SUBJECT: Policy on the Evaluation and Reward of Faculty Service
DISPOSITION: To the Presiding Officer for implementation
Resolved, That the Faculty approve the following policy.
Policy on the Evaluation and Reward of Faculty Service
Service has traditionally been listed among the three areas of Faculty
responsibility (the other areas being teaching and scholarly/creative endeavor).
To accord service activities attention commensurate with their importance
to the university, this policy statement setting forth the views of the
Faculty has among its goals (1) the encouragement of Faculty service, (2)
the effective evaluation and reward of Faculty service, and (3) the establishment
of usable guidelines for evaluating and rewarding Faculty service. This
statement is a companion to the many policy statements covering the other
two areas.
Types of Service The classification of service activities may take into account the
following factors:
Whether the service was compensated. In evaluating and rewarding service,
units may distinguish between compensated and uncompensated service.
Whether the service directly assisted the university. In evaluating and
rewarding service, units may distinguish between service to students and
IPFW colleagues, other service in the region served by the university,
and service to those outside the region.
Whether the service was "routine." In evaluating and rewarding service,
units must distinguish between activities expected of all Faculty members
by virtue of their appointments, and service which in quantity or quality
exceeds or falls short of the routine. Unless they follow a parallel course
with respect to teaching and scholarly/creative endeavor, they may not
choose to reward only service which exceeds the routine.
Whether the service was "professional." In evaluating and rewarding service,
units must distinguish between professional activities (those related to
the Faculty member's discipline or assigned university duties, or to the
mission of the university) and nonprofessional activities (those not so
related). Units shall recognize only professional service.
Recognition of Service Activities The following four guidelines should govern unit policies for the evaluation
and reward of service. They parallel guidelines covering the other two
traditional areas of Faculty responsibility.
Units must have specific, written policies applying to the evaluation and
reward of service activities. These policies must address the types of
service to be recognized, and they must provide for implementation within
the appropriate unit-generally the department/division.
Individual members of the Faculty must provide evidence of service adequate
to enable its fair assessment. Such evidence might include self-reports,
documents from those served, products of the service, reports of the results
of the service, evaluation reports received with or without solicitation
from disinterested third parties, and requests for continued service from
those served. The foregoing is intended to be neither an exhaustive list
nor a list of types of evidence to be required of any one individual. The
evidence must demonstrate both the quantity and the quality of the service.
Unit policies must clearly establish the level of service designated as
routine, and these policies should be sufficiently flexible to enable fairness
toward individuals assigned service responsibilities greater or lower than
those forming the unit norm.
Unit policies must take into account the possibility that certain service
activities may overlap with activities in the other two areas.