Resolution 96-3
Academic Freedom and Tenure
UNC Faculty Assembly
November 15, 1996

PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF PERMANENTLY TENURED FACULTY

WHEREAS, The General Administration has indicated an interest in instituting a system for reviewing the performance of permanently tenured faculty, and

WHEREAS, The existing Code of the University of North Carolina is adequate to all matters regarding tenure and does not require alteration or amendment; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the Faculty Assembly recommend (1) consistent with current practice with regard to tenure decisions, each campus should independently develop procedures suitable for reviewing the performance of permanently tenured faculty, and (2) the principal goal should be faculty development.

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Peter Petschauer
Chair, Faculty Assembly 

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Linda Nelms
Secretary. Faculty Assembly