FOUR-YEAR PRESIDENTIAL REVIEW
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY

The Board of Regents of Murray State University will conduct Four-Year Presidential Reviews of the President of the University. The annual reviews will form a good basis and background for the four-year review. This review should not only consider the accomplishments of the current President but should evaluate the progress of the university in moving toward its agreed- upon goals.

All parts of this process involve a personnel matter, and all
deliberations and reports of each of the following groups will be
confidential.

  1. Criteria
    1. Academic management and leadership
    2. Administrative management and leadership
    3. Budget and finance
    4. Fund raising
    5. External relationships
    6. Personal characteristics.

  2. Groups or individuals participating in the four-year review. (The need for confidentiality is stressed. There will be no public surveys.)
    1. Board of Regents - The Board of Regents will conduct the review and be in charge of the overall review process. The Board may solicit advice and recommendations from the administration, faculty, students, and staff and alumni.
    2. Administration - The Provost or the Chairman of the Board of Regents will be charged with the responsibility to solicit the advice and recommendations of the vice presidents and deans which will be reported to the Board of Regents.
    3. Faculty - The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate will submit its advice and recommendations to the Board of Regents through the faculty regent.
    4. Students - The Executive Committee of the Student Government Association will submit its advice and recommendations to the Board of Regents through the Student Regent.
    5. Staff - The Executive Committee of the Staff Congress will submit its advice and recommendations to the Board of Regents through the Staff Regent.
    6. Alumni - The President of the Alumni Association will submit the advice and recommendations of the Association (as determined by its Executive Committee) through the Chairman of the Board of Regents.

  3. The President shall submit to the Board of Regents his
    self-assessment of his performance in office during the
    four-year period of review and will state his goals for
    the future, which shall be linked to the University's
    Strategic Plan. The self-assessment shall link
    performance to progress toward achieving his goals and
    those of the Strategic Plan.
  4. The Chairman of the Board of Regents will prepare a
    brief, written evaluation summarizing the Board's overall
    views. This confidential document will be submitted to
    the President in draft form for his/her consideration and
    reaction.
  5. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board of Regents will meet in private with the President to discuss his self-assessment and his response to the four-year review.
  6. The review must be confidential.
  7. A brief public report (summary statement) will be made by the Chairman of the Board of Regents at the conclusion of the four-year presidential review.

TRUSTEE BIENNIAL PRESIDENTIAL EVALUATION
MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY


The Chairman of the Board of Regents of Murray State University
will conduct a biennial evaluation of the President of the University in May of each year, the process to begin in the calendar year 1996.

This evaluation should provide to the President useful suggestions as a result of the evaluation; make more explicit the Board's understanding of thegoals of the President and the Board's approval of those goals and serve as credible evidence of the Board's oversight of the President.

  1. All parts of this process involve a personnel matter, and all
    deliberations, evaluations and reports shall be confidential.
    The President shall prepare a brief written self-assessment for the Chairman of the Board of Regents prior to each evaluation by the Board. The self-assessment may include a statement of the President's future goals for the University, and shall include the President's evaluation of presidential performance with respect to goals established for the University, including a statement linking those goals to the Strategic Plan. If the President's statement of future goals be accepted by the Board of Regents, those goals shall be publicized to all units of the University.
  2. Upon receipt of the President's self-assessment, in April of the evaluation year, the Chairman of the Board shall distribute copies of it to the members of the Board of Regents to be used as the basis for each Regent's evaluation. Other materials and information may be used by the Regents in formulating an evaluation.
  3. The members of the Board of Regents shall meet privately (Regents only) and in closed session to discuss the President's performance. This discussion will be confidential.
  4. Following this discussion, the Chairman of the Board, still in closed session, shall summarize the Regents' evaluation. The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board will privately discuss the overall review with the President.
  5. The President's self-evaluations are fundamental in the biennial and four-year reviews. The biennial reviews will serve as a good basis and background for the four-year review of the President.

Submitted to the Board of Regents,
September 2, 1994