Weinberg College
of Arts & Sciences

Using RPT in Faculty Folio

VIEW THE MOST CURRENT INFORMATION ON THE WEINBERG COMMONS (NETID REQUIRED).

It is likely that you already have access to Faculty Folio for vita supplement submission. With RPT access, you will see additional left-hand menu items for your promotion or tenure case.

Promotion and Tenure Process Workflows

Tenure review workflow in Weinberg College

Tenure-line promotion workflow in Weinberg College

Request Access

If you are a department administrator or chair and need access to the RPT module within Faculty Folio, please submit a request via the Weinberg College IT System Access form.

If you are a candidate, you should have been granted access well in advance of relevant due dates. If you think you do not have appropriate access, please contact weinberg_assistdeanfacultyadvancement@northwestern.edu.

Step-by-Step Guides

• For candidates, view the Step-by-Step Guide for the Candidate.
• For departments, view the Step-by-Step Guide for Committee Managers.
  • A Committee Manager—a term designated by Interfolio's RPT system—is typically a department administrator or committee chair who has certain operational capabilities such as the ability 1) to view and download documents in a candidate’s dossier/packet; 2) to move a case either backward or forward after a committee has finished reviewing it; 3) to contact both the candidate and committee members from within the system so that email communications can be tracked within the case; 4) to add and delete files from a case.
  • For departments that are assisting candidates by uploading their documents for them, view the Step-by-Step Guide for Committee Managers Uploading Candidate Documents.
• For promotion and tenure committees (including confidential ad hoc committees), view the Step-by-Step Guide for Committee Members.
  • A Committee Member—a term designated by Interfolio's RPT system—may view and download documents in a case.

Faculty Folio RPT Orientation Videos 

• For Candidates (approximately 30 minutes in length):

• For Committee Managers (approximately 30 minutes in length):

• For Committee Members (approximately 6 minutes in length):