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<P><FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Times New Roman">memo</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Date: </FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">10/31/2004</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">To: </FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Members, Faculty and Professional Staff, Texas A&M University-Commerce</FONT>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">From: </FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Byron Housewright and</FONT><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT></B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">R. N. Singh, Co-Chairs, Faculty Senate Academic Life Committee, Texas A&M University-Commerce</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">RE: Open Hearing on Reviewing the Texas A&M University-Commerce Procedures for Evaluating Faculty</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT>
<BR><B><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Priority: </FONT></B>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">There will be an open Hearing on adequacies/inadequacies in our faculty evaluation process on</FONT><B> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 2 to 3 P. M. in American Ballroom, MSC. </FONT></B></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Your participation in this hearing will help Faculty Senate develop changes and clarifications in the A&M-Commerce procedures for evaluating faculty. These procedures include:</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">1. A 12.01: Academic Freedom, Tenure and Responsibility</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">2. A12.05: Graduate Faculty Membership (includes Graduate Council's six-year review of 'senior' members)</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">3. A12.20: Annual Evaluation of Faculty</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">4. A12.22: Post Tenure Review</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">5. A33.02: Faculty Promotion</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">6. Faculty Handbook: Evaluation of Instruction (page 6), Early Intervention (page 13), and New Faculty Selection and Hiring (page 13) </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">The procedures (including Faculty Handbook) are available on the university web site. You may want to look over these procedures and express your views and concerns/suggestions regarding their clarity, consistency, adequacy, fairness, effectiveness, and so forth. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">We hope you attend this important hearing. Light refreshment will be served between 1:30 to 2:00 P. M. Thanks. </FONT>
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