Review of Senior Academic Administrators
MEMORANDUM FOR: University Community
FROM: Winston Langley, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
SUBJECT: Review of Senior Academic Administrators
DATE: October 1, 2009
This semester I will conduct reviews of two senior academic administrators according to university and campus guidelines. The senior academic administrators being reviewed are Daniel Ortiz, University Librarian; and Stephen Crosby, Dean of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies.
How to Participate
I encourage broad participation from the university community in the review of senior academic administrators. You may contribute to the review process by providing your candid and anonymous assessment of a senior academic administrator’s performance using the coversheet and questionnaire that can be found via these links:
Questionnaire for Dr. Daniel Ortiz
Questionnaire for Dean Stephen Crosby
The review committee will accept both hard copies and electronic copies of questionnaires until October 23, 2009. Detailed instructions appear on the questionnaires. The review committees and I will consider your comments carefully. Thank you for assisting with these important reviews.
Review Committees
I have consulted with college and university governance units and have charged two distinguished review committees to assist me by soliciting and analyzing information about the deans’ administrative knowledge, skills, and accomplishments. I am confident that the committees will help me to conduct fair and thorough reviews.
The committee chairs and members are:
Review Committee for Dr. Daniel Ortiz
Chair
Janet Stewart, Healey Library
Members
Anne Agee, Vice Provost and Chief Information Officer
Elvernoy Johnson, Massachusetts State Librarian
Lusa Lo, Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Terry MacAskill, Healey Library
Arthur Millman, Department of Philosophy
Mohammad Tamdgidi, Department of Sociology
Review Committee for Dean Crosby
Chair
Ellen Bruce, Department of Gerontology
Members
Jeffrey Burr, Department of Gerontology
Carol Colbeck, Dean, Graduate College of Education
James Green, Department of History
Stephen Haas, Healey Library
Michael Johnson, Department of Public Policy
Roni Lipton, Department of Dispute Resolution
Heather MacIndoe, Department of Public Policy