Common use of Educational Attainments Clause in Contracts

Educational Attainments. In most disciplines, the earned doctorate constitutes the conventional terminal degree for traditionally-ranked faculty. For faculty specialists, the terminal criteria are likely to differ. For faculty for whom the doctorate is not normally required, appropriate alternate criteria must be determined and approved as follows: 17.§2.2.1 Departments shall submit their proposed educational attainment criteria as part of the Department Policy Statement in conformance with those procedures outlined in Article 23, Faculty Participation in Department Governance. The appropriate chair, xxxx, and the xxxxxxx shall be responsible for ensuring the basic equivalence among departments of educational attainment criteria, and their adherence to the general guidelines of the policy. 17.§2.2.2 The department's approved educational attainment criteria will be official department policy and shall become part of the Department Policy Statement. 17.§2.2.3 This article, however, shall not prevent the xxxx from stipulating deadlines for the attainment of the terminal degree.