2.6 Annual Evaluations

2.6.1 Annual Review of Faculty

Faculty are evaluated annually by local unit administrators and/or committees of peers who report to the collegiate deans or the Provost. The criteria for the annual faculty review are the same as those listed in Section 2.4, except that the evaluation is based only upon the contributions of the preceding academic year and, where applicable, the succeeding summer. These contributions are to be evaluated in the context of the faculty member's long-term career progression. The results of the evaluation are discussed with the faculty member, who is also given a written summary. For purposes of annual salary review, faculty are evaluated on the quality of overall performance in terms of individual work assignments. Local unit administrators may average performances for years in which merit raises have not been available.

2.6.2 Faculty Role in the Evaluation of Academic Administrators

Academic administrators serve at the pleasure of the President. In reviewing their performance, the President should normally refer to the annual faculty evaluation of administrators, conducted under the joint auspices of the Faculty Senate and the University's Office of Institutional Planning and Research. The purposes of this annual evaluation are (i) to provide information regularly to the President and the Board of Visitors about the strengths and weaknesses of administrators as perceived by the faculty; (ii) to provide, over an extended period of time, a record of faculty opinion of the performance of administrators; and (iii) to provide individual administrators with specific suggestions for improving faculty morale and the operations of the University.