This page contains information about appointments and promotions for tenure-track and teaching faculty members along with template letters for external evaluation requests. Questions or updates should be sent to the Academic Council Coordinator at homewoodac@jhu.edu.
Tenure Regulations
To allow individual faculty members maximum opportunity to demonstrate scholarly capacity and intellectual growth, and to give the Academic Council ample time to evaluate fairly the individual, the following tenure regulations have been approved by the President and the Board of Trustees.
- Tenure Regulations (effective October 15, 2016)
Appointment and Promotion Procedures
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures (effective January 1, 2021)
- Tenure Appeals Process Summary Chart
Previous Versions
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures with Fall 2020 changes tracked
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures with 2019-2020 changes tracked
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures with 2018-2019 changes tracked
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures with 2017-2018 changes tracked
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures with 2016-2017 changes tracked
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures with 2015-2016 changes tracked
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures (revised June 18, 2014)
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures (revised March 12, 2014)
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures (revised April 3, 2013)
- Appointment and Promotion Procedures (revised November 7, 2012)
Departments & Centers
Description of Academic Titles, Appointment and Promotion Policies
- Description of Academic Titles (revised November 7, 2018)
- Description of Academic Titles Table I (revised May 2011)
- Description of Academic Titles Table II (revised January 2018)
Previous Versions
- Description of Academic Titles with 2018-2019 changes tracked
- Description of Academic Titles with 2017-2018 changes tracked
- Description of Academic Titles with 2015-2016 changes tracked
- Description of Academic Titles Table II with 2017-2018 changes tracked
- Description of Academic Titles Table II with 2016-2017 changes tracked
- Description of Academic Titles Table II with 2015-2016 changes tracked
- Description of Academic Titles Table II (revised December 9, 2015)
Tenure-line Faculty
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Best search practices:
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Template letters from department to referees:
- Dossier Checklist
- Referee List Template
- RPT Department User Guide
Teaching Faculty
The primary responsibility of persons appointed to the Associate Teaching Professors and Teaching Professors ranks are to assist in the teaching mission of the schools and programs of the Homewood Schools. These individuals are full-time non-tenure track instructors, hired to teach on a long-term basis, in positions commensurate with their qualifications.
- Teaching Faculty Checklist (revised December 14, 2016)
- Guidelines for Teaching Faculty (revised January 24, 2018)
- Teaching Faculty Template Letter
Ad Hoc Committees
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Template letters from ad hoc committee chair to referees:
- Dossier Checklist
- Referee List Template
- Electronic Materials Policy
- Ad Hoc Committee Report Template