Case Workflows & Outcomes

Workflows

The promotion/tenure process is extremely complex and can take over a year from the start of the process until there is a final decision. Below are detailed workflows that show the path a case will take as it works its way from the appointing unit through to the provost.

Workflows for less than 3 eligible voting faculty

Workflows for 3+ eligible voting faculty

Outcomes

Along the paths detailed above, there are various outcomes based on the type of promotion action.

Mandatory promotion/tenure

• Favorable
  • Deans/chancellors are notified first, who may communicate the outcome to the candidate prior to the official letter being sent
  • Faculty receive a 10% salary increase in accordance with their promotion in rank Faculty Code Section 24-70 B.2, Faculty Code Section 24-71 A.2, and EO 64.
    • If promotion and merit increases occur in the same year, the increases will be applied in the order of their effective dates.
    • The award of tenure without an associated promotion in rank does not include a promotion salary increase.
• Postpone
  • Deans/chancellors are notified first, who may communicate the outcome to the candidate prior to the official letter being sent
  • When the case is reviewed the following year, a new case must be initiated and the only possible outcomes are favorable or denial.
• Withdrawal
  • If a case receives an unfavorable recommendation from the dean/chancellor, the candidate has the option to withdraw their case from consideration prior to submission to the provost.
  • Withdrawal from further consideration must be accompanied by a letter of resignation, effective no later than the last day of appointment in the current academic year (e.g. June 15 or June 30 for employees with 9- and 12-month service periods respectively).
  • By resigning, the faculty member will no longer be able to hold any clock-managed professorial tracks (i.e., tenure-track or tenured, WOT, research, or clinical dental-pathway) at the University of Washington, but may be eligible for other faculty or other employment opportunities within the UW.
• Denial
  • Deans/chancellors are notified first, who may communicate the outcome to the candidate prior to the official letter being sent
  • The faculty member will be granted a terminal academic year of employment at the current rank (Faculty Code Section 24-41). Except for the terminal year, a faculty member denied mandatory promotion is ineligible for employment at the University of Washington as a faculty member.

Non-Mandatory promotion/tenure

• Favorable
  • Deans/chancellors are notified first, who may communicate the outcome to the candidate prior to the official letter being sent
  • Faculty receive a 10% salary increase in accordance with their promotion in rank Faculty Code Section 24-70 B.2, Faculty Code Section 24-71 A.2, and EO 64.
    • If promotion and merit increases occur in the same year, the increases will be applied in the order of their effective dates.
    • The award of tenure without an associated promotion in rank does not include a promotion salary increase.
• Unfavorable
  • If promotion/tenure is not supported by the SCC, the case may not be reviewed by the provost
  • If the candidate provides a response to the dean/chancellor’s decision, that will be forwarded to provost’s office for information only
  • Future promotion/tenure reviews will be independent of the outcome of this case and will require the initiation of a new case in a future year