Appendix S. Tenure Time Line

Clock Year
0	Prior to hire	Appointment as tenure line assigned (TLA) or tenure eligible (TE).
1 & 2	May	Meeting with chair for review of progress using Annual Personnel Form.
3	Jan	Department initiates Third Year Review; CU department consulted. If TE, department requests tenure line, and/or re-appointment.
	Feb	Candidate applies for SAPL.; Grants Committee reviews applications.
	Mar-May	ATP reviews Third Year Reviews; FBPC acts on requests for TLA.
3S	F or S	SAPL for those passing Third Year Review (SAPL year is off clock).
4	Fall	Chair interviews faculty returning from SAPL; evaluates progress in light of plans articulated in personal statement for Third Year Review; adjusts guidance from Third Year Review as needed; discusses plans for use of 2 course releases after SAPL.
5	Optional	Fifth year review (~CU process) done by some departments.
6	Late fall	Candidate readies material for review by department; department establishes suitable deadline.
	No later than Jan	Department votes on nomination into tenure process.
	Dec-Feb	BC chair develops referee and comparison lists in consultation with CU chair (or designee) and works with Columbia Vice Provost to identify outside specialist for potential ad hoc committee in year 7.
	Mar 1st	One copy of dossier due in Provost’s office for review before duplicating.
	March	Provost’s office contacts referees, mails dossiers
	March-April	BC chair asks CU chair to appoint a reading committee; sends dossier to reading committee chair, with the understanding that referee letters and the Barnard Department Chair’s Statement will be sent by September.
	April-June	Referee letters returned.
	May-early Sept	Department decision on whether to proceed to ATP review. Chair completes Department Chair’s Statement.
7	Early Sept	Referee letters and Department Chair’s Statement sent to CU reading committee and department for review and final vote.
	Oct-Nov	Dossier (now with CU statement/vote) presented to ATP. ATP deliberation and recommendation to Barnard President. Affirmative cases forwarded to Columbia Provos
	Feb-May	Ad hoc committee meets. BC chair or designee and CU chair or designee appear as witnesses. CU Provost recommends to CU President, copying BC President.
	June	Affirmative cases go to Barnard and Columbia Boards of Trustees.
8	July	Tenure becomes effective, or last year of appointment begins.