I am talking with some folks at a university who have been asked to design
a "peer review" system for faculty. The good news is each school or
college is asked to create their own, so there is no "one size fits all"
approach. The bad news is that the idea alone is already creating a lot of
resistance and resentment. Obviously a lot of assumptions and baggage need
to be unpacked at the committee level if not the institutional level. For
example, promotion and tenure review systems are already in place so how
does this differ?
This particular group has an opportunity to create something interesting.
They are in the School of Fine Arts, which has a strong set of guiding
principles for educating students in the arts, a better than average
reputation for working well together, and a supportive (and supported)
dean. They want to avoid a system that threatens this learning community.
Would anybody on this list (from ANY type of organization) care to share
their stories with me? They can be nightmares or successes, suggestions or
warnings. I know some of the processes I want to share with the committee
and some of the resources (suggestions welcome.) I could use voices of
experience.
Janis Dutton
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