WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina mandated through Act
359 of 1996 (Performance Funding for Higher Education) that public institutions of
higher education include in their faculty performance review systems periodic peer
evaluation of tenured faculty members; and
WHEREAS, the Commission on Higher Education subsequently promulgated the "Best Practices
for Post-Tenure Review" as a set of criteria to incorporate into the performance review
system developed at each institution; and
WHEREAS, to comply with Act 359 and the "Best Practices," a task force comprised of
faculty and deans from the four colleges and the library met over two years to develop
a set of policies and procedures for post-tenure review at Winthrop University; and
WHEREAS, the proposed policies and procedures represent a campuswide initiative with
widespread participation which resulted in consensus among task force members, unanimous
adoption by the Faculty Conference, and a positive recommendation from the Vice-President
for Academic Affairs; and
WHEREAS, the post-tenure review process at Winthrop is intended to complement other
forms of faculty evaluation such as the annual review, pre-tenure review, and tenure
and promotion processes in order to provide feedback to faculty members on their performance,
to recognize and reward faculty for outstanding performance, and to assist faculty
in improving when their performance falls below expectations; and
WHEREAS, as a comprehensive teaching University, Winthrop affirms through all of these
processes its commitment to tenure and its support of faculty in reaching their potential
as teachers, scholars, creative artists and professionals;
THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the Winthrop University Board of Trustees, upon
the recommendation of the President, does hereby adopt the Policies and Procedures
for Post-Tenure Review at Winthrop University.
February 5, 1999
