Evaluation of administrators

At the end of every spring semester, each member of the faculty is asked to evaluate the Chancellor, the Provost, the graduate dean, and the faculty member's academic dean and department chair. A multi-item instrument called Faculty Perceptions of Administrative Performance has been used for this purpose since April 1989. In addition, the overall performances of certain other administrative officers are evaluated by the faculty on a supplementary form. The results of these evaluations are made available to the evaluatee and his or her immediate supervisor and are intended to provide information for self-improvement as well as for evaluation of the individual's performance by the supervisor. The Evaluation Committee of the Faculty Senate monitors the process of evaluation of administrators and seeks ways to continually improve it.

During the fourth year of a five-year renewable term, academic deans are reviewed by the Provost and the Chancellor. As a part of the review process, department chairpersons, other administrators, and faculty from the appropriate college or school are invited to meet with a review committee to provide feedback about the performance of the dean. The committee serves as a conduit and organizing mechanism for feedback rather than as a body to recommend any course of action. Faculty from the appropriate school are appointed to the committee by the Provost with the concurrence of the President of the Faculty Senate.

The deans periodically conduct performance reviews of chairs.