ABSTRACT
This chapter offers a framework to guide decisions that impact on individuals' lives, as is the case with professors' tenure and promotion. It takes the position that beliefs acquired through information, such as student evaluations, are not necessarily always justified but serve merely as propositional information. The chapter also draws on Popper's epistemology to provide solutions to counter decision-makers' biases, particularly as it pertains to institutional improvement that could potentially have major impacts, both for the institution and for the individual. The Objective Knowledge Growth Framework (OKGF) is based on Karl Popper's critical rationalism. It emphasizes that the dynamic growth of knowledge can be stimulated by problems relating to practice, such as inconsistencies and intellectual conflicts. According to Popper, accepted theories can only be disproven and must be replaced by newer, more acceptable theories. The OKGF systematically tracks the progression of decision-making employed by the participants.
