Texas Tech University is in partial compliance with Comprehensive Standard #3.2.10.

All administrative and academic officers of Texas Tech University are evaluated annually. The chancellor, deputy chancellors, chief financial officer, and the presidents are evaluated by the board of regents (Board of Regents Rules 02.03.3, Performance Evaluation, available in pdf format at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/oppol/).

Annual evaluation of other academic administrators is specified under OP 30.15, Academic Administrator Evaluation (http://www.depts.ttu.edu/opmanual/OP30.15.pdf).

The university does not have a policy that covers evaluation of vice presidents; however, practice within the university is that the vice presidents are appointed by the president and are evaluated by him or her on an annual basis. A similar practice applies to the director of athletics. The most recent evaluations of vice presidents and the athletic director were conducted in summer 2004.

Annual evaluation by supervisors of all classified employees is covered in O.P. 70.02, Performance Management, http://www.depts.ttu.edu/opmanual/OP70.12.html.
 

Action Plan: 

Texas Tech University will develop an operating policy that provides for annual evaluation of senior vice presidents, vice presidents, and the athletic director by the university president.

SACS Off-Site Committee Finding:
 

3.2.10   The institution evaluates the effectiveness of its administrators, including the chief executive officer, on a periodic basis.  

___       Compliance
_X_      Non-compliance
___       Did not review 

Comments:   

No documentation provided indicating that evaluations of administrators actually occurred. 

TTU Response:  

Texas Tech University does evaluate its administrators as required by its operating policies. Memos from the Office of the President and from the Office of the Provost provide dates for the most recent evaluations of administrators for whom they are responsible. The Vice Provost for outreach and extended studies has provided a similar memorandum with respect to evaluation of senior administrators on the remote campuses in Amarillo, Abilene, Highland Lakes, and Fredericksburg. The Texas Tech University Chancellor, President of Texas Tech University, and the Vice-Chancellors are evaluated by the Board of Regents at their annual May meeting in closed session (results are considered confidential and are not placed in the Board Minutes). 

Texas Tech University Operating Policy 30.15 covers evaluation of academic officers of the university, including the Provost and Senior Vice President. Operating policy 70.02 deals with annual evaluation of non-academic personnel. Evaluation of the Senior Vice President for Administration and the Vice Presidents for Operations, Student Affairs, Research, and the Athletic Director was conducted under the terms of this operating policy. Therefore, it is not necessary for the university to draft a separate operating policy to cover vice presidential level administrators.

Memo from the Office of the President

Memo from the Office of the Provost:

Memo from the Office of the Vice Provost: