Annual Reporting

All merit-eligible faculty members (unless otherwise arranged with their dean and subject to Provost approval, these are full-time faculty excluding visitors) are required to file annual reports. In certain circumstances schools may require other categories of faculty to periodically submit annual reports, e.g., as part of a re-accreditation review.

The faculty merit cycle will continue to coincide with the fiscal year (July 1 through June 30). For all schools, the reporting period for this year will be January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. Please note that faculty members will receive an automated email notification after the dean’s comments have been entered and once the complete Annual Report is made available for review.

To ensure completion of the reporting and review processes prior to July 1, 2026, the following schedule applies: 

Note Regarding Annual Reports

The Symplectic Elements Faculty Information System, or “Elements,” has replaced our previous system, Lyterati. This decision has been carefully considered over several years, with extensive research, evaluation, and input from various committees and stakeholders to ensure we adopt the best possible system for our needs.

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Details on the Transition from Lyterati to Elements for Annual Reporting

Background

• Due to faculty feedback regarding the Lyterati annual reporting system, a team led by Geneva Henry, Dean of Libraries and Academic Innovation, began an effort in 2018 to identify a new Faculty Information System. Initial recommendations were made in 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic delayed progress. In 2022, the efforts were renewed through the Office for Faculty Affairs.
• Demonstrations of several Faculty Information Systems, including Lyterati, were arranged, and faculty and academic deans attended and were continually engaged through the decision-making process. They provided feedback on what system would work best for GW according to the needs and preferences of our faculty.

Moving Forward

• All faculty eligible to complete annual reports for 2025 will use the Elements system.
• Lyterati has been fully decommissioned. All data has been migrated to the best of our ability and archived so that no information is lost during the transition.
• Previous Annual Reports
  • To obtain copies of your previous annual reports from the Legacy Annual Reporting System, please contact the Faculty Affairs point of contact in your school or academic unit. If you are unsure who that is, please contact elementsgwu [dot] edu (elements[at]gwu[dot]edu).
  • Data from the Legacy Annual Reporting System has been migrated into the Elements System. For guidance on where in the Elements System you can find data from the Legacy Annual Reporting System, please review this document, Legacy System to Elements Data Migration (PDF).