Tenure and Promotion
The University of South Carolina is committed to recruiting, retaining, and promoting outstanding faculty who demonstrate excellence in teaching, research, service, and outreach. The University believes that the presence of a high quality and diverse community of scholars is necessary to achieve such excellence.
The Columbia Faculty Manual contains university guidelines for tenure and promotion. Unit Criteria and procedures for tenure and promotion are available online. The University Committee on Tenure and Promotions Guidelines for Units: Preparing Criteria and Files [pdf] also provides information for candidates and units on the compilation, submission, and confidential handling of tenure and promotion files.
The Office of the Provost is currently reorganizing the tenure and promotion documents housed on this website, which may result in temporary issues with links and some documents. We appreciate your patience as we update this information to provide you user-friendly and current information. If you need assistance, please direct questions to provacaf@mailbox.sc.edu.