Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.49
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date July 29, 2011
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
ER-19: Interdisciplinary Research in Tenure and Promotion

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.00 / 2.00 Karen Hayes
Director, Strategic Communications and Outreach
University Relations
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Does the institution's treatment of interdisciplinary research meet the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description or a copy of the institution’s policy regarding interdisciplinary research:

The campus implemented an "cluster" hiring plan in 2007 to hire faculty positions across academic departments for emerging, interdisciplinary opportunities. Cluster hires were part of the "Amherst 250 Plan" to support strategic faculty hires that will help maintain the campus as a nationally competitive public research university. Additionally, academic units across campus assess interdisciplinary research for tenure and promotion individually.


The website URL where information about the treatment of interdisciplinary research is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

cluster proposals are listed here: http://www.umass.edu/oapa/oapa/topics/proposals.php


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