Common use of Review and Vote by Department Faculty Clause in Contracts

Review and Vote by Department Faculty. The tenure dossier must be completed before the department begins its review of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure. (1) If a department uses a committee to provide a written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure, the department committee shall submit its written assessment to the department chair, who shall share it with the tenured faculty before they meet to discuss and vote on the candidate. (2) The tenured faculty members of the department or unit in which the candidate shall hold tenure status if it is awarded shall review the tenure dossier and any materials referenced in it and shall normally meet to discuss the nomination. (3) The department chair shall conduct a poll by secret ballot of the tenured members of the department following the meeting. If department policy provides for input from another unit in which the candidate holds an appointment, whether it is in the form of written comments or a vote by the secondary unit, that input shall be advisory only.

Review and Vote by Department Faculty. The tenure promotion dossier must be completed before the department begins its review of the candidate’s qualifications for tenurepromotion. (1) If a department uses a committee to provide a written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications for tenurepromotion, the department committee shall submit its written assessment to the department chair, who shall share it with the tenured faculty of the appropriate ranks before they meet to discuss and vote on the candidate. (2) The tenured appropriate faculty members of the department or unit in which the candidate shall hold tenure status would be promoted if it promotion is awarded shall review the tenure promotion dossier and any materials referenced in it and shall normally meet to discuss the nomination. (3) The Following the meeting, the department chair shall conduct a poll by secret ballot of the tenured members of the department following in the meetingrank(s) higher than the candidate. If department policy provides for input from another unit in which the candidate holds an appointment, whether it is in the form of written comments or a vote by the secondary unit, that input shall be advisory only.