Faculty Support Program. The development of the professional activities of the faculty in an institution of higher education is essential to the maintenance of academic and professional standards of excellence. Professional review, with an emphasis on formative and self-evaluation, helps ensure that the educational goals and missions of the Institution are accomplished and that faculty members are encouraged and supported in their professional performance beyond the point of tenure. Numerous studies have shown that the value of a faculty support program for both the faculty member and the institution is a function of how well it is integrated with a professional support system. New York Institute of Technology resources will be committed to such a faculty support program. Pilot Program: To that end, the AAUP and New York Institute of Technology agree to launch a pilot program of review beginning in the spring 2023 semester and continuing for four years. At the end of the four-year pilot program, the Xxxxxxx and the Presidents of the AAUP or their designees will meet individually with selected Chairpersons and faculty members who have participated in the program. From these meetings, the Xxxxxxx and the AAUP leadership will determine appropriate modifications to the pilot program to ensure that the program is (1) feasible administratively for Chairs and (2) constructive for, and supportive of, faculty members. As part of this process the Xxxxxxx and the AAUP Presidents may review the Chair’s and Associate Xxxxxxx’x reports on the faculty who have participated in the program, provided the names of the faculty members have been redacted. No later than October 1 of each academic year the Xxxxxxx’x office will provide the AAUP with a list of all tenured faculty in the bargaining unit, including any tenured faculty member who spends at least 50% of their time teaching, who received tenure or promotion at least six years prior to the current academic year and who has not gone through this process for at least six years. Once the list has been generated, a randomized method of selection agreed to by the Xxxxxxx and the AAUP will be used to identify sixteen percent of the tenured faculty for review in that academic year. The timeline and conditions of the review process are described below.
