Bibliometrics: a potential decision making aid in hiring, reappointment, tenure and promotion decisions.

What Happens When the Dean Says , ‘ No ’ ? By Robert E . Emerick

n recent years, reappointment, tenure, and promotion decisions have become increasingly problematic and contentious. My own service on a number of departmentand college-level “reappointment-tenure-promotion” committees has made me increasingly cynical about these putative “democratic” decision-making processes. I began to believe that faculty time and effort on such committees was actually “bus...

Network Analysis for Predicting Research Impact

How are scholars ranked for promotion, tenure and honors? How can we improve the quantitative tools available for decision makers when making such decisions? Can we predict the academic impact of scholars and papers at early stages using quantitative tools? Current academic decisions (hiring, tenure, prizes) are mostly very subjective. In the era of “Big Data,” a solid quantitative set of measu...

Network Analysis for Predicting Academic Impact

How are scholars ranked for promotion, tenure and honors? How can we improve the quantitative tools available for decision makers when making such decisions? Can we predict the academic impact of scholars and papers at early stages using quantitative tools? Current academic decisions (hiring, tenure, prizes) are mostly very subjective. In the era of “Big Data,” a solid quantitative set of measu...

Faculty development: the educator's portfolio: its preparation, uses, and value in academic medicine.

The educator's portfolio is of value for both university and community-based academic faculty. It can be used to document scholarly activity and teaching and to prepare for periodic evaluations. Many faculty members use it to assist them in managing their careers and to reflect on activities and teaching efforts to ensure continued growth in competency as teachers. Promotion and tenure committe...

Balance between merit and equity in academic hiring decisions: Judgemental content analysis applied to the phraseology of Australian tenure- stream advertisements in comparison with Canadian advertisements