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The goal of this policy is to further the University's goals in education and dissemination of knowledge through the following:
Senior Faculty Planning Review The Dean of the College will hold regular planning review meetings with tenured Associate Professors and Professors in the College. These meetings are to be scheduled on a rotating basis with each tenured professor meeting roughly once every five years. Since the meeting schedule is periodic, the meetings imply nothing about the work or status of the faculty member but rather have as their purpose the types of communication noted above. In preparation for the periodic meeting with the Dean, faculty members are requested to write a retrospective and prospective document giving an overview of the faculty member's work and plans including research, teaching, and service. This document should have a more global perspective than the annual reporting of talks, papers, etc. The faculty member may address any issues of particular interest. This document will serve as at least a partial basis for discussion in the meeting. Additional issues may be broached by either the faculty member or the Dean. The content of the planning review process is expected to be fully consistent with the commitment to freedom of inquiry and expression set forth in the Carnegie Mellon University Policy on Academic and Individual Freedom. Any summary documents which may be produced by the Dean are to be shared with the faculty member.
Additional communications Department heads will annually review the annual reports of all faculty in their department and will provide appropriate feedback. On a more ad hoc basis, the Dean will be informed by department heads of developments in each department and the impact of these developments on long range planning.