Texas Tech University Faculty Senate
1997-1998:11
May 6, 1998 Minutes #189
Post Tenure Review Resolution
President George relinquished the gavel to Vice-President Olivarez, who directed this portion
of the meeting. The Ad-Hoc committee on Post- Tenure Review (Charlotte Dunham, Gary ElbowChair, Edward George, Timothy Floyd, and Gerald Skoog) proposed the following resolution:
Whereas the Texas Legislature has passed a law mandating post tenure review for state
university faculties, and
Whereas the Texas Tech University administration, with the advice of the University
Counsel’s Office, has decided that the law should be implemented through a policy which is separate
from the existing O.P. 32.32 on faculty evaluation, and
Whereas the Faculty Senate appointed on April 8 and Ad Hoc Committee on Post Tenure
Review to draft appropriate documents in collaboration with the Texas Tech University
administration, and
Whereas the Committee, having met four times, including consultation with the President’s
Office and input from the Office of Legal Counsel, has completed its charge,
BE IT RESOLVED: 1) That the Faculty Senate approve the accompanying draft of Post Tenure
Review Policy, to be styled O.P. 32.31: and 2) That the Faculty Senate approve the accompanying
draft Faculty Senate Evaluation Policy, to supersede the existing O.P. 32.32.
Resolution Passed Unanimously