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Campus Forum September 23, 2008 Peg Bacon Provost

Campus Forum September 23, 2008 Peg Bacon Provost. From Alice in Wonderland Alice: Would you please tell me where I ought to go from here? Cheshire Cat: That depends on where you want to get to. Just in case you’ve been…. A little history…. CU Report on Tenure.

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Campus Forum September 23, 2008 Peg Bacon Provost

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  1. Campus ForumSeptember 23, 2008Peg BaconProvost

  2. From Alice in Wonderland • Alice: Would you please tell me where I ought to go from here? • Cheshire Cat: That depends on where you want to get to. . .

  3. Just in case you’ve been… A little history…

  4. CU Report on Tenure CU tenure attacked after spat Professor's essay sparks calls to end protective system By Elizabeth MClark, Camera Staff Writer February 6,2005 Univ. of Colorado president resigns amid controversy By Tom Kenworthy, USA TODAY • 2005 Report on Tenure • Joint Faculty Council/Regents effort • External review led by General Estes • Internal review led by UCD provost • Price-Waterhouse audit • Change Recommendations • System and campus policy changes • New reporting requirements • Review and revision of tenure criteria (by 09) CU, accountants to examine tenure By Aldo Svaldi Denver Post Staff Writer Tenure panel's findings to carry weight, CU saysBy Jim Hughes Denver Post Staff Writer General backs tenureHead of CU panel calls it the basis of academic freedomBy Berny Morson, Rocky Mountain NewsMay 14, 2005

  5. Internal Questions/Concerns. . . • Are faculty adequately rewarded for what they do? • What about the 40-40-20 model for faculty work? Who does that represent? • What does faculty work look like in the 21st century?

  6. Regents, Faculty Council work together to revise system policies to respond to the panels’ recommendations CU Presidential Teaching Scholars partner with Carnegie Foundation to explore new forms of scholarship UCCS holds Faculty Retreat on the future of faculty work (Spring ’07) Campus Task Force on Non-Tenure Track faculty report adopted by Faculty Representative Assembly And then…

  7. Campus RPT Task Force convened in fall and issues a report in spring Preliminary discussions yield Faculty Representative Assembly resolution for a full faculty vote on adoption, scheduled for late October, 2008 Faculty Assembly NTTF committee works with Associate Deans Council on implementing recommendations Last year…

  8. Mentoring program for new faculty Guidelines to colleges on implementation of mandate to revise primary unit criteria Website for RPT Task Force Report: http://www.uccs.edu/~provost/tenure.html Ongoing implementation of NTTF Task Force Report: terms of appointment, evaluation, etc. Which brings us to…

  9. RPT Task Force Process • Iowa State Model • Adopted by several universities • Oregon State, Portland State, Penn State, CSU-Monterrey Bay, Western Carolina) • Visit of Olivia Madison to campus • Carnegie Foundation • Scholarship Reconsidered (1990) • Scholarship Assessed (1997)

  10. Highlights from the RPT Task Force… • Inviting departments to add category of professional practice where appropriate • Broadening the definition of scholarship and its evaluation • Defining the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, creative works, and teaching and learning • How is “peer-review” defined? • Faculty Responsibility Statement (FRS)

  11. Mandates: Multiple means of evaluation for teaching ‘Meritorious’ and ‘excellent’ defined for teaching and research for tenure Explanation of how “record, taken as a whole, is judged to be excellent” for promotion to full ‘Meeting expectations’ defined for post-tenure review Highlights of criteria revision…

  12. Recommended areas of attention: What “counts” as teaching, research and service, and how are activities with implications in multiple categories to be treated? Within each area, how does the department address numerous issues that have arisen over the years? How do the criteria address larger campus goals, such as increasing diversity and student engagement? Highlights of criteria revision…

  13. What should you be doing… • Read the report and the FAQ on the website http://www.uccs.edu/~provost/tenure.html • Ask questions (now and as we go forward, the Task Force members are on the website)

  14. What should you be doing… • Engage in discussions in your department, college and on campus • Vote on the Task Force Report • Be thoughtful about and participate in the revision of your department’s criteria (talk to your chair about the process in your department)

  15. In any moment of decision, the best thing that you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” • Theodore Roosevelt

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