Common use of RPT Grievance Clause in Contracts

RPT Grievance. 7.9.1 If a Faculty Member is denied reappointment or promotion or tenure, she/he may file a grievance only if she/he alleges that: (a) Academic freedom violations are significantly connected with the decision; or (b) Procedures used in reaching the decision leading to the grievance were applied in an improper or discriminatory manner, and had a substantive impact on the decision (the term “procedures” as used in this Section includes the requirements of Article 7, as they apply to the candidate); or (c) A negative recommendation by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇: (1) has followed positive recommendations by the Academic Unit RPT Committee, the Academic Unit Head, the college or library jurisdiction, and the ▇▇▇▇ or administrator, and (2) is arbitrary and capricious.

RPT Grievance. 7.9.1 7.8.1 If a Faculty Member is denied reappointment or reappointment, promotion or tenure, she/he may file a grievance only if she/he alleges that: (a) Academic freedom violations are significantly connected with the decision; or (b) Procedures used in reaching the decision leading to the grievance were applied in an improper or discriminatory manner, and had a substantive impact on the decision (the term “procedures” as used in this Section includes the requirements of Article 7, as they apply to the candidate); or (c) A negative recommendation by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇: (1) has followed positive recommendations by the Academic Unit RPT Committee, the Academic Unit Head, the college or library jurisdiction, and the ▇▇▇▇ or administrator▇, and (2) is arbitrary and capricious. The grievance must state which of these three grounds is being alleged and, for (a) and (b) above, the specific academic freedom or procedural violation(s) that constitutes the basis for the grievance.