POL 05.50.01 Post Tenure Review of Faculty

Authority: Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost

History: First Issued: November 22, 2024

Additional References:
Performance Development Plans
Promotion and Tenure Departmental Standards and Procedures
Departmental Post Tenure Review Rules
N.C. General Statute § 126-24

Contact Info: Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Excellence (919-513-7741)

Introduction

Post tenure review of faculty is designed to support and encourage excellence among tenured faculty. The post-tenure review process is a cumulative, holistic, and comprehensive periodic evaluation of tenured faculty performance designed to: assist faculty members in meeting university performance expectations, recognize and reward exemplary performance when faculty members exceed expectations, provide for a clear plan and timetable for improvement of performance when faculty do not meet expectations, and provide for the imposition of appropriate sanctions, consistent with Chapter VI of The Code of the University, when faculty members do not meet the goals established in a faculty success plan (performance development plan).

General Process

2.1 Timing of Review. For each tenured faculty member, a post-tenure review shall take place at least every five years. A review undertaken as part of the process for conferring tenure or recommending a faculty member for promotion qualifies as a cumulative performance review; the next post-tenure review shall occur five years after the date of the conferral of tenure or promotion regardless of the date of any preceding review.

2.2 Coverage. The post-tenure review process shall include incorporating the faculty member’s annual reviews, the categories of exceeds expectations, meets expectations, and does not meet expectations, self-evaluation by faculty members, inclusion of faculty peers in the process, and recognition of faculty members that exceed expectations.

2.3 Faculty Success Plan. A faculty success plan will be required for each faculty member who does not meet expectations in the post-tenure review. These faculty success plans shall include specific steps designed to lead to improvement, a specified timeline consistent with UNC Policy 400.3.3.1[R], Regulation on Performance Review of Tenured Faculty (Post-Tenure Review).

The Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs shall complete an annual report that certifies all aspects of the post-tenure review process.

The processes and procedures for performance of tenured faculty are more specifically described in NCSU REG 02.20.04 – Post-Tenure Review of Faculty.