The two associate directors then review these reports and the executive committee and then a set of recommendations are forwarded to the Director. The school does not have a department or executive committee structure. The Dean reviews each faculty member's annual activity report and makes the merit salary determination. The Dean reads each faculty member's publications for the year as well. The Associate Dean provides input to the Dean on matters of teaching performance.
Faculty submit an annual activities report.
In some departments, the activity reports are reviewed by the executive committee of the department or by a special salary committee. The salary committee then passes its recommendations on to the chair. In other departments, the chair takes full responsibility for salary increase recommendations. In all cases the College merit system is structured so that the chair has the final say, or at least considerable discretion, in determining the salary recommendations that go to the Dean's office. Staff in the Dean's office checks the recommendations for consistency across units that share joint appointments and to ensure that the recommendations are compatible with salary guidelines and with the available merit pools.