Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP) Policies
Updated June 2025
CA Faculty Association (CFA) Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Article 15: Evaluation
University RTP Policies
- Policy Statement 23-24 Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion (PDF - 2024)
- Policy Statement 09-10 Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion (PDF - 2009)
- Policy Statement 10-10 External Evaluation of Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities (PDF - 2010)
- RTP Policy Implementation Guidelines
Instructions for Reappointment, Tenure and/or Promotion Candidates (RTP Instructional Memo)
Department Policies by College
All Departments use the College RTP Policies
- College of Health and Human Services Policy (2016 - PDF)
- Criminology, Criminal Justice, and Emergency Management Policy (2022 - PDF)
- Family and Consumer Sciences Policy (2019 - PDF)
- Health Care Administration Policy (2019 - PDF)
- Health Science Policy (2022 - PDF)
- Kinesiology & Physical Education Policy (2019 - PDF)
- School of Nursing Policy (2019 - PDF)
- Physical Therapy Policy (2019 - PDF)
- Public Policy and Administration - Use College RTP Policy
- Recreation & Leisure Studies Policy (2019 - PDF)
- School of Social Work Policy (2019 - PDF)
- Speech-Language Pathology Policy (2019 - PDF)
- College of Liberal Arts Policy 2025 (PDF)
- College of Liberal Arts Policy 2015 (PDF)
- Africana Studies Policy (PDF)
- American Indian Studies Policy (PDF)
- American Studies Program (PDF)
- Anthropology Policy (PDF)
- Asian & Asian American Studies Policy (PDF)
- Chicano & Latino Studies Policy (PDF)
- Comparative World Literature Policy (2021-PDF)
- Comparative World Literature & Classics Policy (PDF)
- Communication Studies Policy (PDF)
- Economics Policy (PDF)
- English Policy (PDF)
- Geography Policy (PDF)
- History Policy (PDF)
- Human Development Policy (PDF)
- International Studies Policy (PDF)
- Journalism Policy (PDF)
- Linguistics Policy (2022 - PDF)
- Philosophy Policy (PDF)
- Political Science Policy (PDF)
- Psychology Policy (PDF)
- Religious Studies Policy (PDF)
- Romance, German & Russian Languages & Literature Policy (2021-PDF)
- Sociology Policy (PDF)
- Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Policy (PDF)
- College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Policy 2025 (PDF)
- College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics Policy 2024 (PDF)
- Biological Sciences Policy 2023 (PDF)
- Chemistry & Biochemistry Policy (PDF)
- Geological Sciences Policy (PDF)
- Mathematics & Statistics Policy (PDF)
- Physics & Astronomy Policy (PDF)
- Science Education Policy (PDF)
