Third-Year Reviews

Office of Academic AffairsJanuary 29, 2013

Presenter:Barbara Altmann,

Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

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How to use 3rd-year review

Reality check for progress toward tenure

“Practice run” for faculty member as she or he approaches tenure review process

Important for department to give meaningful review and feedback

3rd-year review: key decision point

Review work accomplished/current trajectory

Is candidate on track for tenure?

Formative and Summative Evaluations

Three possible outcomes of review

Three-year contract renewal

Terminal one-year contract

One-year contract with possible renewal, with stipulations

Candidate’s contributions to review

Current vita

Brief statement of accomplishments, progress, and prospective progress in research and teaching

Copies of work published/completed and works in progress

Department actions

Department head assembles materials for review

Voting faculty deliberate and vote Vote results are forwarded to

department head Department head provides

recommendation to the dean

Dean’s actions

Dean provides clear explanation of the decision, and forwards copy of the review dossier and contract renewal documents to Academic Affairs for each possible outcome: 3-year renewal Terminal 1-year contract 1-year contract with possible renewal

and stipulations

Academic Affairs actions

Academic Affairs provides a response after review of the following: Dean’s narrative Recommendations of department head Candidate’s review file Contract renewal documents

What do possible outcomes mean?

Unequivocally positive: on track for tenure 3-year contract renewal

Unequivocally negative: tenure not possible, no desire to retain 1-year terminal contract and dismissal

Problematic but still possible: could make tenure with a change in direction, desire to retain in department 1-year contract with stipulations

Strategies for conducting reviews

Focus on accomplishments

Conduct the discussion in two parts Diagnostic review of vita and

accomplishments Evaluative review of prospective success

and what is needed

Focus on the vita and accomplishments, not on the person

Questions?