• The revision process began in June 2015 with a retreat of faculty and campus leaders to debate key topics such as maintaining tenure and the definition of scholarship (see link to retreat materials).
• Provost Flotte then charged the Academic Advancement Work Group to make recommendations in four areas (see charge to AAWG).
• The AAWG met between August 2015 and June 2016 (see minutes of AAWG meetings) and submitted a report to Provost Flotte on July 1, 2016 (see AAWG report, PDF). During this time regular reports were made to Faculty and Executive Councils and other bodies (see presentations).
• Provost Flotte accepted the report and charged a writing group (Luanne Thorndyke, Robert Milner, John Congdon, James Healy) to generate a draft of the revised APP, which was completed in December 2016.
• Following further meetings of the AAWG and presentations to Executive and Chairs Councils, a public draft of the revised APP was distributed to UMass Chan faculty in February 2017.
• The revised APP was discussed at a Faculty Council Town Hall Meeting on March 9, 2017.
• The  APP was revised in response to faculty questions and concerns; changes in the draft were presented to Faculty and Executive Councils and at department meetings, April–June, 2017.
• The "final" draft was distributed to faculty for comment on July 19, 2017. The open comment period closes on August 23, 2017.
• July–August, 2017: Administrative/Legal Review.
• September, 2017: Votes by Faculty Council, Executive Council and Faculty-at-Large (September)
• October, 2017: Final review by Provost and Chancellor.
• October 2017: Submit for review by University of Massachusetts President’s Office, CASA and Board of Trustees.
• December 2017 (expected): approval by Board of Trustees.
• January 1, 2018 (expected): implementation of new APP.