Whereas, the faculty of The University of Alabama have long desired and needed a method for evaluation of Deans and Department Heads/Chairs separate from the five-year process mandated by the Faculty Handbook; and

Whereas, efforts by the Faculty Senate to collaborate with the Council of Deans in the development of an evaluation method were unsuccessful; and

Whereas, Norm Baldwin, a professor of Political Science and former President of the Faculty Senate, persuaded the Senate to establish a Faculty Leadership Review Committee to develop and implement such an evaluative program, led that Committee in careful and thoughtful development of such a program, and championed its cause before the faculty, the Faculty Senate, and the administration of the University, often in the face of criticism and other adversity; and

Whereas, the Faculty Feedback Survey has now been successfully used to evaluate the University's Department Heads, and will soon be used similarly to evaluate the University's Deans; and

Whereas, the faculty and the Faculty Senate have found the survey and its results to be important, useful, and helpful;

Therefore, be it resolved by the Faculty Senate that praise and thanks be given to Norm Baldwin for his efforts, as well as to the other members of the Faculty Leadership Review Committee -- Martin Bakker, Pat Bauch, Judy Berry-Stock, Scott Bridges, Catherine Davies, and Garry Warren -- and to their graduate assistant Justice Kali, for their work.

Adopted by Faculty Senate

September 21, 2004