The faculty policies handbook calls for each department to establish criteria for evaluating teaching, scholarship, and research. The handbook is the prevailing document on all matters it addresses, and all department documents and practices must be consistent with it. See section 3.1.

Department chairs are required to direct and manage the process for complying with the policies specified in these paragraphs. To address differences between departments as they pertain to teaching, scholar-ship/creative activity, and service, each department develops statements on criteria and procedures for faculty evaluation, in compliance with the provisions in the concluding paragraphs of each of the Handbook sections. These statements are reviewed for approval by the Dean as revisions are proposed, with College-wide review of all statements occurring at least once within each five-year period.