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 ### a. Tenure Criteria for Associate and (full) Professors
 
 (Approved by the Faculty, *October 13, 1988*)  
-(Amended by the Faculty, *March 24, 2011*)
+(Amended by the Faculty, *March 24, 2011*)  
+(Amended by the Faculty, *April 16, 2025*)  
+(Approved by the Board of Trustees, *May 16, 2025*)
             
 1. High quality teaching (undergraduate and/or graduate) is an
 essential (but not sufficient) requirement for obtaining tenure at
 WPI.  The candidate's activities should demonstrate the capacity for
 continued high quality performance.  High quality teaching can be
-evidenced in many ways, including (but not limited to): course
-evaluations; faculty peer evaluations; evaluations by alumni; the
-quality of the Major Qualifying Projects, Interactive Qualifying
-Projects, and the Humanities Inquiry Seminar or Practicum; freshman
-advising, academic advising and graduate theses advised by the
-candidate; teaching innovations; new course introductions; and
-redesign of existing courses.
+evidenced in many ways, including (but not limited to): evidence
+provided by a teaching portfolio; faculty peer evaluations;
+evaluations by alumni; student course reports; student reports on
+project advising; the quality of the Major Qualifying Projects,
+Interactive Qualifying Projects, and the Humanities Inquiry Seminar or
+Practicum; first-year advising, academic advising and graduate theses
+advised by the candidate; teaching innovations; new course
+introductions; and redesign of existing courses.
 
 2. High quality scholarship is an essential (but not sufficient)
 requirement for obtaining tenure at WPI.  The candidate's activities