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UW-Madison Policies and Resources
Sample tenure dossiers are available for review in the Secretary of the Faculty Office. Please contact Michaela Aust to request access.
Tenure Process and Timelines
Per the Administration & Governance - Procedures for the Guidance and Evaluation of Probationary Faculty Members, a Mentoring and Oversight Committee may make a recommendation for tenure or termination at any time during the probationary period, but must do so no later than during the mandatory tenure review year. Once it has been determined that a faculty member will go up for tenure, administrative staff will meet with the Mentoring and Oversight Committee chair and the candidate to discuss the tenure dossier process. Probationary faculty are encouraged, but not required, to update their Box folder with their latest publications, awards and other available documents as they move through the probationary period.
Tenure dossiers will be reviewed by the SoHE Executive Faculty and the respective Divisional Committee. Please view the Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities Division tabs below for more information about the timeline.
Once a tenure dossier has been submitted to the appropriate Divisional Committee meeting, the committee will assign members to completely review the entire dossier. Following the Divisional Committee meeting, a recommendation will be provided to the SoHE dean. In order to give the dean an adequate amount of time to review the recommendation from the Divisional Committee, we generally request 48 hours for a response. All tenure decisions require final approval by the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
Preparing Your Dossier
All documents should be uploaded to your Box folder. Follow along with the appropriate divisional dossier checklist to know which folder documents should be placed it.
*Tip: If you are updating an existing document, you can upload a new version of the document rather than a separate new document. Click on the 3 dots icon next to the file size and select "Upload New Version".
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Social Sciences Division
Social Science Divisional Committee homepage
Tenure Checklist
Tenure Guidelines 2026-2027
Downloadable SoHE Templates for Social Sciences Tenure Cases
*Tip: We highly recommend keeping your impact factors up to date as they Social Sciences Division requests the impact factor for the year of publication
| SoHE Materials Due | SoHE Executive Faculty Meeting | Divisional Materials Due (at noon) |
Divisional Committee Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | August 12 |
September 9 |
| N/A | N/A | September 9 |
October 7 |
| September 11 | September 21 | October 7 |
November 11 |
| October 9 | October 19 | November 11 |
December 9 |
| November 6 | November 16 | December 9 |
January 20 |
| December 4 | December 14 | January 20 |
February 10 |
| January 15 | January 25 | February 10 |
March 10 |
| February 5 | February 15 | March 10 |
April 7 |
| March 5 | March 15 | April 7 |
May 12 |
Arts & Humanities Division
Arts & Humanities Divisional Committee homepage
Tenure Checklist
Tenure Guidelines 2026-2027
| SoHE Materials Due | SoHE Executive Faculty Meeting | Divisional Materials Due (at noon) |
Divisional Committee Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | August 13 |
September 10 |
| N/A | N/A | September 10 |
October 8 |
| September 11 | September 21 | October 8 |
November 12 |
| October 9 | October 19 | November 12 |
December 10 |
| November 6 | November 16 | December 10 |
January 21 |
| December 4 | December 14 | January 21 |
February 11 |
| January 15 | January 25 | February 11 |
March 11 |
| February 5 | February 15 | March 11 |
April 8 |
| March 5 | March 15 | April 8 |
May 13 |
Academic Staff Contacts
Administrative staff are here to help throughout your probationary period.
Michelle Pankratz
Office 4199D
Abby Putnam
Office: 4187