provost.
October 3, 2011	Unit heads and committees submit recommendations to College/School Committee
November 1, 2011	College/School Committees submit recommendations to Dean.
November 28, 2011	Required documents from the candidates' dossiers and recommendations of unite heads and committees, College Committees, and Deans is submitted to the Provost.
January 23, 2012	Candidates will be notified of the Provost's recommendation. Provost's recommendation will be forwarded to the President.
February 21, 2012	Candidates who receive a negative recommendation from the Provost must contact the chair of the Appeals Committee if they intend to appeal the recommendation.
March 30, 2012	Recommendations by the Appeals Committee are forwarded to the President for review. Candidates will be notified of the President's recommendation. The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) will be notified of the President's recommendations. TBR will review and vote on the University's recommendations during its June meeting. The University will be notified by TBR's decision around mid- July. Once the University received TBR's decision, the President will notify the candidates.
September 1, 2012	Effective date of tenure and/or promotion for approved candidates.

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