Review the supporting documentation provided by the nomination committees to assure the criteria for outstanding teaching have been met. Affirm or reject the nomination of each nominating committee as a recipient of the award. The recipient of an award must have demonstrated outstanding excellence in teaching but shall not be compared, or ranked, against other candidates. Any material solicited from a candidate shall be returned immediately after the public presentation of the award. Any material obtained from sources other than the candidate becomes the property of the nomination committee and may be saved, returned to the original contributor or destroyed, at the direction of the nomination committee.
All materials collected by a nomination committee are to be held in strictest confidence.
In no way, and under no circumstances, should the right to confidentiality of an individual faculty member, a department or a college be breached. Further, the deliberations of the nominations committee and the Awards Committee are also to be held in strict confidence. Review of Policies, Procedures and Guidelines Because of the ever changing and growing nature of RIT, these policies and guidelines may need review and revision from time to time. To ensure that any concerns that may arise are addressed on a timely basis, commencing in 1985 and every five years thereafter, the chair of the Academic Senate will appoint an ad hoc committee to review the entire process and consider any suggestions forwarded to the Academic Senate. If the ad hoc committee concludes that revision is desirable, they shall draft a proposal for submission to Academic Senate.