Promotion, tenure, and reappointment review at UConn is a multi-level review process, allowing for objective evaluation of the substance and merits of each faculty member’s case at each level of organization of the university. Evaluations for promotion, tenure, and reappointment apply the highest standards of professional achievement in scholarship, teaching, and service as appropriate to the responsibilities assigned to the faculty member. Information on this page addresses the policies and processes for both tenure-track and tenured faculty, and clinical, in-residence, and extension faculty and lecturers. The resources below are meant to help every individual understand and engage in the process.
Interfolio @ UConn
UConn utilizes Interfolio’s Promotion, Tenure, and Review module for submission and review of all PTR/PR related actions including annual reappointments, midpoint reviews, promotion, and tenure cases. Resources are available on the Interfolio @ UConn page linked below.
Academic Affairs Governance Document Library
All downloads for Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) forms, templates, deadlines, and reference materials are available on the Academic Affairs Governance Document Library SharePoint. Please select the icon below to access the site with your @uconn.edu email address and download files for individual use.
PTR and PR Forms
All PTR (New and Legacy) and PR (CIRE & Lecturer) forms are available for download below:
The AAUP and the University of Connecticut agreed in Article 31 of their collective bargaining agreement to establish a work group to discuss negotiable aspects, if any, of the University’s promotion, tenure and reappointment (“PTR”) procedures. The work group was comprised of representatives from the AAUP, the University Senate, the Provost’s Office, and the Office of Faculty and Staff Labor Relations, and an agreement was reached in September 2018. As such, tenure track faculty members should review guidance on the Legacy versus New PTR form.
Effective for the AY 24-25 cycle, PTR/PR forms have been updated to reflect the Senate Bylaw changes approved at the March 2024 University Senate Meeting regarding the naming of SET (Student Experience of Teaching) and ATE (Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness).
The New Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form must be used by faculty hired on or after August 23, 2018 and applying for tenure and/or promotion and for faculty applying for promotion to Professor. Faculty hired into the tenure-track or position covered by Article 13 of the AAUP contract on or before August 22, 2018 and applying for tenure and/or promotion to any position other than professor may use the New Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form or the Legacy Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form.
The Reappointment, Multi-Year Appointment, and Promotion Form for Clinical, In-Residence, & Extension (CIRE) Faculty Members & Lecturers (the PR Form) shall be used for all promotions of CIRE faculty members and all instances in which a CIRE faculty member or Lecturer is receiving their first multi-year appointment. At the discretion of each School/College, this PR Form also may be used for the reappointment of CIRE faculty members and Lecturers to one-year appointments, as well as reappointment to multi-year appointments after the first such appointment. Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, any CIRE faculty member or Lecturer fulfilling the actions described above must use the PR form to do so.
The Legacy form can only be used by faculty hired into the tenure-track on or before August 22, 2018 and applying for tenure and/or promotion to any position other than Professor. Faculty who meet this criteria may also use the New Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form. All Faculty applying for promotion to Professor must use the New Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form.
Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment Governance
The New Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form must be used by faculty hired on or after August 23, 2018 and applying for tenure and/or promotion and for faculty applying for promotion to Professor. Faculty hired into the tenure-track or position covered by Article 13 of the AAUP contract on or before August 22, 2018 and applying for tenure and/or promotion to any position other than professor may use the New Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form or the Legacy Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form.
The Reappointment, Multi-Year Appointment, and Promotion Form for Clinical, In-Residence, & Extension (CIRE) Faculty Members & Lecturers (the PR Form) shall be used for all promotions of CIRE faculty members and all instances in which a CIRE faculty member or Lecturer is receiving their first multi-year appointment. At the discretion of each School/College, this PR Form also may be used for the reappointment of CIRE faculty members and Lecturers to one-year appointments, as well as reappointment to multi-year appointments after the first such appointment. Beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year, any CIRE faculty member or Lecturer fulfilling the actions described above must use the PR form to do so.
The Legacy form can only be used by faculty hired into the tenure-track on or before August 22, 2018 and applying for tenure and/or promotion to any position other than Professor. Faculty who meet this criteria may also use the New Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form. All Faculty applying for promotion to Professor must use the New Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment (PTR) Form.
Promotion, Tenure, and Reappointment Governance