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The tenured faculty member's work (for the period encompassed in the review) shall be reviewed to ensure the faculty member's satisfaction of "his or her obligations to the university and the State of Wisconsin."
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The review shall be carried out by one or more tenured faculty members determined by the departmental executive committee.
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The departmental executive committee shall set criteria for the reviews and ensure that these criteria reflect departmental priorities and are not applied in a way that infringes academic freedom or other protected interests.
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"Reviews shall occur at least once every five years [after tenure] unless delayed because the faculty member is on leave or because his or her promotion to full professor is anticipated for the following year. These reviews may be incorporated into the annual merit review process or combined with promotion or other reviews including but not limited to nominations for chaired professorships, major teaching awards, and national professional honors or awards. In the case of combined reviews, the department may require supplementary documentation from the faculty member ... that would not otherwise by required for the other review."
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Information to be considered shall "include a current curriculum vitae, annual activity reports, teaching evaluations or summaries of evaluations, and other materials providing evidence of the faculty member's accomplishments and contributions" to departmental, interdepartmental, university-wide and professional interests. The faculty member shall also provide "a brief summary of career plans for the future."
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"Reviewer(s) shall provide the faculty member with a written summary of the review" and give an opportunity to respond in writing. "A copy of the summary and any written response to it shall be given to the department chair and shall be placed in the personnel file of the faculty member for uses deemed appropriate by the departmental executive committee. The department shall also preserve in the faculty member's personnel file all documents that played a substantive role in the review ... and a record of any action taken as a result of the review."
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The chair shall file with the dean copies of the departmental criteria and procedures for reviews, as well as an annual summary of the outcomes of the reviews.
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In the periodic departmental reviews commissioned by deans, the process for review of tenured faculty in the department shall be considered.
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