NON-RENEWAL OF PROBATIONARY APPOINTMENTS. SUSPENSIONS, TERMINATIONS AND RESIGNATIONS 735 A. Non-Renewal of Probationary Appointments 736 The parties recognize EMU’s right not to renew a probationary appointment beyond its specified term, or extended term, for performance, academic or financially related reasons. Such reasons shall include, but are not limited to, failure to meet the requirements for reappointment set forth in the Faculty Member’s Departmental Evaluation Document or letter of appointment or reappointment, programmatic changes, or the reduction, reallocation, or elimination of financial resources within a department, college, or the University. To clarify the parties’ intent, if non-renewal is based on reasons other than those stated above, the provisions of Article VIII shall apply. 737 In those instances in which a Faculty Member is initially appointed and commences his/her employment with the University during a summer term, said summer term appointment shall not be construed as a part of the Faculty Member’s initial probationary year; in such instances, the initial probationary year of appointment shall, for purposes of evaluation for reappointment, tenure, and promotion, be construed to have begun on September 1 immediately following said summer appointment.
NON-RENEWAL OF PROBATIONARY APPOINTMENTS. If the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee decides to recommend the non-renewal of a probationary appointment, it may do so only after it has itself carried out the procedure for a tenure hearing as defined in this Agreement. In this case, the Departmental/Program Personnel Committee will add to its number a faculty member from a cognate discipline, appointed by the Xxxx in consultation with the Chair of the Committee. In order that a probationary appointment not be renewed, the candidate must be judged to be unsatisfactory in teaching or research. In the event that COAP and the Xxxx do not uphold the recommendation of non-renewal made by the Departmental/ Program Personnel Committee, a further two-year probationary appointment shall be granted to the candidate, and consideration for tenure must come in or before the fourth (4th) year of probationary service. The process of consideration for probationary reappointment or for non-renewal of probationary appointment shall in no way prejudice the outcome of any subsequent tenure hearing.
