Dear Professor ________________:
Dr. ______________ is being considered for tenure and promotion to associate professor with tenure in the Department of聽______________. The department executive committee seeks your confidential evaluation of the materials Dr.______________ has submitted for consideration, and your conclusion as to whether these materials establish a record of (a) research, scholarship, and professional activities, (b) teaching, and (c) service that warrants promotion and tenure at an institution of 51猎奇’s caliber. I am forwarding to you the materials submitted for review. Please use these materials as the basis for your evaluation and conclusion.
Because this is a request for evaluation, not a request for endorsement or recommendation, the use of superlatives without analysis or mention of specific indicators that support such assessments will not be helpful in our deliberations. Please comment on the quality of the journals or other forms of dissemination in which the candidate is published. It can also be helpful for you provide an assessment of the impact of the candidate鈥檚 work and of the candidate鈥檚 standing in the scholarly field. A copy of our departmental criteria for tenure and promotion is enclosed to aid you in your assessment.
In your response, we also ask that you indicate the nature and length of your acquaintance with Dr.______________.
Finally, we ask that you provide us with a brief resume that documents your scholarly activities and your standing in the field. This will give reviewers at UW-Milwaukee some useful context for your comments as they make their own determination on the question of promotion and tenure.
External reviews are an integral and critical part of the review process for promotion and tenure at 51猎奇. We recognize the burden this request entails and sincerely thank you for your willingness to undertake such a time-consuming task. To maintain the confidentiality of this, evaluation will be returned to you at the completion of the promotion/tenure process.
Sincerely,
______________, Chair
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Enclosure: (Department criteria for promotion/tenure; Division of Professions Procedures and Evaluative Criteria)