Questioning the metrics for performance evaluation

Author

Crow, M.L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Missouri Univ. - Rolla, Rolla, MO

fYear

2008

fDate

20-24 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This paper is a summary of the authorpsilas presentation in the panel entitled ldquoPublish or Perish: An Evaluation of the Quality, Quantity, Ethics and Review Process of IEEE/PES Publicationsrdquo given at the IEEE Power Engineering Society 2008 General Meeting. This paper summarizes the publication metrics that are part of the academic performance evaluation of tenure track electrical and computer engineering faculty members at U.S. institutions. In particular, the performance metrics are discussed relative to promotion criteria.

Keywords

educational institutions; U.S. institutions; academic performance evaluation; computer engineering faculty members; promotion criteria; publication metrics; tenure track electrical engineering; Books; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering computing; Ethics; Intersymbol interference; Measurement; Power & Energy Society; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Productivity; Academia; promotion; publication; tenure;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

1932-5517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1905-0

Electronic_ISBN

1932-5517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2008.4596406

Filename

4596406