Unit Standards Committee

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Committee Charge
To monitor faculty evaluation procedures and review unit standards.

CBA section 10.00: The University Standards Committee shall work with units to bring the Unit Standards into compliance pursuant to Section 10.250. [ The University Standards Committee shall have the responsibility of reviewing the unit standards on a five-year cycle, taking a fifth of the unit standards each year. Recommendations for change of the unit standards may be submitted to the Standards Committee by the unit faculty, the chairperson, the appropriate dean, or the Provost. The unit faculty, department chairperson, the University Standards Committee, the appropriate dean, and Provost must approve any proposed change. Any changes in unit standards resulting from this process shall not take effect until twelve (12) months after the decision, unless agreed otherwise by the unit faculty, the dean, and the Provost.]
CBA section 10.120: If the Standards Committee does not approve any specific set of unit standards within forty (40) working days of submission by the unit, those standards shall be forwarded directly to the Provost for consideration.

Procedures:
Units should submit a paper copy of their revised unit standards with the signature page signed by the department chair and academic dean, as well as
an electronic copy to the Faculty Senate Office.

The electronic file will be dissemenated to the members and the chair will direct the members to review the document and comunicate concerns.

The chair will communicate any conserns/comments to the unit and ask for revisions if necessary. Once the committee approves the standards, the chair will sign the signature page and notify the unit to submit the final draft to Academic Affairs for approval.