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:
- Reports from faculty on FPL in spring 2026 due to ascfacultyaffairs@osu.edu
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
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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.
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TIU Chairs and Directors
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