Performance evaluations of tenure track faculty are an essential part of the review and recommendation process. Due dates are given below.

First-year faculty members who will not be recommended for reappointment are to be so notified, by AAUP standards, as early in the academic year as possible. At Drake, we have established March 1 as the target date. Recommendations concerning first-year faculty must therefore reach the Dean no later than February 15 to allow time for consultation and counseling. In the event of negative recommendations, it is assumed that consultations with the Dean will have begun much earlier.

Second-year faculty: AAUP guidelines provide for early notification (December 1) of second-year faculty members in cases of non-reappointment. Accordingly recommendations regarding reappointment or non-reappointment of persons in each department must be made by the department chair, in accordance with established departmental procedures, and submitted to the Dean no later than November 15, again, to allow time for consultation and counseling. Again, in the event of negative recommendations, it is assumed that consultations with the Dean will have begun much earlier.

Third- through fifth-year faculty: Recommendations concerning the reappointment of third-, fourth-, and fifth-year faculty members must be submitted by February 15. Recommendations of third year faculty are regarded as particularly critical. Persons for whom the eventual attainment of tenure is regarded as at all problematical should not be recommended for reappointment at any stage, but particularly not at this time.

Recommendations concerning candidates for tenure in the year of mandatory review are due in the Dean's office October 1. This means that department review processes must be completed by this time.

In the evaluation leading to the recommendation at every stage, chairs and departments address both the strengths and the weaknesses of the faculty member in the areas of teaching, scholarship advising, and service. The evaluation must reflect the agreed-upon standards of the department as required by the College tenure policy as stated in the College handbook (see also #1 above). The recommendation should include an indication of its strength, whether positive or negative, and the degree of involvement of members of the department in arriving at the recommendation.