Faculty
Evaluations
A.
Evaluation of Junior Faculty
B.
The Writing of Reports
C.
Outside Evaluation: College
Procedures
D.
Other Matters Concerning Faculty
Evaluations
Faculty
evaluations are to be conducted according to the Statutes
of the Faculty Chapters II.G.2. and 3.
2. At
the beginning of October the Chair of each department must
review, with the tenured senior members of the department,
the status and qualifications of each member due for contract
renewal. For junior faculty counting no previous experience,
evaluation will take place in the second and fourth years
at the College, with the tenure review in the sixth year.
For junior faculty counting one year of previous experience,
evaluation will take place in the second and fourth years
of their tenure-track appointment, with the tenure review
in the fifth year. For junior faculty counting two years of
experience, evaluation will take place in the second year
of their tenure-track appointment, with the tenure review
in the fourth year. For junior faculty counting three years
of experience, evaluation will take place in the second year
of their tenure-track appointment, with the tenure review
in the third year. The Chair will prepare a separate report
on each probationary member being reviewed, including signed
majority and minority opinions, recommending to the President,
through the Dean of the College, whether or not the individual
is to be reappointed. Whenever the action recommended involves
tenure, the originals of these reports shall be in the hands
of the Dean no later than 1 November. The originals of the
other reports on faculty on probationary appointment shall
be in the hands of the Dean no later than 15 November. An
unsigned copy of these reports shall be communciated by the
Chair to the faculty member under consideration.
At the same time, the Chair of each department shall review,
with the tenured senior members of the department, the qualifications
of any tenured faculty whom either the Chair, the Dean, the
individual or a majority of the senior members of the department
shall wish considered for promotion. Detailed recommendations
for each case, including signed majority and minority opinions,
in duplicate, shall be in the hands of the Dean no later than
1 February.
An unsigned
copy of these reports shall be communicated by the Chair to
the faculty member under consideration.
In all
cases the Chair shall solicit the written opinions of all
untenured senior and junior members of the department who
have been members of the department for at least one year.
During
their deliberations the senior tenured members shall choose
a senior tenured facult member of the department as a representative
to the CTP. This representative shall not be an elected member
of the CTP and shall serve solely as a resource person to
the CTP. In the case where a department has more than one
candidate for tenure and/or promotion the department may choose
a separate representative to the CTP for each candidate.
3. Whenever
the action recommended by the department (in the reports mentioned
above) involves neither tenure nor promotion beyond the rank
of Assistant Professor (i.e., when it recommends termination
of an appointment, or reappointment but not beyond the penultimate
probationary year), the Dean of the College shall add his
or her recommendations and forward the report to the President
for final decision. A summary statement of the decision will
be orally communicated to the individual or, at the faculty
member's request, in writing, through the Dean and Chair,
no later than 1 March, except as noted in Section H.1.
