Tenure and Promotion Handbook
Table of Contents
This handbook provides guidance to support candidates, initiators, and other participants in the preparation of materials for tenure and promotion dossiers. Each section has been revised to reflect the new criteria and procedures for tenure and promotion reviews approved by the St. Olaf faculty and Board of Regents in Spring 2011. Each section also includes the relevant text of the revised Faculty Manual, and, where prescribed by the Manual, instructions from the Dean of the College for the preparation of selected items.
Confidentiality considerations
Activities prior to the commencement of a candidacy
Department Statement on Significant Scholarly/Artistic Work OR Joint Statement of
Written evaluations from comprehensive reappointment reviews
Candidate’s professional statement
Student/alumni reviews of teaching
Statements from St. Olaf colleagues outside the department
Reviews of administrative work, if applicable
Tenured members’ statements of recommendation and rationale
