MEMORANDUM

TO: All Faculty and Administrators

FROM: Michel R. Dahlin, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs

DATE: September 15, 1997

SUBJECT: Draft Policies on Post-Tenure Review and the Professional Plan

Attached are the latest drafts of policies on post-tenure review and the professional plan, developed to implement the recommendations of the Ad Hoc Committee on Tenure and Post-tenure Review. (The professional plan has been written up as a separate policy for the sake of clarity.) At the August meeting of the Board of Regents, Regent Norwood Robb introduced a draft set of revisions to the Laws of the Regents regarding post-tenure review. If adopted, these revisions would control certain aspects of the University's post-tenure review policy. A copy of these revisions is also included on this web site. Also included is Regent Robb's resolution calling for the creation of faculty development funds.

Regent Robb's draft revisions develop a post-tenure review process that is somewhat different from the one proposed by the Ad Hoc Committee. The primary difference is that Regent Robb's process calls for an improvement plan after a single "below expectations" evaluation in the annual merit review, while the Ad Hoc Committee process does not require a formal development plan until after two "below expectations" ratings.

Please review these three draft documents, keeping in mind the legislative imperatives behind them. Convey your comments and suggestions to your Faculty Assembly Chair or to the system-wide Educational Policy and University Standards (EPUS) representatives from your campus. They will forward comments and suggestions to the Ad Hoc Committee and to Faculty Council. The deadline for your reply is October 6, 1997.