Dean Kathleen Skerrett called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room of Weinstein Hall.
The dean spoke about annual performance reviews with the view to making the process less burdensome and more effective. Specifically, tenured faculty members would not be required to submit large dossiers. Also, a simpler scale would be used for the allocation of merit consisting of three categories: 1) exceptional achievement 2) professional excellence 3) areas of concern.
To aid the dean with the process of evaluation an Ad Hoc Performance Review Committee will be constituted by vote of those with faculty status who are evaluated through this process. The four members of the Ad Hoc Committee will be chairs of departments in each of the quadripartite divisions of the School of Arts and Sciences. The dean distributed a document describing the membership, election process, and responsibilities of the committee.
Discussion ensued, primarily about the Ad Hoc Performance Review Committee. Some of the issues/questions raised were: Do the chairs on the committee need to be full professors? Do we need a procedure for creating the ad hoc committee? Can we protect the identities of individuals in the discussions among chairs?
A motion to constitute the Ad Hoc Performance Review Committee was put forward and approved.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret Denton
- The minutes of April 21 were approved as circulated.
- The actions of Academic Council were approved.
Mike Spear honored retiring faculty member Steve Nash who began his career at the University of Richmond in 1980.
Dean Skerrett acknowledged A&S faculty members who have completed 45, 44, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, and 10 years of service to the community.The dean spoke about annual performance reviews with the view to making the process less burdensome and more effective. Specifically, tenured faculty members would not be required to submit large dossiers. Also, a simpler scale would be used for the allocation of merit consisting of three categories: 1) exceptional achievement 2) professional excellence 3) areas of concern.
To aid the dean with the process of evaluation an Ad Hoc Performance Review Committee will be constituted by vote of those with faculty status who are evaluated through this process. The four members of the Ad Hoc Committee will be chairs of departments in each of the quadripartite divisions of the School of Arts and Sciences. The dean distributed a document describing the membership, election process, and responsibilities of the committee.
Discussion ensued, primarily about the Ad Hoc Performance Review Committee. Some of the issues/questions raised were: Do the chairs on the committee need to be full professors? Do we need a procedure for creating the ad hoc committee? Can we protect the identities of individuals in the discussions among chairs?
A motion to constitute the Ad Hoc Performance Review Committee was put forward and approved.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret Denton
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