Chancellor's policy letter and exhibit

The University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents approved changes to the policy language on the post-tenure review process for USG institutions as detailed in the Chancellor’s policy letter and exhibit. This change requires UGA to update post-tenure review and annual review policies and processes. UGA will proceed with those revisions in a timely fashion.

The final USG policy language requires that the University shape our own policies and processes in ways that are unique to us. Please know that UGA will continue to work diligently with the Faculty Affairs Committee and the University Council to address the concerns and questions that have been expressed in recent weeks. Among them are ensuring due process throughout the new corrective post-tenure process; incorporating student success as part of teaching, research, and service; and maintaining faculty-led and faculty governance processes around tenure and post-tenure review.

Please share this information with your department heads and faculty and assure them that UGA’s policies will be created in a transparent process using our shared governance structure. More information will be forthcoming on that process.