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Evaluation of Academic Deans

  1. Deans are appointed without any term limit expectation or regularly scheduled reappointment review.

  2. Deans are evaluated annually during the spring semester for improvement, potential and merit consideration by the provost and vice president for academic affairs.

  3. The process of evaluation is the following:
    1. The dean prepares and submits a report of college achievements and personal professional growth to the provost and vice president for academic affairs.

    2. College chairs submit performance appraisals of the dean of their college to the provost and vice president for academic affairs.

    3. Input from all full-time faculty in the relevant college will be solicited by the provost and vice president for academic affairs at least once every three years through a survey form and an opportunity for written comments. This information shall be returned directly to the provost and vice president for academic affairs. A summary of the evaluation results will be distributed by the provost and vice president for academic affairs to the faculty in the college.

  4. Criteria for the performance appraisal shall be both generic and specific. Specific criteria relate to a particular administrative unit, e.g., Business and Public Administration, Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, and will be defined by the unit. Generic criteria shall be common to all deans.

  5. The provost and vice president for academic affairs will inform the dean of the appraisals and of the provost's response to the evaluation materials, including constructive criticism.

  6. The evaluation results and the dean's reply (if any) will be retained in confidence by the provost and vice president for academic affairs but will be available to the president upon request.

 - Approved by the president
February 27, 1990
Revised February 27, 2007


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