Proposed amendments to the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Promotion and Tenure

February 8, 2007

From:  Faculty Senators:

            Donna Sims, Finance

            Larry Grasso, Accounting

Evaluation Process

DECS

(m.)     If the chair is a member of the DEC, the candidate and the Chair should select a mutually agreeable tenured faculty member (preferably from the Department) to provide the holistic evaluation.

(Rationale):     For departments where the chair is a member of the DEC, candidates will not have the benefit of the holistic evaluation that candidates will receive if the chair is not a member of the DEC.

Promotion and Tenure Committee

(p)        Recommend: omit

(Rationale):     Small departments will have less of a chance to have P & T Committee members familiar with their discipline, outlets and contributions if Chairs and members of DECS have to recuse themselves.