Common use of Evaluation Committees Clause in Contracts

Evaluation Committees. Each college shall establish a college personnel committee (“CPC”). Each university school, department, and academic unit shall establish a personnel committee (“PC”) for the purpose of evaluating faculty members for retention, tenure and promotion. Only tenured faculty may serve on personnel committees with the exception of committees for the evaluation/promotion of lecturers and senior lecturers. The PC shall be made up of a minimum of three (3) faculty. (a) A PC considering evaluation of a lecturer or promotion to senior lecturer or evaluation of a senior lecturer will consist of senior lecturers and/or tenured associate or full professors. PCs may not be chaired by senior lecturers; (b) A PC considering retention of an assistant professor, or promotion to associate professor will consist of tenured associate or full professors; (c) A PC considering promotion to full professor will consist of tenured full professors; (d) Small departments or programs not housed within a department may include faculty members from related areas and large departments may establish more than one committee. Senior lecturers serving on DPCs may negotiate release time or equivalent PTOL during the term of DPC service. Service on PCs will be considered in senior lecturer evaluations.