Section 66052 Of Article 5. Quality Undergraduate Education From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 40. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 5.
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. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need
to encourage policies that enhance the quality of teaching within the
segments of higher education.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the University of
California adopt and enforce policies and procedures which ensure
that quality teaching is an essential criterion, along with research,
in the evaluation of faculty for appointment, retention, promotion,
and tenure. It is also the intent of the Legislature that the
California State University and the governing board of each community
college district adopt and enforce policies and procedures that
ensure that teaching is given primacy in the evaluation of faculty
for appointment, retention, promotion, and tenure.
(c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that the governing
board of each public institution of higher education ensure that
teaching is an essential criterion in the review of tenured faculty
members.