Procedures Unique to Tenure Decisions Sample Clauses

Procedures Unique to Tenure Decisions a. Tenure is a status awarded by the Board of Trustees upon the positive recom- mendation of the University President following an extensive evaluation pro- cess. Tenure is a relationship of continuing commitment between the University and the employee, benefiting both.
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Procedures Unique to Tenure Decisions. Tenure is a status awarded by the Board of Trustees upon the positive recom­mendation of the University President following an extensive evaluation pro­cess. Tenure is a relationship of continuing commitment between the University and the employee, benefiting both. Each tenured employee shall have continuous employment at the University unless such employee resigns, retires, is laid off pursuant to Article 24, or is terminated for adequate cause. Tenure shall not be acquired automatically by length of service or prior promo­tion. Tenure shall be granted and may be acquired only by specific action of the Board after receipt of a specific recommendation of the University President. Tenure shall be in a department. Tenure may be granted to a member of the bargaining unit described in Appendix A at either the time of initial appointment or within one year following the date of initial appointment—if the person was tenured at her/his previous institu-tion—following a positive recommendation by the department, the department chair, the xxxx, and the Academic Vice President, and upon recommendation of the University President and approval by the Board. The process of acquiring the department's recommendation will be led by the DPC, upon notification by the department chair. The DPC will be responsible for communicating the issue of tenure upon initial appointment to the depart­ment, making the candidate's record available for review by department faculty, collecting and counting the votes, and communicating the vote's outcome to the department chair and the department faculty. The department faculty recommendation will be determined by a majority vote. Those eligible to vote on the department's recommendation will be all Unit A faculty in the department in which a prospective candidate is applying for tenure upon initial appointment. The department faculty will be provided a reasonable period of time to review the candidate's record and to vote. The department faculty, department chair, xxxx, Academic Vice President, and University President will base their recommendations upon the candidate's record of Teaching/Primary Duties, Scholarly/Professional Activities, and Service Activities. The candidate's record, in the form of a curriculum vita, will be reviewed. A letter from the institution where tenure was previously granted will be part of the documentation to support acquiring tenure at Western Illinois University. The candidate for tenure may offer additional ...
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