PTIE : reflections on university strategic planning & holistic faculty evaluation
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Based on long-standing involvement and experience with promotion and tenure at the university level, in this paper, we examine the importance of university strategic planning and holistic faculty evaluation in realization and implementation of the promotion and tenure - innovation and entrepreneurship (PTIE) recommendations. After developing a reflection protocol, we engaged with self-introspection on efforts within the past decade at our university and the resulting progress with PTIE on our campus. Our reflections suggest that proper consideration of innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) activities as part of the promotion and tenure review process are constrained in the absence of a holistic faculty review. Similarly, a university-wide commitment to I&E, as reflected within the university strategic plan, must be followed by a concrete implementation action plan. To this end, and based on lived experiences, we present a few practical suggestions and recommendations for higher education institutions.
