UF President Bernie Machen has made a few suggestions to Gov. Rick Scott about how address accountability at UF.
Machen sent a memo to Scott in September, shared with administrators Thursday, that outlined some of Machen's ideas.
Among those ideas, he suggested using the number of UF businesses that spin off and the number of graduates in science, technology, engineering and math to measure achievement among national peers.
"My goal was to provide some essential information and begin a dialogue with the governor's office on this topic," Machen wrote.
The memo was released this week by the governor's office after a public records request.
Machen mentioned proposals heralded by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, which include emphasizing student evaluations when assessing teachers performance. He wrote that aspects of the plan are already being used in UF's teaching evaluations.
"Teaching is evaluated annually using student and peer input," he wrote, "and evidence of good teaching is required for tenure and promotion."
