Link to the Provost's page with information about the current Mid-Probationary Review For Tenure-Track Faculty process:

https://provost.utexas.edu/the-office/faculty-affairs/mid-probationary-review-for-tenure-track-faculty/

Information below pulled from that page:

The University of Texas at Austin is committed to providing faculty members with informative and meaningful feedback. It is especially important that tenure-track faculty undergo a comprehensive review midway through their probationary service in order to assess if the faculty member is on a reasonable trajectory toward promotion and tenure. The following are required areas for review, in accordance with the Handbook of Operating Procedures 2-2160:

• Teaching, both undergraduate and graduate.
• Research, creative activities, and other scholarly effort.
• Advising, counseling, and other student services.
• Administrative and committee service.
• Public service to the nation, state and community.
• Other evidence of merit or recognition, such as fellowships, grants, honors, and election to office in scholarly or professional organizations.

Each college and school has developed a mid-probationary review policy. Common elements of the policies include:

• The review will be conducted between the fifth and seventh semester of probationary service (the review can be delayed in some situations).
• The department chair (or dean in a non-departmentalized college) or department/college governance committee will assign an evaluation committee to oversee the review.
• The focus of the review concerns the areas of review noted above and in HOP 2-2160. The nature of the review and written evaluation shall be both evaluative and developmental.
• The tenure-track faculty member will receive written feedback.
• The tenure-track faculty member has the right to respond in writing to the final report.
• Copies of the review and written response will be forwarded to the appropriate individuals in the department, school, and college.
• Unsuccessful reviews can form the basis of a non-renewal recommendation to the dean and provost in accordance with Regents’ Rule 31002.
• The candidate or provost may request a review of the case by the Committee of Counsel on Academic Freedom and Responsibility (CCAFR). Such a review is limited to one or both of the following: 1) to determine whether, in its judgment, the procedures followed in the candidate’s case accorded with the college’s policy; and 2) whether or not the decision was based upon a violation of the faculty member’s academic freedom. CCAFR shall not review disputes about professional judgments on the merits of the faculty member’s record.

Moody College Guidelines

This resource can be found in the Moody Faculty and Staff Portal.

• Third Year Review for Assistant Professors (pdf) - The Moody College guidelines for the Assistant Professor’s third-year review.