Common use of Considerations Regarding Tenure Clause in Contracts

Considerations Regarding Tenure. i. Tenure represents the commitment of the University to the continued appointment of a faculty member until retirement or resignation, termination for just cause, termination due to the inability to perform the essential requirements of the faculty member’s appointment, with reasonable accommodations for a physical or mental disability, or termination due to financial exigency or elimination of an institutional program. ii. Tenure is only awarded in an initial appointment to the rank of Professor or, with the approval of the Xxxxxxx, Associate Professor, subject to a pre-employment tenure review, or upon promotion of an Assistant Professor from within the University to the rank of Associate Professor, or following an Associate Professor’s successful tenure review. iii. A faculty member eligible for tenure shall not continue to be employed at the University in a bargaining unit position beyond the probationary period, following a negative tenure decision, except for completion of his or her terminal year. In his or her sole discretion, the Xxxxxxx may make an exception to this rule but a decision by the Xxxxxxx not to exercise such discretion shall not be grievable. iv. A tenured faculty member may receive salary support from a career development award, a UVM-administered research grant, an administrative position, or UVM non-instructional sources without loss of tenure. In such cases, the regular faculty title shall be retained by the faculty member. v. With the written approval of the Chairperson, Xxxx and the Xxxxxxx, a faculty member who is less than 1.0 FTE and holding the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor may be placed on a tenure-track or, except in the case of Instructor and Assistant Professor, may be granted tenure. The length of the probationary period must be identified in the initial appointment letter and match the length and timing of appointments, reappointments and tenure reviews as outlined for tenure-track faculty in Sections 5.a., 5.b., and 5.c. of this Article based on the principle that the otherwise customary probationary period represents full-time service. However, no faculty member may hold the title of Professor who is not tenured.

Considerations Regarding Tenure. i. Tenure represents the commitment of the University to the continued appointment of a faculty member until retirement or resignation, termination for just cause, termination due to the inability to perform the essential requirements of the faculty member’s appointment, with reasonable accommodations for a physical or mental disability, or termination due to financial exigency or elimination of an institutional program. ii. Tenure is only awarded in an initial appointment to the rank of Professor or, with the approval of the Xxxxxxx, Associate Professor, subject to a pre-employment tenure review, or upon promotion of an Assistant Professor from within the University to the rank of Associate Professor, or following an Associate Professor’s successful tenure review. iii. A faculty member eligible for tenure shall not continue to be employed at the University in a bargaining unit position beyond the probationary period, following a negative tenure decision, except for completion of his or her terminal year. In his or her sole discretion, the Xxxxxxx may make an exception to this rule but a decision by the Xxxxxxx not to exercise such discretion shall not be grievable.may iv. A tenured faculty member may receive salary support from a career development award, a UVM-administered research grant, an administrative position, or UVM non-instructional sources without loss of tenure. In such cases, the regular faculty title shall be retained by the faculty member. v. With the written approval of the Chairperson, Xxxx and the Xxxxxxx, a faculty member who is less than 1.0 FTE and holding the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor may be placed on a tenure-track or, except in the case of Instructor and Assistant Professor, may be granted tenure. The length of the probationary period must be identified in the initial appointment letter and match the length and timing of appointments, reappointments and tenure reviews as outlined for tenure-track faculty in Sections 5.a., 5.b., and 5.c. of this Article based on the principle that the otherwise customary probationary period represents full-time service. However, no faculty member may hold the title of Professor who is not tenured.

Considerations Regarding Tenure. i. Tenure represents the commitment of the University to the continued appointment of a faculty member until retirement or resignation, termination for just cause, termination due to the inability to perform the essential requirements of the faculty member’s appointment, with reasonable accommodations for a physical or mental disability, or termination due to financial exigency or elimination of an institutional program. ii. Tenure is only awarded in an initial appointment to the rank of Professor or, with the approval of the Xxxxxxx, Associate Professor, subject to a pre-employment tenure review, or upon promotion of an Assistant Professor from within the University to the rank of Associate Professor, or following an Associate Professor’s successful tenure review. iii. A faculty member eligible for tenure shall not continue to be employed at the University in a bargaining unit position beyond the probationary period, following a negative tenure decision, except for completion of his or her their terminal year. In his or her the Xxxxxxx’x sole discretion, the Xxxxxxx may make an exception to this rule but a decision by the Xxxxxxx not to exercise such discretion shall not be grievable. iv. A tenured faculty member may receive salary support from a career development award, a UVM-administered research grant, an administrative position, or UVM non-instructional sources without loss of tenure. In such cases, the regular faculty title shall be retained by the faculty member. v. With the written approval of the Chairperson, Xxxx and the Xxxxxxx, a faculty member who is less than 1.0 FTE and holding the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor may be placed on a tenure-track or, except in the case of Instructor and Assistant Professor, may be granted tenure. The length of the probationary period must be identified in the initial appointment letter and match the length and timing of appointments, reappointments and tenure reviews as outlined for tenure-track faculty in Sections 5.a., 5.b., and 5.c. of this Article based on the principle that the otherwise customary probationary period represents full-time service. However, no faculty member may hold the title of Professor who is not tenured.