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      • Faculty Hiring Initiative
    • DEI Plan – Provost’s Office
    • Faculty Research Support initiative
    • Interprofessional Health Education
    • Student Mental Health
    • Past Initiatives
In This Section
  • About the Office
    • Laurie McCauley, Provost
    • Mission and Vision
    • News & Communications
    • Staff
    • Reporting Units
      • Deans
    • DEI Plan – Provost’s Office
    • Leadership Searches
  • Vice Provost Areas
    • Academic and Budgetary Affairs
      • Office of Budget and Planning
    • Academic and Faculty Affairs
      • Faculty Handbook
      • Academic Human Resources
      • The ADVANCE Program
      • CEW+
    • Academic Affairs – Graduate Studies
      • Cultural Collections Council
    • Academic Innovation
      • Center for Academic Innovation
      • Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
      • Duderstadt Center
    • Biosciences Initiative
    • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
      • KCP Visiting Professor Program
    • Engaged Learning
      • Engaged Michigan
      • Global Michigan
    • Enrollment Management
  • Resources & Policies
    • Faculty Resources
      • Recruitment, Hiring & Retention
        • Guidelines for Joint Academic Appointments
        • Dual Career Program
        • Family-Friendly Faculty Resources
      • Faculty Leadership Development
      • Tenure & Promotion
        • Faculty Promotion Guidelines
      • Conflicts of Interest & Commitment
      • Honors & Awards
        • Arthur F. Thurnau Professorships
        • Collegiate Professorships
        • Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award
      • Funding Opportunities
        • Faculty Initiatives Program
      • Additional Faculty Resources & Policies
        • Policy on Faculty-Student Relationships
        • Use of Faculty Accounts
    • Calendars
    • Budget
    • Academic Program & Center Planning
      • New Degree Programs
        • MASU Meeting Dates
      • Centers & Institutes
        • Best Practices
        • List of Centers & Institutes
    • Space Planning
      • Capital Planning
        • Capital Project FAQs
      • Offices
      • Classrooms
        • Classroom Reporting
      • Research Spaces
      • Space Requests & Needs
      • Resources & Tools
        • Building & Space Data
    • Student Resources
      • Student Emergency Funds
      • Outreach on Budgetary Matters
  • Initiatives
    • Anti-Racism Initiatives
      • Public Safety Task Force
      • Faculty Hiring Initiative
    • DEI Plan – Provost’s Office
    • Faculty Research Support initiative
    • Interprofessional Health Education
    • Student Mental Health
    • Past Initiatives
  • Memorandum from the Provost on Promotion Casebooks for Instructional, Research Professor Track, and Clinical Instructional Track Faculty  (PDF)
    July 20, 2022
  • Memorandum from the Provost on Faculty Evaluation: Recognition of Entrepreneurial, Creative, and Outreach Activities (PDF)
    July 11, 2022
  • Outline of Procedures for Faculty Promotions, 2022-23 promotion cycle (PDF)
  • Attachments, updated July 20, 2022 (PDF)
    Single document with Attachments listed below.

    • Attachment A — Qualifications for Appointment and Promotion in the Several Faculties of University of Michigan
    • Attachment B — University of Michigan Bylaws: Section 5.23. Clinical Instructional Staff;
      and Section 5.24. Research Scientists and Research Professors
    • Attachment C — Instructions for Instructional Faculty Promotion Recommendations
    • Attachment D — Sample Promotion Recommendation<
    • Attachment E — CRLT Occasional Papers: The Teaching Portfolio
    • Attachments F-1 to F-4 — Sample Solicitation Letters
    • Attachment G — Sample Alphabetical Listing of External Reviewers Who Provided Letters
    • Attachment H — Statement of Understanding Regarding Responsibility for Bridging Support
    • Attachment I — SPG 5.09. Procedures in Cases of Dismissal, Demotion, or Terminal Appointment for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty
  • Sample Solicitation Letters as Word documents
    • Attachment F-1 — Sample solicitation letter: Instructional tenure track promotion, non-interdisciplinary appointments
    • Attachment F-2 — Sample solicitation letter: Instructional tenure track promotion, interdisciplinary appointments
    • Attachment F-3 — Sample solicitation letter: Clinical Instructional track promotion
    • Attachment F-4 — Sample solicitation letter: Research Professor track promotion
  • Instructions for uploading promotion casebooks to Dropbox, 2022-23 promotion cycle (PDF)
  • Promotion Procedures for Research Scientists (leave Provost website)
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