Letter to external referees for initial promotion or appointment to tenure The substantive responses of at least ten referees will be sought to clarify the strengths (in a comparative context) of a candidate for tenure. The list of external referees and the list of comparison scholars must be approved by relevant divisional dean and the FAS Dean’s Office. These letters must be solicited and reviewed by the department prior to its making a recommendation to forward the case or not forward the case to the relevant Tenure and Appointments Committee. Dear [Referee Name]: Thank you for agreeing to assist us in considering the [SELECT ONE: promotion/appointment] of Professor [Candidate Name] to the rank of [SELECT ONE: Associate Professor/Professor] with tenure in the Department of [Department Name] at Yale. The senior members of the department greatly appreciate your willingness to evaluate [SELECT ONE: his/her/their] qualifications for this promotion. To be appointed with tenure at Yale requires that the candidate among the foremost “stand leaders in the world in a broad field of knowledge.” Tenure at Yale reserved for candidates “is whose published work significantly extends the horizons of their discipline(s). A tenure appointment…requires evidence of an ongoing and ambitious research agenda… Excellent teaching and engaged University and professional citizenship within and beyond a department or program are also expected.” [Choose one of the following two paragraphs for associate or full professor with tenure:] As to rank, our guidelines further state that professors are expected to build upon “Associate the accomplishments that earned them their permanent appointments, so that within a reasonable period of time their body of work will merit their consideration for full professor. The title of full professor is earned by those individuals who have a body of distinguished achievements in their record of research, with a commensurate national and international
Letter to external referees for initial promotion or appointment to tenure The substantive responses of at least ten referees will be sought to clarify the strengths (in a comparative context) of a candidate for tenure. The list of external referees and the list of comparison scholars must be approved by relevant divisional dean and the FAS Dean’s Office. These letters must be solicited and reviewed by the department prior to its making a recommendation to forward the case or not forward the case to the relevant Tenure and Appointments Committee. Dear [Referee Name]: Thank you for agreeing to assist us in considering the [SELECT ONE: promotion/appointment] of Professor [Candidate Name] to the rank of [SELECT ONE: Associate Professor/Professor] with tenure in the Department of [Department Name] at Yale. The senior members of the department greatly appreciate your willingness to evaluate [SELECT ONE: his/her/their] qualifications for this promotion. To be appointed with tenure at Yale requires that the candidate “stand among the foremost leaders in the world in a broad field of knowledge.” Tenure at Yale “is reserved for candidates whose published work significantly extends the horizons of their discipline(s). A tenure appointment…requires evidence of an ongoing and ambitious research agenda… Excellent teaching and engaged University and professional citizenship within and beyond a department or program are also expected.” [Choose one of the following two paragraphs for associate or full professor with tenure:] As to rank, our guidelines further state that “Associate professors are expected to build upon the accomplishments that earned them their permanent appointments, so that within a reasonable period of time their body of work will merit their consideration for full professor. The title of full professor is earned by those individuals who have a body of distinguished achievements in their record of research, with a commensurate national and international