Common use of PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE FORMULATION Clause in Contracts

PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE FORMULATION. ‌ The institutional promotion and tenure committee will consist of elected members of the faculty unit and members appointed by the administration. The composition of the committee will be: fifty percent (50%) tenured faculty unit members; fifty percent (50%) administrative appointees, who may be administrators or tenured faculty. Each president will determine the total number of members for the institutional promotion and tenure committee at each institution and will notify the institutional COHE president no later than the date when faculty report for the start of the fall term of the number of members on the committee. The faculty unit representatives on the institutional promotion and tenure committee will be elected by the faculty unit as soon as practicable after the commencement of school activities in the fall. Membership terms will be for three (3) years. Vacancies will be filled according to procedures established for the original appointment. Election procedures will be determined by COHE and the election will be conducted under its auspices. Only tenured faculty unit members will be eligible for election to the institutional promotion and tenure committee. Election procedures must provide all faculty unit members whose names appeared on the list generated on February 15 pursuant to § 2.2 and who are still employed at the institution at the time of the election, with equal opportunities to nominate candidates for committee membership and to elect committee members, and they must provide all tenured faculty unit members whose names appeared on the list generated on February 15 pursuant to § 2.2 and who are still employed at the institution at the time of the election with equal opportunities to be nominated for committee membership. Alternates should be selected in the same manner. The parties recognize that the integrity of the promotion and tenure review process requires not only that it be fair, but also that it be regarded as fair. Therefore, individual committee members will recuse themselves whenever their ability to make a disinterested judgment might reasonably be called into question. Faculty unit members, who themselves are to be considered for promotion or tenure, are not eligible for membership on the promotion and tenure committee during the academic year in which their promotion or tenure is being considered. If such a faculty unit member is denied promotion or tenure, the individual's term on the committee will be deemed to have expired. Faculty unit members who have been denied promotion may serve on the promotion and tenure committee if elected in an election held no sooner than one academic year following the year in which the denial occurred. Administrative appointees will be appointed by the president. Colleges, school, departments or other appropriate administrative units that have sufficient numbers of tenured faculty to form a committee may petition the president for the creation of a promotion and tenure committee for the respective college, school, department or unit. If approved, the president will determine the membership consistent with the ratio and constituency heretofore established for the institutional promotion and tenure committee. Tenured faculty unit members will be elected to college or school, department or other appropriate administrative unit promotion and tenure committees using the same procedures used to elect tenured faculty unit members to the institutional promotion and tenure committee. Faculty unit members within the appropriate unit will participate in the election procedures. The promotion and tenure committees will make their recommendations to the administrator of the applicable department or appropriate unit. Administrators will consider the recommendations of their departmental or unit promotion and tenure committee in formulating their recommendations to the next level of the process.

PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE FORMULATION. ‌ The institutional promotion and tenure committee will consist of elected members of the faculty unit and members appointed by of the administration. The composition of the committee will be: fifty percent (50%) tenured faculty unit members; fifty percent (50%) administrative appointees, who may be administrators or tenured facultyadministrators. Each president will determine the total number of members for the institutional promotion and tenure committee at each institution and will notify the institutional COHE president no later than the date when faculty report for the start of the fall term of the number of members on the committeeinstitution. The faculty unit representatives on the institutional promotion and tenure committee will be elected by the faculty unit as soon as practicable after the commencement of school activities in the fall. Membership terms will be for three (3) years. Vacancies will be filled according to procedures established for the original appointment. Election procedures will be determined by COHE and the election will be conducted under its auspices. Only tenured faculty unit members will be eligible for election to the institutional promotion and tenure committee. Election procedures must provide all faculty unit members whose names appeared on the list generated on February 15 pursuant to § 2.2 and who are still employed at the institution at the time of the election, with equal opportunities to nominate candidates for committee membership and to elect committee members, and they must provide all tenured faculty unit members whose names appeared on the list generated on February 15 pursuant to § 2.2 and who are still employed at the institution at the time of the election with equal opportunities to be nominated for committee membership. Alternates should be selected in the same manner. The parties recognize that the integrity of the promotion and tenure review process requires not only that it be fair, but also that it be regarded as fair. Therefore, individual committee members will are encouraged to recuse themselves whenever they feel that their ability to make a disinterested judgment might reasonably be called into questionquestion by a candidate or by other members of the university community. Faculty unit members, who themselves are to be considered for promotion or tenure, are not eligible for membership on the promotion and tenure committee during the academic year in which their promotion or tenure is being considered. If such a faculty unit member is denied promotion or tenure, the individual's term on the committee will be deemed to have expired. Faculty unit members who have been denied promotion may serve on the promotion and tenure committee if elected in an election held no sooner than one academic year following the year in which the denial occurred. Administrative appointees Administrators will be appointed by the president. CollegesAt USD and SDSU there will be, schoolin addition to the institutional promotion and tenure committees, college or school promotion and tenure committees. At all institutions, departments or other appropriate administrative units that have sufficient numbers of tenured faculty to form a committee may petition the president for the creation of a promotion and tenure committee for the respective college, school, department or unit. If approved, the president will determine the membership consistent with the ratio and constituency heretofore established for the institutional promotion and tenure committee. Tenured faculty unit members will be elected to college or school, department or other appropriate administrative unit promotion and tenure committees using the same procedures used to elect tenured faculty unit members to the institutional promotion and tenure committee. Faculty unit members within the appropriate unit will participate in the election procedures. The promotion and tenure committees will make their recommendations to the administrator of the applicable department or appropriate unit. Administrators will consider the recommendations of their departmental or unit promotion and tenure committee in formulating their recommendations to the next level of the process.

PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE FORMULATION. ‌ The institutional promotion and tenure committee will consist of elected members of the faculty unit and members appointed by the administration. The composition of the committee will be: fifty percent (50%) tenured faculty unit members; fifty percent (50%) administrative appointees, who may be administrators or tenured faculty. Each president will determine the total number of members for the institutional promotion and tenure committee at each institution and will notify the institutional COHE president no later than the date when faculty report for the start of the fall term of the number of members on the committee. The faculty unit representatives on the institutional promotion and tenure committee will be elected by the faculty unit as soon as practicable after the commencement of school activities in the fall. Membership terms will be for three (3) years. Vacancies will be filled according to procedures established for the original appointment. Election procedures will be determined by COHE and the election will be conducted under its auspices. Only tenured faculty unit members will be eligible for election to the institutional promotion and tenure committee. Election procedures must provide all faculty unit members whose names appeared on the list generated on February 15 pursuant to § 2.2 and who are still employed at the institution at the time of the election, with equal opportunities to nominate candidates for committee membership and to elect committee members, and they must provide all tenured faculty unit members whose names appeared on the list generated on February 15 pursuant to § 2.2 and who are still employed at the institution at the time of the election with equal opportunities to be nominated for committee membership. Alternates should be selected in the same manner. The parties recognize that the integrity of the promotion and tenure review process requires not only that it be fair, but also that it be regarded as fair. Therefore, individual committee members will recuse themselves whenever their ability to make a disinterested judgment might reasonably be called into question. Faculty unit members, who themselves are to be considered for promotion or tenure, are not eligible for membership on the promotion and tenure committee during the academic year in which their promotion or tenure is being considered. If such a faculty unit member is denied promotion or tenure, the individual's term on the committee will be deemed to have expired. Faculty unit members who have been denied promotion may serve on the promotion and tenure committee if elected in an election held no sooner than one (1) academic year following the year in which the denial occurred. Administrative appointees will be appointed by the president. Colleges, school, departments or other appropriate administrative units that have sufficient numbers of tenured faculty to form a committee may petition the president for the creation of a promotion and tenure committee for the respective college, school, department or unit. If approved, the president will determine the membership consistent with the ratio and constituency heretofore established for the institutional promotion and tenure committee. Tenured faculty unit members will be elected to college or school, department or other appropriate administrative unit promotion and tenure committees using the same procedures used to elect tenured faculty unit members to the institutional promotion and tenure committee. Faculty unit members within the appropriate unit will participate in the election procedures. The promotion and tenure committees will make their recommendations to the administrator of the applicable department or appropriate unit. Administrators will consider the recommendations of their departmental or unit promotion and tenure committee in formulating their recommendations to the next level of the processtheprocess.