School of Interactive Games & Media Guidelines for Promotion & Tenure

This is guidance from the Rochester Institute of Technology about the evaluation of faculty in the School of Interactive Games & Media department. The guidelines recognize a range of contributions including teaching, advising, creative and artistic activities, applied production, teamwork, and scholarly publications.

University champions open source with new OSPO

This is an announcement from the Rochester Institute of Technology about the creation of it’s new Open Source Program Office, Open@RIT. Open@RIT is a university-wide initiative for open source support, collaboration, and research.

Open@RIT: The Birth of an Academic OSPO

This is an informational blog from the Rochester Institute of Technology about the creation of it’s new Open Source Program Office, Open@RIT. This blog includes links for faculty to learn about Open@RIT’s recommendations around releasing Open Work and on building evaluation, tenure and promotion cases with Open Work.

Application and Consistency of Approach in the Use of Performance Metrics

This is a 2015 review from Imperial College London on the Application and Consistency of Approach in the Use of Performance Metrics. This review enshrined the principle that research activities (e.g., research, teaching, mentoring and citizenship) should all be recognized in an evidence-based way in hiring and promotion decisions at Imperial.