Chancellor's Office
Quinn Administration, 03, 0054A
MEMORANDUM
TO: University Community
FROM: Michael F. Collins, MD
Chancellor
DATE: February 5, 2007
SUBJECT: Performance Review of Provost
As called for in the trustee policy, University Guidelines on the Review and Evaluation of Senior Administrators (Doc. T93-080), it is now time for the five year performance evaluation of the Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
As is suggested in the above referenced document, and in consultation with members of the university community, I am pleased to inform you that the following persons have agreed to serve on the review committee:
1. Steven Ackerman, Professor, Biology and Director, Biochemistry Program, CSM
2. Randy Albelda, Professor, Economics and Associate Chair, Public Policy and Public Affairs, CLA/MGS
3. Darrell Byers, Vice Chancellor, University Advancement
Connie Chan, Chair, Public Policy and Public Affairs Department, MGS and Professor, CPCS
4. Reyes Coll-Tellechea, Chair, Hispanic Studies Department, CLA
5. Robert Crossley, Chair, English Department, CLA
6. Patrick Day, Vice Chancellor, Student Affairs
7. Clara Estow, Professor, Hispanic Studies, CLA
8. Daryl Ford, Director, Communications and Infrastructure Services
9. Greer Glazer, Dean, College of Nursing and Health Sciences
10. James Green, Professor, Public and Community Service, CPCS
11. William Guenther, President and Founder, Mass Insight Education and Mass Insight Corporation
12. William Hagar, Dean, College of Science and Mathematics
13. Eric Hayden, Professor, Finance, CM
14. William Kiernan, Director, Institute for Community Inclusion
15. Donna Kuizenga, Dean, College of Liberal Arts
16. Barbara Lewis, Director, Trotter Institute
17. Joan Liem, Director of Clinical Psychology, Psychology Department, CLA
18. Celia Moore, Chair, Psychology Department, CLA
19. Daniel Ortiz, University Librarian
20. Denise Patmon, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, GCOE
21. Kathleen Powers, Chief of Staff, Chancellor’s Office
22. Philip Quaglieri, Dean, College of Management
23. Kathleen Teehan, Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management
24. Miren Uriarte, Associate Professor, Public and Community Service, CPCS and Interim Director, Gaston Institute
25. Marion E. Winfrey, Associate Dean, CNHS
Connie Chan and Bill Kiernan have agreed to chair this committee. Kathleen Powers will serve as staff to the committee.
In my charge to the committee, I emphasized the importance of this process. As the chief academic officer of the university, the provost has a wide-ranging impact on campus. The provost’s role is one that is critical to the future of the university and one whose vision can advance the opportunities the university offers to its students, its faculty, members of its research institutes/centers, its academic staff and the various communities it serves or with which it interacts.
As detailed in the guidelines referenced above, the chancellor performs the actual evaluation of the provost; the review committee is consultative to the chancellor. This process is not a re-appointment process. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the performance of the provost with regard to:
- leadership
- policy development
- management and administration
- personnel
- affirmative action/diversity
- contributions to shaping the intellectual life of the campus
It is my expectation that many constituencies, including campus-wide governance bodies (the Faculty Council, the Undergraduate Student Senate and the Graduate Student Assembly), will be consulted during this process. I look forward to a professional and constructive exchange between interested parties and the above named review committee. To assure broad participation of the university community in this process, all exchanges shall be confidential. With regard to letters, statements, recommendations or evaluations made in connection with his performance, Provost Fonteyn has waived his right of access to such materials.
I expect that the review will be completed by May 31, 2007. According to university policy, the results of the review are confidential and shared only with the provost and president of the university.
Should you have any questions of the committee or about the process please do not hesitate to contact Connie Chan, co-chair ( Connie.chan@umb.edu or 617-287-7231) or Bill Kiernan, co-chair ( william.kiernan@umb.edu or 617-287-4311) or Kathleen Powers, chief of staff in my office ( kathleen.powers@umb.edu or 617-287-6814). Thank you.