Abstract
This article analyzes the United States Institute for Theatre Technology evaluation guidelines and their implications for tenure and promotion decisions affecting theatre design and technology faculty. Grounded in professional practice literature, it traces how workload inflation, unsafe studio conditions, and inequitable compensation erode artistic productivity, career longevity, and departmental morale, while also discouraging recruitment of graduate technologists. Narrative evidence and survey data illustrate systemic burnout and attrition among technical directors, costumers, and designers, prompting a call for labor budget planning, transparent performance metrics, and balanced recognition of creative scholarship. The discussion links faculty evaluation with student learning, occupational safety, and institutional liability, and urges collaboration among administrators, accrediting agencies, and industry associations to sustain program viability, workforce diversity, and ethical theatre education.
Recommended Citation
Nowell, Lucy
(1989)
"The USITT Evaluation Guidelines: How Do We Use Them? Where Do We Go from Here?,"
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin: Vol. 70, Article 10.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/aca/vol70/iss1/10
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