Common use of Renewal of Preliminary Appointments for Faculty Employees Clause in Contracts

Renewal of Preliminary Appointments for Faculty Employees. (i) Every full-time appointment to the rank of lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor or professor will be either an appointment with tenure or an appointment without tenure. An appointment with tenure is a permanent appointment with the features of tenure described in the preamble of Appendix A. A preliminary appointment without tenure is an appointment made for a stated period, normally of one (1), two (2) or three (3) years. A preliminary appointment is one made in expectation that it will be renewed and at some time be succeeded by an appointment with tenure if such an appointment is merited. (1) Normally, for those initially appointed at the rank of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor, renewal of preliminary appointment shall not be for more than a total of six (6) years without the granting of tenure. (2) Normally, for those initially appointed at the rank of Lecturer, renewal of preliminary appointment shall not be for more than a total of seven (7) years without the granting of tenure. (ii) The parties agree that appeals concerning renewal of preliminary appointments shall be within the jurisdiction of the Tenure Appeal Committee of the Senate and that the decision of the Tenure Appeal Committee of the Senate shall be final and binding on the parties.