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Category Annually Other frequency N
Department/unit managers 42 8 50
Library support staff 49 1 50
Administrative management 46 4 50
Other staff category 5 2 7
Total Responses 50 17 51
If you indicated above that an “Other staff category” is evaluated annually, please specify the
category. N=4
Graduate teaching assistants and graduate research assistants are required to have annual evaluations.
IT staff
Part-time employees
Student assistants
If you selected “Other frequency” above, please specify the staff category and describe the
frequency of appraisals. N=18
Academic librarians are not reviewed after they receive tenure. We are unionized and there is no provision for post-
tenure review in our contract.
All employees are evaluated annually. Department/unit managers are additionally reviewed at 3-year intervals. Senior
leaders are additionally reviewed at 5-year intervals.
Annual frequency is recommended for all staff groups but implementation is irregular.
Bargaining unit staff are not evaluated beyond initial probation period.
Dean is evaluated very, very briefly each year, and then gets an in-depth evaluation about every 7–8 years as part of
campus program reviews.
Dean is reviewed every five years.
Deans receive performance appraisal on 5-year cycle.
Faculty evaluations are done every two years prior to tenure, then every five years. There is no separate evaluation for
department heads, who are faculty members.
Librarians and other professional staff (archivists and curators) holding tenure have biennial assessments pre-tenured,
contingent, and limited term have annual assessments. Department/unit managers who are academic staff holding
administrative appointments are reviewed every five years if they wish to stand for reappointment.
Librarians are reviewed every three years.
Librarians are reviewed every two years at the assistant librarian and associate librarian ranks, and every three years at
the full librarian rank. Department managers are reviewed on different schedules depending on whether they are staff
or librarians.
Librarians in any role are reviewed every two years.
Category Annually Other frequency N
Department/unit managers 42 8 50
Library support staff 49 1 50
Administrative management 46 4 50
Other staff category 5 2 7
Total Responses 50 17 51
If you indicated above that an “Other staff category” is evaluated annually, please specify the
category. N=4
Graduate teaching assistants and graduate research assistants are required to have annual evaluations.
IT staff
Part-time employees
Student assistants
If you selected “Other frequency” above, please specify the staff category and describe the
frequency of appraisals. N=18
Academic librarians are not reviewed after they receive tenure. We are unionized and there is no provision for post-
tenure review in our contract.
All employees are evaluated annually. Department/unit managers are additionally reviewed at 3-year intervals. Senior
leaders are additionally reviewed at 5-year intervals.
Annual frequency is recommended for all staff groups but implementation is irregular.
Bargaining unit staff are not evaluated beyond initial probation period.
Dean is evaluated very, very briefly each year, and then gets an in-depth evaluation about every 7–8 years as part of
campus program reviews.
Dean is reviewed every five years.
Deans receive performance appraisal on 5-year cycle.
Faculty evaluations are done every two years prior to tenure, then every five years. There is no separate evaluation for
department heads, who are faculty members.
Librarians and other professional staff (archivists and curators) holding tenure have biennial assessments pre-tenured,
contingent, and limited term have annual assessments. Department/unit managers who are academic staff holding
administrative appointments are reviewed every five years if they wish to stand for reappointment.
Librarians are reviewed every three years.
Librarians are reviewed every two years at the assistant librarian and associate librarian ranks, and every three years at
the full librarian rank. Department managers are reviewed on different schedules depending on whether they are staff
or librarians.
Librarians in any role are reviewed every two years.