Common use of Provisions Applicable to Both Promotion and Tenure Clause in Contracts

Provisions Applicable to Both Promotion and Tenure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Board policies or operating papers, the following provisions shall be applicable to both the promotion and tenure process: a. Candidates for promotion and/or tenure shall be required to meet the standards contained in University policy, the College operating paper, and the department/school’s operating paper. The standards and criteria listed in department/school and college operating papers should complement and may augment the standards and criteria set forth in University policy. The Employees Handbook otherwise provides details regarding the process for the promotion and tenure review. b. Workload assignments shall be considered in evaluating the promotion and/or tenure case. A Faculty member shall include in their promotion and/or tenure dossier copies of prior workload assignments. A Faculty member may include also a notation of any unique aspects of his/her prior workload assignments that the Faculty member believes should be part of his/her dossier. c. Each Board representative who is directly involved in providing recommendations regarding promotion and/or tenure dossiers shall make a separate and independent evaluation of the credentials of the candidate for promotion and/or tenure, including a careful and deliberate consideration of the candidate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the substance of any Board decision to deny promotion and/or tenure, including, but not limited to, the Board’s application of the approved standards and criteria for promotion and/or tenure, shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure. d. When a Chair/ Director does not hold the same or higher rank and/or tenure status as the candidate seeks, the Chair/Director shall make an appointment of a designee to serve in the role of Chair/Director for the purpose of providing the recommendation on promotion and/or tenure; the Chair/Director will consult with the candidate to develop a list of qualified potential designees. e. If a Board representative recommends against a Faculty member’s application for promotion and/or tenure, the Faculty member shall be given the right to submit a written response. i. Any such written response must be submitted to the Board representative who made the negative recommendation within ten (10) calendar days after the Faculty member’s receipt of the written recommendation. ii. Such a response shall be limited to responding to the negative recommendation of the Board representative; no new material (e.g., new papers, books, ICE’s, letters of recommendation, etc.) may be included in such a response. iii. If such a response is so submitted within said ten (10) calendar day period, it will be added to the Faculty member’s dossier before the dossier moves to the next level of review. iv. Nothing herein shall limit the right of the Xxxx or the Xxxxxxx and Vice Chancellor from soliciting a response from the Chair/Director or Xxxx to any written response submitted by a Faculty member and from considering any such response. f. Only the Board of Trustees may promote a Faculty member or award tenure. Faculty members attain promotion and/or tenure in accordance with Board policies and procedures, and the applicable 2016 SIUC Employee Handbook policies (i.e., Promotion Policies and Procedures for Faculty and/or Section I through V of the Tenure Policies and Procedures) in accordance with the provisions set forth in SIU Board of Trustees 2 Policies C. The parties agree that only the promotion and/or tenure procedures set forth in the aforementioned documents (as opposed to such things as the standards and criteria utilized in determining whether or not to award promotion and/or tenure) are incorporated by reference. g. When an untenured Faculty member is promoted by the Board, such Faculty member shall be awarded tenure when the promotion becomes effective.

Provisions Applicable to Both Promotion and Tenure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Board policies or operating papers, the following provisions shall be applicable to both the promotion and tenure process: a. Candidates for promotion and/or tenure shall be required to meet the standards contained in University policy, the College operating paperOperating Paper, and the department/school’s operating paperSchool Operating Paper. The standards and criteria listed in department/school School and college operating papers College Operating Papers should complement and may augment the standards and criteria set forth in University policy. The Employees Handbook otherwise provides details regarding the process for the promotion and tenure review. i. School operating papers may establish program level promotion and/or tenure standards. Faculty may choose the standards of the operating paper they were hired/last promoted under or the new school operating paper standards. This choice solely applies to the standards for promotion and tenure and not the review committee structure. Review committee structure is described in 13.05. ii. School operating papers may establish program-level subcommittees that provide an advisory vote to the School level promotion and/or tenure committee. Members of a program-level subcommittee would be eligible to participate in the School-level promotion and/or tenure committee. b. Workload assignments shall be considered in evaluating the promotion and/or tenure case. A Faculty member shall include in their promotion and/or tenure dossier copies of prior workload assignments. A Faculty member may also include also a notation of any unique aspects of his/her their prior workload assignments that the Faculty member believes should be part of his/her their dossier. c. Each Board representative Representative outside the Basic Academic Unit who is directly involved in providing recommendations regarding promotion and/or tenure dossiers shall make a separate careful, deliberate, and independent evaluation of the credentials of the candidate for promotion and/or tenure, including a careful due consideration for the Faculty vote (and deliberate consideration of Director decision) at the candidate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the substance of any Board decision to deny promotion and/or tenure, including, but not limited to, the Board’s application of the approved standards and criteria for promotion and/or tenure, shall not be subject to the grievance and arbitration procedureBasic Academic Unit level. d. When a Chair/ Director does not hold the same or higher rank and/or tenure status as the candidate seeks, the Chair/Director shall make an appointment of a designee to serve in the role of Chair/Director for the purpose of providing the recommendation on promotion and/or tenure; the Chair/Director will consult with the candidate to develop a list of qualified potential designees. e. If a Board representative recommends against a Faculty member’s application for promotion and/or tenure, the Faculty member shall be given the right to submit a written response. i. Any such written response must be submitted to the Board representative who made the negative recommendation within ten (10) calendar days after the Faculty member’s receipt of the written recommendation. ii. Such a response shall be limited to responding to the negative recommendation of the Board representative; no new material (e.g., new papers, books, ICE’s, letters of recommendation, etc.) may be included in such a response. iii. If such a response is so submitted within said ten (10) calendar day period, it will be added to the Faculty member’s dossier before the dossier moves to the next level of review. iv. Nothing herein shall limit the right of the Xxxx or the Xxxxxxx and Vice Chancellor from soliciting a response from the Chair/Director or Xxxx to any written response submitted by a Faculty member and from considering any such response. f. Only the Board of Trustees may promote a Faculty member or award tenure. Faculty members attain promotion and/or tenure in accordance with Board policies and procedures, and the applicable 2016 SIUC Employee Handbook policies (i.e., Promotion Policies and Procedures for Faculty and/or Section I through V of the Tenure Policies and Procedures) in accordance with the provisions set forth in SIU Board of Trustees 2 Policies C. The parties agree that only the promotion and/or tenure procedures set forth in the aforementioned documents (as opposed to such things as the standards and criteria utilized in determining whether or not to award promotion and/or tenure) are incorporated by reference. g. When an untenured Faculty member is promoted by the Board, such Faculty member shall be awarded tenure when the promotion becomes effective.