Provost

If a deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, it will be observed on the following working business day.

No, as facilitators of the faculty evaluation process, we are contractually obligated to meet the deadlines set by the collective bargaining agreement.

Although the Office of the Provost will provide reminders of impending deadlines, it is the responsibility of the academic units to meet deadlines for their respective case review steps.

Beginning in the 2025-2026 AY, faculty will no longer be required to acknowledge receipt of recommendations after each review process step. Instead, when FE Managers share case materials with a candidate, they will include the following language:  

“In accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA §10.220–10.240), you have ten (10) working days from the date this recommendation is shared to submit an appeal, if you wish to do so.  

If you do not submit an appeal within ten (10) working days, your case will proceed automatically. No further action is required unless you intend to appeal. We will interpret non-response as confirmation that you do not wish to appeal this recommendation.” 

Candidates will only be required to respond after a case review step if they appeal a decision. 

Beginning in the 2025-2026 AY, faculty candidates up for review during their review period will be the only ones to have cases created. Candidates exempt from evaluation during the review period will be identified from the Faculty Evaluation Pre-Intake form.

Beginning in the 2025-2026 AY, faculty candidates will request an exemption by completing the Faculty Evaluation Pre-Intake form sent by the Office of the Provost before candidate cases are created in Interfolio. 

Previously, this was done within the Interfolio system as a candidate form after a case was created. 

No, committee members can only view documents added on or before their assigned step. For example, if a document is added in step three and the case moves back to step two, members of step two won’t have access to that document.

After submitting a section, it will lock, and only a unit Faculty Evaluation Manager can unlock it for changes. Contact your unit's Faculty Evaluation Manager to request a section to be unlocked.

Packets cannot be downloaded or printed.

Navigate to Your Packets from the navigation menu and scroll to the Completed section. Select the desired previous packet to review.

Note: You can reuse materials from previous packets in current reviews.

The displayed timestamp for candidates is shown in UTC and cannot be adjusted to a local time zone.

Yes, there is a 5GB limit.

Yes. Contact the unit Faculty Evaluation Manager to unlock the case section. Once unlocked, the candidate can submit materials regardless of whether the case or section has been submitted and is moving through the workflow steps.