April 22, 2003IOC - Report Overview & Recommendations1 Post-Tenure Review Institute Oversight Committee Report Overview & Recommendations to Georgia Tech Faculty April 22, 2003 Robert McMath Farrokh Mistree

April 22, 2003IOC - Report Overview & Recommendations2 IOC – Committee 2002 Faculty Philip Auslander. LCC Meiyin Chou. Physics Cheol Eun. Management Steve French. Architecture Richard Fujimoto. CoC Gary May. ECE Administrators MGT. Terry Blum / Eugene Comisky. EGR. Narl Davidson / Don Giddens CoC. Jim Foley Arch. Tom Galloway IAC. Sue Rosser Sci. Gary Schuster Co-Chairs Bob McMath & Farrokh Mistree

April 22, 2003IOC - Report Overview & Recommendations3 IOC – Objectives of Reviews Post-Tenure Reviews are aimed at facilitating faculty development, and ensuring intellectual vitality and competent levels of performance by all faculty throughout their professional careers. In both regards, the goal is to maximize the talents of tenured faculty within the broad array needed for effective performance of the units and the Institute. Post-Tenure Reviews are both retrospective and prospective, inasmuch as they recognize past contributions and provide the means for continuous intellectual and professional growth.

April 22, 2003IOC - Report Overview & Recommendations4 IOC – Recommendations Adopted 9/17/02 Retain faculty-driven, peer evaluation process Retain provision that the decision of the faculty peer reviewers is final Focus on faculty development with 5/3 year recommendation to be part of the process Change name from Post-Tenure Review (PTR) to Periodic Peer Review (PPR) Replace Special Recognition feature with Program for Faculty Development for all Major review of PPR process every five years with monitoring between major reviews Responsibility instituting and maintaining Program for Faculty Development and monitoring process: –Dean of the Colleges of Architecture, Engineering, Ivan Allen, Sciences –VP Academic for Unitary Colleges of Computing and Management

April 22, 2003IOC - Report Overview & Recommendations5 IOC – Recommendations Adopted 9/17/02 A candidate has the right to select one faculty member (with full voting rights) for the PPR Committee; serve as advocate. Also has the option to remove one member of the PPR Committee. All candidates to provide a summary of his/her past activities and goals for the next five years. Up to 5 pages. Chair / Unit Head to provide an assessment of the goals of the candidate to the PPR. No comment on 3/5. PPR Committee to address letter to candidate, record vote in letter and all members of the PPR Committee to sign the letter. PPR Committee letter to include assessment of positives, constructive feedback after careful evaluation of performance and goals, and recommendations to Chair / Unit Head relevant to faculty development. PPR Committee to provide justification in case of a 3 year recommendation.

April 22, 2003IOC - Report Overview & Recommendations6 IOC – Tenured Faculty with Administrative Titles Policy Tenured faculty with administrative titles (other than unit chairs and above) are covered by Periodic Peer Review Process. Question Should tenured faculty with administrative titles be allowed to serve on Unit Level Committees? IOC Recommendations The faculty in each unit shall decide whether tenured faculty with administrative titles (other than unit heads) are eligible to serve on the unit-level Periodic Peer Review committee. This decision is to be reviewed by the faculty at least once every five years.

April 22, 2003IOC - Report Overview & Recommendations7 IOC – Appeals and Grievances Questions How can a faculty member get a Unit Level Committee’s recommendation reversed? How should a grievance against the PPR process be handled? IOC Recommendations On receipt of the review from the Dean / Vice Provost, a reviewee may appeal to the President to overturn a unit-level recommendation. Grievances related to the Periodic Peer Review process shall be handled by the Faculty Status and Grievance Committee under Section of the statutes of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

April 22, 2003IOC - Report Overview & Recommendations8 IOC - Motion The Georgia Tech Faculty on April 22, 2002 endorses the Recommendations of the 2002 Institute Oversight Committee (Post-Tenure Review) documented on Pages 6 and 7 of this presentation.