For tenured and tenure-track faculty where there is an unsatisfactory performance in any category under review, the school chair will send the performance review document and their recommendation to the faculty for their comments by the First Friday in March. Faculty members may respond to the recommendation within five days.

The school chair will forward the performance review document, along with their recommendation and the faculty's response to the college dean and the faculty member, by the Third Friday in March. The college dean will review the materials and send his/her recommendation to the provost for review and decision by the First Friday in April.

If the provost finds that a faculty performance improvement plan is warranted, then the provost sends the decision to the school chair and the faculty member by the Third Friday in April, notifying them that the faculty member must develop and submit a one-year faculty performance improvement plan to the school chair by the First Friday in May. The school chair sends their approved recommendation, the faculty performance improvement plan, and the other performance review documents, by the Second Friday in May, to the dean for review. The dean will send all documents and their recommendation by the Third Friday in May to the provost for review and approval by the provost. The provost sends their decision by the Fourth Friday in May, along with all the other performance review documents, to the faculty member, college dean, and school chair for their records.

If there are compliance infractions, the faculty member must sign a Compliance Statement in accordance with their annual executed contract. If the faculty member does not sign the infraction agreement, the provost could recommend sanctions up to dismissal for the faculty member.

If the provost finds that the faculty performance warrants sanctions and the faculty member is tenure-track, the provost will send all the faculty performance evaluation documents and the provost's review/recommendation for sanctions, up to dismissal, to the president and to the faculty member by the First Friday in May. If the sanction recommendation is for dismissal, the president reviews the recommendation, and sends his/her final determination decision to the and the provost by the Third Friday in May.

If the provost finds that the faculty performance warrants sanctions, and the faculty member is tenured, the provost will send all the faculty performance evaluation documents and the provost's review/recommendation for sanctions including, up to dismissal, to the faculty member by the Third Friday in April. The faculty member may appeal to the recommendation by the Fourth Friday in April to the provost. The provost will send the recommendation for sanctions and the faculty appeal to the president and to the faculty member by the First Friday in May. The president reviews the recommendation and makes a determination. For sanctions other than dismissal, the president's determination is final and is sent to the provost, faculty member, college dean, and school chair.

In the event of a recommendation for dismissal, the president, by the Third Friday in May, sends his/her recommendation along with the faculty's written appeal to the Board of Regents (BOR) for final determination. The BOR will send the final decision on dismissal to the president, who will then send a letter to the faculty member, with copies sent to the college dean and chair, notifying them of the BOR decision.