Unit Standards Committee Annual Report for 2006-07

April 27, 2007 / Number of meetings (4)

This document is the Annual Report for the University Unit Standards Committee.

The Unit Standards Committee (USC) reviews all changes submitted by departments that modify the standards used to evaluate faculty. This year the USC met and reviewed the three departments listed below. These departments were also approved by the Provost’s Office.

Accounting – approved

Political Science – approved

Sociology – approved

Unit standards are on a rotating schedule for review. The departments listed below were not received by the Unit Standards Committee but were up for review in 2006-07.

Art

Biological Sciences

History

Mathematical Sciences

Music

Print Journalism

Radio/TV

Please note that Rebecca Richards (Sociology) will be the chair of the USC for the next academic year – 2007-08.

Thank you.

Jeff Greene, Chair

Members of the Unit Standards Committee for 2006-07

Schools (Four members)

Wayne Freimund, Society and Conservation
Coby Johnson, Mansfield Library
Nicolaus Uhlenbruck, Management & Marketing
Richard Gajdosik, Physical Therapy

Teresa Tamura, Journalism

Humanities (Two)   

Matthew Semanoff, MCLL
Jody Pavilack, History

Sciences (Two)

Eijiro Uchimoto, Physics & Astronomy
Fred Allendorf, Biology

Social and Behavioral Sciences (Two)

Jeffrey Greene, Political Science (CHAIR)
Rebecca Richards, Sociology (CHAIR-ELECT)

No students were located to serve on the USC for the 2006-07 academic year.