Common use of Tenure Eligibility Clause in Contracts

Tenure Eligibility. (a) Faculty members with the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor are eligible to apply for tenure. The Trustees may designate other positions as tenure earning and shall notify the faculty of such status at the time of initial appointment. (b) Tenure shall be in a department or other appropriate academic unit of the University. (c) Tenure shall not extend to the administrative appointment of a faculty member. (d) Only those faculty members with a terminal degree in an appropriate discipline shall be eligible for tenure. (e) Full-time service for the purpose of tenure eligibility shall mean employment at

Tenure Eligibility. (a) Faculty members with the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor are eligible to apply for tenure. The Trustees may designate other positions as tenure earning and shall notify the faculty of such status at the time of initial appointment. (b) Tenure shall be in a department or other appropriate academic unit of the University. (c) Tenure shall not extend to the administrative appointment of a faculty member. (d) Only those faculty members with a terminal degree in an appropriate discipline shall be eligible for tenure. (e) Full-time service for the purpose of tenure eligibility shall mean employment atat 1.0 FTE during at least thirty-nine (39) weeks of any calendar-year or academic-year contract. Employment for one semester shall constitute one-half year of tenure- earning service. (f) Part-time service of a faculty member employed at least one semester in any twelve