Timeline for Cold calling external researchers to evaluate a manuscript for a tenure/promotion file
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| Mar 2 at 23:08 | comment | added | Alexander Woo | As I remarked below - this is actually not a completely unheard of policy - it does happen with some frequency at institutions for which research decidedly a lower priority for tenure and promotion. You are correct this is not a policy that communicates seriousness, but these institutions are not that serious about research. | |
| Mar 2 at 21:44 | comment | added | jdods | This makes me think my institution is highly unusual. The answers and comments here successfully talked me out of sending the email though! So that's a win really. But, yes, candidates can solicit letters at my institution. That is the norm here as far as I know. I have had success cold calling in the past, but also experienced the letter writer asking to be contacted by the chair instead. I of course always instruct them to send the letter to the chair and not me! | |
| Mar 2 at 20:56 | history | answered | Dan Romik | CC BY-SA 4.0 |