Resolutions Related to Higher Education

D-22. Evaluation and Promotion in Higher Education

The National Education Association affirms the importance of teaching in institutions of higher education and believes therefore that research and publication should not be the only criteria on which higher education faculty are evaluated and/or promoted.

The Association also believes that its higher education members must be allowed to determine through the collective bargaining process the methods by which they are evaluated and promoted.

The Association further believes that in order to maintain high standards throughout higher education, administrators must undergo individual, periodic, and regular evaluation. Evaluation committees must include peers, faculty, staff, and students in order to provide a balance of perspective and evaluation effectiveness. (1986, 2005)

NOTE: Figures in parentheses represent the years when the resolution was first adopted and last amended or reviewed.