Provost’s Communications (PCs) are designed to assist units with recruiting, evaluating, and retaining academic personnel of the highest quality, and to guide faculty and staff in their academic careers at Illinois.

Please contact the appropriate Provost’s staff member to answer questions regarding any of the Provost’s Communications.

Planning and Budgeting

Communication #1: Budgetary Principles and Practice – Communication #1 is under review for needed updates. Until the revised communication is available, please contact Andrea Hoey with questions.

Appointments

Communication #2: Offering Academic Positions
Communication #3: Appointments of Faculty, Specialized Faculty, and Academic Professionals
Communication #4: Faculty Excellence Program
Communication #5: Term Professorial Appointments (“Q” and “W” Appointments)
Communication #6: Named Faculty Appointments
Communication #7: Targets of Opportunity Program (TOP)
Communication #8: Dual Career Academic Couples Program

Promotion and Tenure

Communication #9: Promotion and Tenure – Communication #9 has been modified due to COVID and is effective as of 02.01.2023.

Retirements, Resignations, and Termination of Faculty and Staff

Communication #10: Guidelines and Procedures for Notice of Nonreappointment for Nontenured Faculty Members and for Denials of Promotion Not Linked to Tenure Decisions
Communication #11: Guidelines and Procedures for Notice of Nonreappointment for Academic Professional Employees and Other Members of the Academic Staff
Communication #12: Policy for Awarding Emeritus/Emerita Status

Probationary Period/Tenure Track Faculty

Communication #13: Review of Faculty in Year Three of the Probationary Period – Communication #13 has been modified due to COVID and is effective as of 2.12.2021.
Communication #14: Special Tenure Code Provision for Appointments Beginning After the Eighth Week of the Academic Year
Communication #15: Effect of Leave Without Pay on the Probationary Period
Communication #16: Policy on Interruptions of the Probationary Period (Tenure Code Rollbacks)  

Contracts/Agreements

Communication #17: Program for Multi-Year Contracts for Eligible Academic Staff

Leaves

Communication #19: Sabbatical Leaves of Absence
Communication #20: Leaves

Reviews

Communication #21: Annual Faculty Review – Communication #21 has been modified due to COVID and is effective as of 2.12.2021.
Communication #22: Annual Review of Academic Professional Employees
Communication #23: Appointment and Review of Faculty Members with Budgeted Joint Appointments
Communication #24: Five-Year Review of Administrators

Specialized Faculty

Communication #25: Employment Guidelines for Specialized Faculty Holding Non-Tenure Systems
Communication #26: Promotion to Teaching, Research or Clinical Associate or Full Professor Titles

Governance

Communication #27: Shared Governance for Academic Units – Communication #27 has been updated and is effective as of 11.01.2021.