EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Thursday, September 28, 2000
2:00 p.m.
MA 211K

PPM 5-44 Lock and Key Policy PPM 5-44 B Bruce Christensen
This policy goes into effect on Monday, October 2, 2000. The Executive Committee discussed at length the policy in general and the $25.000 deposit required for keys.

HONORARY DEGREE 
The deadline for Honorary Degree recipients is tomorrow, September 29, 200 at noon. In the past there has been a desire that one on the recipients be a faculty member or former faculty member. Gene Sessions indicated that the Honorary Degree Committee was meeting this afternoon and would submit suggestions.

FACULTY EVALUATIONS
Sample faculty evaluation forms from the University of Utah, Utah State University, Southern Utah University, and Weber State University College of Social and Behavioral Sciences were reviewed and discussed.

DATA COLLECTION 
The question was raised regarding who would bare the cost of running the data and compiling the information. The Provost indicated that there should not be any additional expense for departments as they are currently printing evaluation forms and, adding two additional questions to their form, will not add additional expense to the department. Compilation costs should be minimal.

STANDARD QUESTIONS 
The committee discussed using the two questions developed by the Teaching and Learning Forum:

RELEASE OF DATA 
Release of information contained in faculty evaluations is required by the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA).

DATA COMPILATION 
Dave Eisler will contact the Institutional Research Office with regard to compiling the data.
The Executive Committee discussed a process for making available faculty evaluation information.

Executive Committee members will discuss the process with faculty within their college.

Executive Committee members will discuss the process with Department Chairs.

The Provost will present information at Dean=s Council.

As an agenda item, Posting Faculty Evaluation Data, will be discussed at the October 19, 2000 Faculty Senate meeting.

Current policy (PPM 8-11) regarding faculty evaluations will be followed.

A generic faculty evaluation form including two standardized questions will be distributed this Fall to all departments. Departments can use the generic evaluation form or add the two standardized questions to their department faculty evaluation form.

The evaluation data from the two standardized questions will be released by class, listing instructors.

A full distribution of student responses to the two questions will be released.

The information from the two standardized questions will be included in the tenure and promotion process.

Data from Fall and Spring Semester evaluations will be compiled through the Institutional Research Office and made available at the Reserve Desk in the Library.

HISTORY DEPARTMENT 
Lee Sather, Chair of the History Department, has written a memo regarding the department=s position on the use of C.E. and B.C.E. in the title of History 4210 A copy of Dr. Sather=s memo will be forwarded to Executive Committee members.

NEXT MEETING 
The Executive Committee will meet on October 5, 2000 to discuss Dr. Sather=s memo and the position of the History Department, and to finalize the process regarding the release of faculty evaluation data.