For Chairs and Directors

For Chairs and Directors

Key Dates and Deadlines

April

April TBD:

  • Notification to college office of P&T decisions by the provost

April 3, 2026: 

  • Fourth year review and C/T/P and Research reappointment dossiers due to the college via Interfolio
  • Deadline for submitting nominations for faculty to participate in the Big Ten Alliance Academic Leadership and Department Executive Officer Programs to ascfacultyaffairs@osu.edu

April 15, 2026:

  • Divisional Deans to complete review of Course Assignment Inventories and communicate with chairs/directors regarding any changes

April 19, 2026:

  • Recommended deadline to submit emeritus faculty requests and other personnel-related requests to the college (ascfacultyaffairs@osu.edu) for consideration at the next Board of Trustees meeting (June).

April 27, 2026:

  • Last day of regularly scheduled spring semester classes

April 30, 2026:

  • Suggested target date for completing annual review meetings
  • Suggested target date for identifying all candidates for non-mandatory P&T reviews
  • Suggested target date to begin determining and seeking approval from college for External Evaluators for 2026-27 P&T cases
  • Deadline for completion of all faculty searches
  • Target date for dean of college to notify candidates of the provost’s P&T decisions

April - July:

  • Budget meetings with divisional deans

May

May 1, 2026: 

  • Governance Document Revisions: College target date to send comments to units
  • Required deadline for to complete annual review meetings and upload annual reviews to each Interfolio case.

May 5, 2026:

  • ASC P&T dossier preparation workshop for candidates for the 2026-2027 P&T cycle

May 15, 2026: 

  • FY27 faculty hiring proposals due to the college
  • Required deadline to complete TIU annual review comments process in Interfolio.

May 29, 2026: 

  • College deadline for notifying OAA of non-renewals of probationary faculty appointments
  • Copies of staff reviews due to college
  • Recommended deadline to submit list of proposed external evaluators for 2026-27 P&T cases to ascfacultyaffairs@osu.edu for approval

June

June 4, 2026:

  • Board of Trustees meeting at which promotion and tenure cases are formally approved 

June 26, 2026:

  • College target date for notifying candidates of results of fourth year reviews and C/T/P and Research reappointment reviews (10-day comments period begins)

July

July TBD:

  • ASC P&T workshop for chairs and directors of TIUs, departmental administrators, eligible faculty, PODs for the 2026-2027 P&T cycle

July 1, 2026:

  • Governance Document Revisions: Submit to OAA for approval

July 16

  • Recommended deadline to submit emeritus faculty requests and other personnel-related requests to the college (ascfacultyaffairs@osu.edu) for consideration at the next Board of Trustees meeting (September).

September

September 1, 2026:

  • Course change forms for spring semester to registrar (after ASC approvals)
  • Governance Document Revisions: Begin discussions with faculty

September TBD, 2026:

  • ASC orientation for new chairs and directors

September 7, 2026: 

  • Completed course proposals for college-supported interdisciplinary team-taught courses due in ASC Curriculum and Assessment services queue in curriculum.osu.edu

September TBD, 2026:

  • ASC Chairs, School Directors, and College Leadership Retreat

September 14, 2026:

  • A&H deadline to submit SB1 governance document revisions to ASC Faculty Affairs

September 11, 2026:

  • Regional campus promotion and tenure review dossier materials due from candidates to chairs and directors
  • Recommended deadline for Columbus candidates to submit their final dossiers to committee of eligible faculty
  • Suggested deadline to solicit letters for faculty with joint appointments.
    • The chair/director of the joint appointment unit provides letters for TT promotion and tenure reviews. They provide promotion review letters for C/T/P and Research faculty.

September 25, 2026:

  • Recommended last date to schedule P&T review meetings for the committee of eligible faculty

October

October 1, 2026:

  • Staff mid-year performance reviews begin

October 9, 2026:

  • Recommended last date for notifying candidates of results of TIU P&T review (10-day comments period begins)

October 14, 2026:

  • NMS deadline to submit SB1 governance document revisions to ASC Faculty Affairs

October 15-16, 2026:

  • Autumn break

October 19, 2026:

  • Deadline to submit emeritus faculty requests and other personnel-related requests to the college (ascfacultyaffairs@osu.edu) for consideration at the Academic Affairs and Student Life Committee October meeting

October 23, 2026: 

  • Deadline for submission of P&T dossiers to college via Interfolio for units 

October 30, 2026:

  • Deadline for TIU Head to provide information regarding faculty salary appeal process to appellant and notify divisional dean

November

November 2, 2026: 

November 15, 2026: 

  • SBS deadline to submit SB1 governance document revisions to ASC Faculty Affairs

November 20, 2026: 

  • Board of Trustees' Academic Affairs and Student Life Committee meeting

December

December 1, 2026: 

  • Curriculum forms (other than course changes) for spring semester due to Registrar (after ASC approval)
  • Preliminary nominations for Distinguished University Professor due to divisional deans

December 9, 2026

  • Last day of regularly scheduled classes for autumn semester

Resources and Documents

FY26 Course Assignment Inventory Timeline:

  • January 15, 2025: Course assignment inventory templates available on Teams
  • February 21, 2025: Deadline for units to update course assignment inventories and upload to Teams
  • Mid-April 2025: Divisional Deans to complete review of course assignment inventories
  • End of February 2026: Units to complete updates to course assignment inventories with any necessary information (e.g., new faculty, updated course numbers, etc.)
  • End of September 2026: Units to complete any additional updates to course assignment inventories; files may now be used by other offices (e.g., ASC-HR and ASC-Finance) as needed

Please contact ascfacultyaffairs@osu.edu and Liana Crisan Vandeborne.1 with any questions regarding Course Assignment Inventories.

FY27 Course Assignment Inventory Timeline:

  • January 14, 2026: Course assignment inventory templates available on Teams
  • February 20, 2026: Deadline for units to update course assignment inventories and upload to Teams
  • Mid-April 2026: Divisional Deans to complete review of course assignment inventories
  • End of February 2027: Units to complete updates to course assignment inventories with any necessary information (e.g., new faculty, updated course numbers, etc.)
  • End of September 2027: Units to complete any additional updates to course assignment inventories; files may now be used by other offices (e.g., ASC-HR and ASC-Finance) as needed

Please contact ascfacultyaffairs@osu.edu and Liana Crisan Vandeborne.1 with any questions regarding Course Assignment Inventories. 

The Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) maintains a listing of Appointments, Promotions and Tenure as well as Pattern of Administration documents. Visit the OAA site and scroll to the section titled College of Arts and Sciences.

OAA Templates - POA and APT [link]