Common use of DPC Formation Procedures Clause in Contracts

DPC Formation Procedures. By September 1 of each academic year the Department Chairperson shall invite all eligible members of each department to serve on a Departmental Personnel Committee (DPC). Except in departments with insufficient tenured faculty, only tenured and tenure- designate members of the department shall be eligible to serve on the DPC. In those departments which do not have sufficient tenured faculty any untenured members who have served in the department as full-time faculty for at least two (2) full years and who have not been denied tenure or reappointment are eligible to serve on the DPC. Eligible members must indicate their willingness to serve in writing; by agreeing to serve, members agree to regularly attend meetings of the DPC and to participate in the array of matters before the committee. By the second week of the Fall semester, the Department Chairperson shall notify the department faculty, in writing, of the DPC membership and shall convene the first meeting of the DPC, at which time the members of the DPC shall elect a Chairperson from among the tenured members of the committee. The Department Chairperson shall inform the Xxxx and the AAUP, in writing, of the faculty serving on the DPC and the name of the DPC Chairperson. Eligible faculty on leave during the fall semester may elect membership in the DPC in the fall as specified above or may elect membership in the spring by notifying the Department Chairperson and the Chairperson of the DPC by the end of the second week of the Spring Semester. Once formed, a faculty member who has not elected to be a member of the DPC may neither participate in DPC deliberations nor vote on DPC recommendations. The DPC must include at least three (3) faculty members. If a department has fewer than three (3) full-time members who meet the above requirements and are willing to serve, additional members of the DPC shall be chosen by the department’s full-time faculty from the tenured bargaining unit members of other related academic areas. If there are no tenured faculty in a department, the full- time faculty in the department shall choose a DPC Chairperson from among the tenured faculty in a related department. A representative to the FPB from another department in the same academic unit is ineligible to serve on the DPC. In departments which have regular adjunct faculty (as defined in Article 2.2), one (1) or more regular adjunct faculty members, as set forth in Article 24, shall be elected annually by the regular adjunct faculty in the department to serve as a voting member of the DPC. The election shall be run by the Chair of the Department. No faculty member may participate when the DPC considers a case involving the person or someone who is or was a member of the person's immediate family, or the person’s domestic partner or significant other. Further, faculty members shall not be eligible to serve on a DPC case when it is considering the case of a candidate for promotion to a higher faculty rank than that held by the faculty member. In addition, a not-yet-tenured faculty member on the DPC shall not be eligible to serve on cases of reappointment when (1) the years of service of the candidate is equal to or greater than the faculty member and/or

DPC Formation Procedures. By September 1 of each academic year the Department Chairperson shall invite all eligible members of each department to serve on a Departmental Personnel Committee (DPC). Except in departments with insufficient tenured faculty, only Those eligible to serve include the tenured and tenure- tenure-designate members of the department shall be eligible to serve on the DPC. In and those departments which do not have sufficient tenured faculty any untenured members who have served in the department as full-full time faculty for at least two (2) full years and who have not been denied tenure or reappointment are eligible to serve on the DPCreappointment. Eligible members must indicate their willingness to serve in writing; by agreeing to serve, members agree to regularly attend meetings of the DPC and to participate in the array of matters before the committee. By the second week of the Fall semester, the Department Chairperson shall notify the department faculty, in writing, of the DPC membership and shall convene the first meeting of the DPC, at which time the members of the DPC shall elect a Chairperson from among the tenured members of the committee. The Department Chairperson shall inform the Xxxx and the AAUP, in writing, of the faculty serving on the DPC and the name of the DPC Chairperson. Eligible faculty on leave during the fall semester may elect membership in the DPC in the fall as specified above or may elect membership in the spring by notifying the Department Chairperson and the Chairperson of the DPC by the end of the second week of the Spring Semester. Once formed, a faculty member who has not elected to be a member of the DPC may neither participate in DPC deliberations nor vote on DPC recommendations. The DPC must include at least three (3) faculty members. If a department has fewer than three (3) full-time members who meet the above requirements and are willing to serve, additional members of the DPC shall be chosen by the department’s full-time faculty from the tenured bargaining unit members of other related academic areas. If there are no tenured faculty in a department, the full- time faculty in the department shall choose a DPC Chairperson from among the tenured faculty in a related department. A representative to the FPB from another department in the same academic unit is ineligible to serve on the DPC. In departments which have regular adjunct faculty (as defined in Article 2.2), one (1) or more regular adjunct faculty members, as set forth in Article 24, shall be elected annually by the regular adjunct faculty in the department to serve as a voting member of the DPC. The election shall be run by the Chair of the Department. No faculty member may participate when the DPC considers a case involving the person or someone who is or was a member of the person's immediate family, or the person’s domestic partner or significant other. Further, faculty members shall not be eligible to serve on a DPC case when it is considering the case of a candidate for promotion to a higher faculty rank than that held by the faculty member. In addition, a not-yet-tenured faculty member on the DPC shall not be eligible to serve on cases of reappointment when (1) the years of service of the candidate is equal to or greater than the faculty member and/orone

DPC Formation Procedures. By September 1 of each academic year the Department Chairperson shall invite all eligible members of each department to serve on a Departmental Personnel Committee (DPC). Except in departments with insufficient tenured faculty, only tenured and tenure- designate members of the department shall be eligible to serve on the DPC. In those departments which do not have sufficient tenured faculty any untenured members who have served in the department as full-time faculty for at least two (2) full years and who have not been denied tenure or reappointment are eligible to serve on the DPC. DPC.‌ Eligible members must indicate their willingness to serve in writing; by agreeing to serve, members agree to regularly attend meetings of the DPC and to participate in the array of matters before the committee. By the second week of the Fall semester, the Department Chairperson shall notify the department faculty, in writing, of the DPC membership and shall convene the first meeting of the DPC, at which time the members of the DPC shall elect a Chairperson from among the tenured members of the committee. The Department Chairperson shall inform the Xxxx and the AAUP, in writing, of the faculty serving on the DPC and the name of the DPC Chairperson. Chairperson.‌ Eligible faculty on leave during the fall semester may elect membership in the DPC in the fall as specified above or may elect membership in the spring by notifying the Department Chairperson and the Chairperson of the DPC by the end of the second week of the Spring Semester. Once formed, a faculty member who has not elected to be a member of the DPC may neither participate in DPC deliberations nor vote on DPC recommendations. The DPC must include at least three (3) faculty members. If a department has fewer than three (3) full-time members who meet the above requirements and are willing to serve, additional members of the DPC shall be chosen by the department’s full-time faculty from the tenured bargaining unit members of other related academic areas. If there are no tenured faculty in a department, the full- time faculty in the department shall choose a DPC Chairperson from among the tenured faculty in a related department. A representative to the FPB from another department in the same academic unit is ineligible to serve on the DPC. In departments which have regular adjunct faculty (as defined in Article 2.2), one (1) or more regular adjunct faculty members, as set forth in Article 24, shall be elected annually by the regular adjunct faculty in the department to serve as a voting member of the DPC. The election shall be run by the Chair of the Department. No faculty member may participate when the DPC considers a case involving the person or someone who is or was a member of the person's immediate family, or the person’s domestic partner or significant other. Further, faculty members shall not be eligible to serve on a DPC case when it is considering the case of a candidate for promotion to a higher faculty rank than that held by the faculty member. In addition, a not-yet-tenured faculty member on the DPC shall not be eligible to serve on cases of reappointment when (1) the years of service of the candidate is equal to or greater than the faculty member and/orand/or‌