1. Standard 4 Faculty

2. Committee Membership Marta Meana Carryn Bellomo Andrew Bell Skip Swerdlow

3. Major expectations of NWCCU Faculty Selection, Evaluation, Roles, Welfare, and Development – Employs qualified faculty whom represent various disciplines – Participate in planning and evaluation of academics and governance – Appropriate workloads and benefits – Appropriate evaluation of performance – Protection of academic freedom

4. Major expectations of NWCCU Scholarship, Research and Artistic Creation – Engagement – Ethical considerations – Development of research policies and practices – Appropriate resources provided – Consistent workload assignment – OSP and IRB involvement – Academic freedom

5. Committee Progress Identified areas in which data collection was necessary from Colleges, Departments, Office of Research and Human Resources, Helped design questionnaires sent to relevant units

6. Plans for this Fall Data collection Organization of data as per standard 4 categories Merging of related data Commencement of writing of first draft

7. Plans for Spring 2009 Complete writing of first draft Send draft out for feedback and revisions Incorportate revisions into next draft Refine and polish final draft

8. Questions?