Departmental Recommendations. All departmental recommendations shall be forwarded in writing to the Committee on Promotion and Tenure. Department heads who wish to recommend promotions, continuing appointments or non- reappointments of continuing appointments will be invited, along with the candidate, to appear before the Committee to support their recommendations. A department head may be accompanied by an additional staff member of his/her choice. Department heads may also be required to justify their failure to recommend an eligible teaching educator for promotion.
Departmental Recommendations. Departmental recom- mendations shall be made by either a committee of faculty unit employees, the department chair, designee, or combination of the above at the discretion of the department. Where there are insufficient persons to serve on a departmental committee, the department shall select persons from a related academic discipline or appropriate administrative unit for that purpose. The committee may recommend that an individual faculty member receive a Faculty Merit Increase of any amount up to the maximum amount provided in provision 31.8 of this Article. Recommended increases may result in the placement of faculty unit employees between the rates for a step of his/ her rank/ classification in Appendix C. Recommendations from the department shall not exceed the amount of funds allocated for use at this level.
