Faculty Evaluation Committee

Purpose

The purpose of the Faculty Evaluation Committee is to make recommendations to the vice president for academic affairs concerning decisions related to tenure, career faculty contracts and promotion.

Charge

The Faculty Evaluation Committee is concerned with ensuring systematic and comprehensive evaluation of faculty members regarding their professional growth and teaching excellence and , when making recommendations to the vice president for academic affairs, applying the same to specific faculty members. The specific duties of the committee are:

To establish a comprehensive evaluation system for all faculty in cooperation with the deans/directors of schools/divisions, the vice president for academic affairs, and two student representatives appointed by the president of the Student Government Association.
To review and recommend changes in the criteria set for promotion in rank and advancement to tenure or career contracts in the Faculty Handbook in cooperation with the deans/directors, the vice president for academic affairs and two representatives appointed by the president of the Student Government Association.
To consider and make recommendations to the vice president for academic affairs about all applications for advancement in rank, appointment to tenure and/or career contracts, according to criteria set forth in the Faculty Handbook and by individual Schools and/or Divisions.
To seek such information and ensure that such records as needed to fulfill its functions are maintained, including confidential records, and to maintain confidential records of its deliberations as far as legally permitted.
To meet with each faculty member undergoing periodic evaluation or seeking promotion, tenure, or multi-year contracts, to discuss the recommendations of the committee.
To serve as a Faculty Merit Award Selection Committee, soliciting nominations and making recommendations to the vice president for academic affairs.
To submit monthly minutes and recommendations to be voted on by the Senate.
To submit a final annual report and recommendations to be voted on by the Senate.

Procedures

Faculty members wishing to be considered for promotion, career contracts and/or tenure shall submit appropriate materials to the committee according to the guidelines delineated in the Faculty Handbook (Section 4.10). Upon completion of evaluations, the committee will report its recommendations to the vice president for academic affairs. Decisions by the vice president for academic affairs contrary to the recommendations of the Faculty Evaluation Committee will be reported in writing to the committee.

Recommendations/actions of the Faculty Evaluation Committee regarding the evaluation system and committee procedures will be forwarded to the Senate.

Membership

In order for a member of the faculty to serve on the Faculty Evaluation Committee, the faculty member must simultaneously fulfill each of the following three conditions:

Hold the rank of either full professor or associate professor
Be a tenured member of the faculty or serve as a full-time member of the faculty under the three-year professional contract or its equivalent
Not intend to make a request for promotion or tenure during the term of membership on the committee
Not be a member of the school’s faculty evaluation committee

Chair

Sally Kim, associate professor, marketing currently serves as chair of this committee.
ykim2@su.edu