In reviewing all areas, collegiality shall be considered as will faculty appointments that are totally or predominantly Research or Extension appointments. Academic discipline areas may articulate expectations that go beyond the minimums (score of 3 or higher as the University default expectation) to meet professional accrediting and/or certification criteria. If these are in addition to the university rubric metrics, these additional measures would also need to be present to the Dean and Provost levels for approval to be added to any evaluation metrics.

Procedures

Conducting Annual Evaluations for Tenured, Non-Tenured, and Non-Tenured Tenure-Track Faculty

General Guidelines for Evaluations:

  1. All evaluations shall be conducted in an ethical manner, with recommendations and justifications based upon relevant, documented, and verifiable information.
  2. A record of meetings of the annual Elected Peer Review School committee shall be maintained in the Chairperson's office and will include names of attending members and a record of the vote count. Further reference to this committee hereafter will be noted as “EPS committee.” The EPS committee will be elected by the School/Unit from the full time faculty members.
  3. All annual Elected Peer Review School committee (EPS) recommendations shall be based on secret ballot and majority vote. A tie vote is considered a negative vote on the recommendation.
  4. Administrative reviewers (Chair, Dean, and Provost) should ensure that annual evaluation recommendations are consistent with the goals and needs of the University, as well as, the areas within their scope of responsibility.
  5. The Chairperson and the College Dean, in conjunction with the chairpersons of the respective Elected Peer Review School annual committees, shall ensure that the membership of annual evaluation committees does not pose a conflict of interest in evaluating and voting upon applicants. If such a conflict exists, the Chair shall arrange for an elected alternate at the School level and the Dean shall arrange for an elected alternate at the College level.
  6. Chairpersons shall not serve as members on annual evaluation committees. Furthermore, the Chairperson shall not be present during committee deliberations unless requested by the School policy.

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