Review of College Deans
REG 05.50.2
Authority: Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
History: First Issued: October 20, 1986. Last Revised: October 20, 2009. Additional History Information.
Additional References:
N.C.G.S§126, Article 7, The Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records.
Survey Administration Standard Operating Procedures
Contact Info: Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs (919-513-7741)
1.1 The Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor (hereafter referred to as Provost) is responsible for reviewing the administrative performance of college deans.
1.2 Comprehensive reviews are conducted pursuant to this regulation to assess college leadership and programs. They are held at intervals of not more than five years from the date of the initial appointment of the dean or the date of the last review.
1.3 This regulation does not pertain to the Dean of the Graduate School or the Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs.
2. Notification to the Dean and Systematic Solicitation of College Faculty and Staff Views
2.1 As soon as possible after the beginning of fall semester, the Provost will initiate the review by notifying the dean and appointing an ad hoc College Leadership Survey Committee of no fewer than five members of the college faculty and staff. Unless exceptional circumstances exist, one member of this committee shall be a current Faculty Senator, one member shall be a current Staff Senator, and the remaining members will be selected to optimize representation of the college faculty. A majority of the members of this committee shall be faculty with permanent tenure. Where appropriate, non-tenure track faculty should be included on the committee.
2.2 In consultation with the Provost and the Chair of the Faculty, the College Leadership Survey Committee develops an evaluation instrument designed to elicit faculty (regular and non-tenure track faculty) and staff (SPA, non-faculty EPA Professionals and post-docs) views and recommendations pertinent to college leadership and programs. The College Leadership Survey Committee shall forward the evaluation instrument to the Provost and may recommend additional groups, e.g., students and external clientele, to be surveyed, subject to approval by the Provost. Adequate provisions should be made for open-ended written comments on the evaluation instrument.
2.3 The Provost shall provide the dean an opportunity to review the proposed evaluation instrument and to suggest changes prior to finalizing and forwarding the evaluation instrument to the College Leadership Survey Committee.
3. Administration and Tabulation of Evaluation Instrument
3.1 Upon receipt of the finalized evaluation instrument from the Provost, the College Leadership Survey Committee will forward the instrument to University Planning and Analysis (UPA). The instrument will be programmed and administered online by UPA to all members of the college faculty (determined by the Official Roster of the Voting Faculty maintained by the Faculty Senate Office), staff, and other designated groups as determined appropriate by the College Leadership Survey Committee and/or Provost. The College Leadership Survey Committee will notify participants that the online survey is available.
3.2 The data collection procedures will ensure that only those identified as valid survey participants are able to access and complete the survey.
3.3 Survey results will be anonymous; it will not be possible to identify any given individual from survey records or reports that can or will be shared with others.
3.4 Participation in the survey is voluntary.
3.5 UPA will make hard copy surveys available on request. All completed hard copy surveys shall be returned unsigned to University Planning and Analysis using a system to verify validity of the evaluator but also maintaining anonymity. UPA will add all responses from paper surveys into the electronic data base from the online survey, then destroy the paper surveys.
[See Survey Administration Standard Operating Procedures for further information.]
4. REPORTS ON THE EVALUATION INSTRUMENT
4.1 UPA will prepare a report consisting of aggregate-level results to each closed-end survey question and verbatim responses to all open-ended questions. UPA will provide an electronic and hard copy of the report to the College Leadership Survey Committee
4.2 The Committee shall provide the Provost with a copy of the report(s), along with any observations they wish to make on the survey and responses. UPA is responsible for retaining an electronic copy of the final survey data file. The Office of the Provost will also maintain a copy of the report.
4.3 Members of the College Leadership Survey Committee shall not disclose information concerning the results of the survey to any persons other than the Provost and authorized staff members of the Provost.
5. COLLEGE OVERVIEW PRESENTATION AND SSESSIONS WITH SPECIFIED GROUPS
5.1 The Provost shall schedule a series of sessions with faculty, administration and staff, during which the Chancellor and Provost will be present.
5.2 The first session shall provide for a brief overview by the dean of college programs and goals. University administrators, College faculty, staff, and students may join with the Chancellor and Provost in asking questions about the college leadership and programs. The Chair of the Faculty and any University administrators designated by the Chancellor or the Provost may be invited to attend the first session.
5.3 The second session shall provide an opportunity for the Chancellor and Provost to meet with the college faculty for an informal discussion of college leadership and programs. The dean, the associate and assistant deans or other comparable college administrators, and the department heads or other comparable unit heads will not be present.
5.4 The third session shall provide an opportunity for the Chancellor and Provost to meet with the college staff for an informal discussion of college leadership and programs. The dean, the associate and assistant deans or other comparable college administrators, and the department heads or other comparable unit heads and faculty will not be present.
5.5 The fourth session shall provide an opportunity for the Chancellor and Provost to meet with the associate and assistant deans, department heads and other comparable unit heads or other college administrators as deemed appropriate by the Provost for an informal discussion of college leadership and programs. The dean will not be present, nor will the college faculty or staff. These administrators will also be provided an opportunity to present written or oral comments to the Provost.
5.6 Additional sessions or procedures may be requested by the Provost or may be recommended by the College Leadership Survey Committee subject to the approval of the Provost.
6. USE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Provost may use any other relevant information in reviewing and evaluating college leadership and programs.
7. REVIEW AND REPORT BY PROVOST
After the Provost reviews the results of the evaluation with the dean, the Provost shall report the evaluation results at a meeting of the college faculty and staff. The meeting of the college faculty and staff should occur as soon as possible, but no later than May 15 of the academic year or by fiscal year end for colleges with predominantly fiscal year appointments.
8. ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
8.1 These procedures do not preclude a faculty member, department head, assistant/associate dean, etc. from individually expressing views with regard to college leadership and programs to the Provost at any time.
8.2 These procedures do not preclude the Provost from consulting with the Chancellor regarding the college leadership at any time.
8.3 Documents generated through this process are confidential personnel records and shall be treated as such as required by North Carolina law.
