Personnel Rules Final Report
Report to Senate from Personnel Council--November 2004
In response to our charge in September 2002 to “undertake a review of faculty personnel rules and procedures with a focus on the following issues:
	The role and structure of the promotions committee
	The clarity of campus standards for retention, promotion and tenure
	The clarity of departmental standards for retention, promotion and tenure and their consistency with campus standards”
In April 2004 we reported on all three issues and Senate requested that we continue work on the third issue.
At this time 13 of the 15 departments have submitted their current personnel. Most departments undertook review and revision of their rules through this process. At this time
	12 are consistent with UW-Superior criteria and have clearly stated criteria
	1 is not consistent with UW-Superior criteria and have provided justification for this inconsistency (Human Behavior and Diversity)
	2 are still in the process of reviewing their rules (Chemistry; Communicating Arts)
Personnel Council chair Greg Trudeau has presented copies of the personnel rules submitted so far to the Executive Committee of the senate.