Common use of Change in Appointments Clause in Contracts

Change in Appointments. (1) Faculty members shall serve on either an academic-year or a calendar-year appointment. (2) A faculty member serving on a calendar-year appointment may request an academic-year appointment. Similarly, a faculty member serving on an academic-year appointment may request a calendar-year appointment. The President or designee shall carefully consider such requests. If the requested change is denied, the President or designee shall provide written notice of the reasons for the denial. (3) If approved by the President or representative, and assuming that the assigned responsibilities remain substantially the same, a faculty member’s base salary shall be adjusted by nine-twelfths (9/12th) when changing from a calendar-year appointment to an academic-year appointment, or by twelve-ninths (12/9th) when changing from an academic-year appointment to a calendar-year appointment. For the purpose of calculating the base salary, any stipend must be eliminated before salary adjustments are made. (4) The University Administration shall establish a written policy, which shall be available in the Office of Academic Affairs, for adjusting to an academic-year salary the calendar-year salary of faculty members who are entering the bargaining unit from administrative duties and who have had no previous bargaining unit salary to adjust back to as described in paragraph (3) above.

Change in Appointments. (1) Faculty members shall serve on either an academic-year or a calendar-year appointment. (2) A faculty member serving on a calendar-year appointment may request an academic-year appointment. Similarly, a faculty member serving on an academic-year appointment may request a calendar-year appointment. The President or designee shall carefully consider such requests. If the requested change is denied, the President or designee shall provide written notice of the reasons for the denial. (3) If approved by the President or representative, and assuming that the assigned responsibilities remain substantially the same, a faculty member’s base salary shall be adjusted by nine-nine twelfths (9/12th) percent when changing from a calendar-year appointment to an academic-year appointment, or by twelve-twelve ninths (12/9th) percent when changing from an academic-year appointment to a calendar-year appointment. For the purpose of calculating the base salary, any stipend must be eliminated before salary adjustments are made. (4) The University Administration shall establish a written policy, which shall be available in the Office of Academic Affairs, for adjusting to an academic-year salary the calendar-year salary of faculty members who are entering the bargaining unit from administrative duties and who have had no previous bargaining unit salary to adjust back to as described in paragraph (3) above.