Conditions of Appointments. Once a fixed-term faculty member is appointed at rank or promoted, that rank shall not be reduced. Fixed-term appointments are normally one year or less, and are individually negotiated as to terms. Fixed-term faculty may be renewed depending on the needs or the University. In some cases, fixed-term faculty may be contracted for multiple-year appointments dependent on the needs of the University. Fixed-term faculty are not eligible for tenure, nor does service in this rank automatically count toward the tenure probationary period upon appointment to a tenure-track rank. Instructor appointments shall not include any right to permanent or continuous employment, shall not create any manner of legal right, interest, or expectancy of renewal or any other type of appointment, and shall be subject to annual renewal by the University.
Conditions of Appointments a. Once a fixed-term faculty member is appointed at rank or promoted, that rank shall not be reduced.
Conditions of Appointments. Section One – Appointments All members of the faculty are appointed by the Board on the recommendation of the President. The President shall determine and apprise each division or area of budgetary and planning considerations relevant to the screening and appointment of applicants. Whenever a vacancy for a position within the negotiating unit shall occur in any division or area, the division chair or director of the area shall select a search committee from the members of the division at the rank of assistant professor or above. When appropriate, other faculty members of these ranks may be added to the search committee. This search committee shall screen and interview candidates and make recommendations for appointment to the President through the office of the appropriate vice-president. Only after the committee has made its recommendation(s) may this vice-president or his/her designee interview and evaluate the candidate(s) interviewed by the search committee, discuss the recommendations of the committee with the committee chair, and communicate to the President his/her evaluation of the candidate(s). All candidates recommended for appointment by the search committee may be interviewed by the President or his/her designee; the President may interview other applicants interviewed by the search committee at his/her discretion. The President will bring the recommendation(s) of the committee to the Board or will request the committee to continue the search. If the President and the Board do not concur with a committee recommendation, the committee chair shall be apprised of the reason(s). The President and the Board of Trustees retain the right to fill a vacancy without the approval of the search committee if, in their judgment, they deem it to be in the best interest of the college. Should this occur, the division chair, area director, or Faculty Association President shall be informed of the justification of such action.
