Sample Letter Requesting Third Year Evaluation from External Reviewers

Dear XXXXX:

For assistant professors in their third year, it is the policy of the University of Georgia to review the individual's achievements and performance in teaching, research and other creative activities, and service. The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy is currently conducting a third year review of YYYYYY as required by the Guidelines for Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure. During this process we seek expert advice from outside our faculty as well as within.

To aid us in this evaluation, we seek a thoughtful evaluation of the individual's contributions to the field. You have been recommended to us as a person who is in a position to evaluate the scholarly contributions made by YYYY. We do not ask for your judgement about the candidate as a person. Instead, we seek your professional judgement on this individual's progress to date. Specifically, we are interested in the following:

1. Length and nature of your relationship with the individual.
2. Your judgement of the quality and significance of the individual's professional publications.
3. The individual's professional reputation and standing as a scholar relative to others in the same field at approximately the same stage of development.

The College of Pharmacy will use your reply only in the third year review process. If you believe that another person can better comply with this request, we would welcome your suggestions about whom we should contact.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Sincerely,