Whereas, the Performance Review of Tenured Faculty, adopted by the Board of Governors in May 1997, is intended "to support and encourage excellence among tenured faculty,” and

Whereas, the post-tenure review policy states that the process is designed to recognize and reward exemplary faculty performance, provide for a clear plan and timetable for improvement of performance of faculty found deficient, and for those whose performance remains deficient, provide for the imposition of appropriate sanction, which may, in most serious cases, include a recommendation for discharge, and

Whereas, campus policies and procedures vary in several ways, such as the means by which faculty are selected for review in a given year, the selection and composition of the peer review committee, the materials to be submitted for review, and the procedure for monitoring the development of faculty found deficient, and

Whereas, the Innovation in Faculty Work Life (IFWL) Committee has asked questions about the (a) nature and responsibility of the peer review committees, (b) the adequacy of follow-up after reviews, and (c) the adequacy of administrative support and resources of the process, and

Whereas, the Office of Academic Affairs of the University of North Carolina, working with the IFWL Committee, is developing a plan for comprehensive campus and system-wide review of policies, procedures, outcomes, benefits, and is composing a set of questions to be answered by faculty members and academic administrators on each campus about how to make post-tenure review at UNC more effective, and

Whereas, several UNC campuses have already volunteered to pilot the evaluation in spring semester 2004

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the UNC Faculty Assembly express its support of the efforts of the Office of Academic Affairs of UNC to evaluate the post-tenure review process for all campuses and urge that full participation of all campuses, and further

That each campus develop evaluation procedures to explicitly solicit and incorporate particular concerns of faculty and academic administrators on their campuses and to report on changes to policies and procedures to ensure a more effective review process.

Adopted 11/03