Common use of Initiation and Review Procedures Clause in Contracts

Initiation and Review Procedures. i. A petition requesting an extraordinary review that is submitted to the Xxxx during the first three semesters, excluding xxxxxxx, of a Chair's initial four-year term in that administrative capacity shall require the signatures of either two-thirds of the tenured Faculty of the academic unit or of sixty percent (60%) of the full department Faculty to initiate the review process. (a) The review shall be an administrative one, conducted by the Xxxx, as described in 8.B.2.c., below. (b) If the Xxxx'x decision at the conclusion of the administrative review process is to continue the Chair in that administrative capacity, the Chair shall serve out the remainder of the four-year administrative term. The regular periodic review of Department Chairs for possible reappointment to a second four-year term shall take place, as scheduled, in the Spring semester of the third year of the initial term, as provided in Section 8.B.1., above. ii. A petition requesting an extraordinary review that is submitted to the Xxxx during the first two semesters of a Chair's second, or subsequent, four-year term in that administrative capacity shall require the signatures of sixty percent (60%) of the full department Faculty to initiate the review process. (a) The review shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures for the periodic review of Department Chairs, as specified in Section 8.B.1. above. (b) If the Xxxx'x decision at the conclusion of the review process is to retain the Chair in that administrative capacity, the Chair shall be reappointed to a full four-year term commencing with the academic year immediately following the academic year in which the requested extraordinary review was conducted. iii. A petition requesting an extraordinary review of a Chair's performance that is submitted at a time during the Chair's term, whether the initial or a subsequent four-year term, other than as specified in 1) or 2), above, shall require the signatures of a simple majority (50% plus 1) of the department Faculty to initiate the review process. (a) The review shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures for the periodic review of Department Chairs, as specified in Section 8.B.1. above. (b) The Xxxx'x options at the conclusion of the review shall be either to reappoint the Chair to a full new four-year term commencing with the academic year immediately following the academic year in which the extraordinary review was conducted or to conclude the Chair's administrative appointment at or prior to the conclusion of the academic year during which the extraordinary review was conducted. (c) In the event that the requested extraordinary review should coincide, either in its initiation or in its effect, with the semester during which the regular periodic review provided for in Section 8.B.1., above, is scheduled to be conducted, the periodic review shall be proceeded with. The only modification from the provisions of Section 8.B.1., above, in such a circumstance would be with regard to the effective date of the conclusion of the Chair's administrative appointment should the Xxxx'x decision at the conclusion of the review be not to reappoint the Chair to an additional four-year term. In such an instance, the Chair's term would conclude at the conclusion of the academic year during which the review was conducted rather than at the end of the four-year administrative term.