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Faculty Folio RPT

Faculty Folio RPT is an online platform that provides a secure workflow for reappointment, promotion, and tenure reviews. This platform allows candidates to easily upload dossier materials for review by departmental, committee, dean’s office, and provostial reviewers, and also supports the collections of external referee letters.

The guides listed below are designed to assist faculty candidates, committee chairs, committee members, and dean’s office staff in navigating Faculty Folio RPT.

Faculty Folio RPT can be accessed via the following URL: https://facultyfolio.northwestern.edu/.

NOTE: Faculty Folio RPT is currently only in use by the Feinberg School of Medicine, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University in Qatar, the School of Communication, and the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications.

Guides for Faculty Candidates for reappointment, promotion, and tenure

Step-by-Step Guide to Submitting your Faculty Packet (Video) – Tutorial video for faculty candidates
Visual RPT for Candidates flow chart – Visual summary of the steps a candidate should follow to complete and submit their dossier
Faculty Folio RPT for Candidates – Steps for faculty candidates to log in, upload materials, and submit their dossier to their school for review

Guides for RPT Committee Members

Committee Manager: Uploads and Moving Case Forward (Video) – Tutorial video for committee members
Faculty Folio RPT for Committee Members – Steps for committee members to log in, view dossiers, and download and annotate materials

Guides for RPT Committee Chair

Note: The Committee Chair role is often called “Committee Manager” in Faculty Folio RPT

Faculty Folio RPT for Committee Managers – Steps for Committee Chair to upload the committee’s summary review memo and move an RPT case forward to the next review step