Common use of Definitions and Scope Clause in Contracts

Definitions and Scope. Inasmuch as FTNTT Faculty members are employed annually and on a year-by-year basis primarily to provide instructional services as defined in the University's workload/teaching load policy as referenced in Article IX (Faculty Workload) and/or other services to the University, they have no required committee or other service obligations beyond those directly related to their responsibilities as specified in their letters of appointment or workload statements. Further, the governance structures and procedures of the University, including the central advisory and recommendatory role of the tenure-track faculty therein, are already established and embodied in a set of University policies, operational procedures and authorized governing documents, including the academic unit and regional campus sections of the Faculty Handbook and/or the handbooks currently in effect or as such handbook(s) may subsequently be modified, amended or otherwise revised for that purpose. Nothing in this Agreement or in this Article, therefore, shall either create or diminish rights to participation by FTNTT Faculty members other than as currently constituted or as provided for in the collective bargaining agreement between the University and the full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty, policies, programs, and opportunities as may be amended or modified by established procedures for that express purpose during the life of this Agreement. Consistent with these principles, it is nonetheless the intent of the parties to this Agreement that FTNTT Faculty members shall have a recognized role in the governance of the academic unit or regional campus of which the member of the bargaining unit is a member during the term of his/her appointment. The University and the Association encourage academic units and regional campuses to include FTNTT Faculty members on those governance bodies and committees that consider and make recommendations on instructional issues.

Definitions and Scope. Inasmuch as FTNTT Faculty members are employed annually and on a year-by-year basis primarily to provide instructional services as defined in the University's workload/teaching load policy as referenced in Article IX (Faculty Workload) and/or other services to the University, they have no required committee or other service obligations beyond those directly related to their responsibilities as specified in their letters of appointment or workload statements. Further, The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the governance structures and procedures of the University, including the central advisory and recommendatory role of the tenure-track faculty therein, are already established and embodied in a set of University policies, operational procedures and authorized governing documents, including the academic unit and regional campus sections of the Faculty Handbook and/or the handbooks currently in effect or as such handbook(s) may subsequently be modified, amended or otherwise revised for that purpose. Nothing in this Agreement or in this Article, therefore, shall either create or diminish rights to participation by FTNTT Faculty members other than as currently constituted or as provided for in the collective bargaining agreement between the University and the full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty, policies, programs, and opportunities as may be amended or modified by established procedures for that express purpose during the life of this Agreement. Consistent with these principles, it is nonetheless the intent and expectation of the parties to this Agreement that FTNTT Faculty members shall have a recognized and meaningful role in the governance of the academic unit or regional campus of which the member of the bargaining unit is a member during the term of his/her appointment. The University and the Association encourage academic units and regional campuses to include FTNTT Faculty members on those governance bodies and committees that consider and make recommendations on instructional issues.