ANNUAL EVALUATION REPORT OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIONS
WHEREAS, college and university professors, teachers, and students are constantly evaluated both privately and publicly; and
WHEREAS, governing bodies, administrations, and administrators of colleges and universities have never been rated on a systematic national basis; and
WHEREAS, across the nation worsening and discriminatory economic conditions are resulting in administrative arrogance; and
WHEREAS, an ounce of exposure is worth a pound of grievances:
RESOLVED, that each AFT college or university local shall submit for publication an Annual Evaluation Report of its administration to include, but not be limited to, the following criteria:
- willingness of the administration to bargain collectively in good faith;
- quality of grievance procedure and whether it leads to independent third-party judgment such as final and binding arbitration;
- degree of faculty participation in curricular and program decisions and whether participation is decisive or merely advisory;
- degree, kind, and timeliness of consultation with faculty in budgetary preparation and allocation;
- record of acceptance of faculty personnel decisions;
- effectiveness in supporting faculty and students before either private or public governing bodies;
- student-faculty ratio;
- salaries;
- academic freedom.
That the president of AFT direct the appropriate staff to prepare questionnaires, a point-system for the ratings, and an appropriate format for publication.
That the results be tabulated and published once a year in the American Teacher.
(1973)