Notification of Criteria for Appointment and Reappointment. Academic departments that have employed Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants in each of the previous three semesters shall provide notice in writing of the departmental criteria for such appointments or reappointments. Individual contract letters shall be issued to Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants upon appointment and reappointment and, pursuant to the above provision, where written criteria for appointment or reappointment exist, they shall be included with the appointment letter. The letter offering appointment or reappointment will include the following information, to the extent known at the time of the appointment letter. Appointment title Appointment ratio Effective dates and duration of appointment Hiring unit Hiring unit contact A summary of the nature of required duties Salary Health and other applicable benefits Costs of tuition or fees that are required as a condition of employment, if any Tuition and fee waiver or exemption information Response requirements, if any A statement that the position is covered by this collective agreement The current collective agreement website address The address of the Rutgers AAUP-AFT’s website The appointment letter is advisory and cannot be the basis for a grievance under Article IX of this Agreement. The letter may be used as evidence in a grievance based on a claim that arises independent of the letter. The University shall continue to encourage all departments and programs when appropriate to appoint full-time graduate students as full-time teaching and graduate assistants. The administration shall provide to the AAUP-AFT by August 15 of each year evidence of how this encouragement has been carried out during the previous academic year.
Notification of Criteria for Appointment and Reappointment. Academic departments that have employed Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants in each of the previous three semesters shall provide notice in writing of the departmental criteria for such appointments or reappointments. Individual contract letters shall be issued to Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants upon appointment and reappointment and, pursuant to the above provision, where written criteria for appointment or reappointment exist, they shall be included with the appointment letter. The University shall continue to encourage all departments and programs when appropriate to appoint full-time graduate students as full-time teaching and graduate assistants. The administration shall provide to the AAUP by August 15 of each year evidence of how this encouragement has been carried out during the previous academic year.
