Tenure Procedures Clause Samples

Tenure Procedures. A. The candidate for tenure should read and be familiar with all steps of the tenure procedure with special attention given to Section 4, Tenure File Format, Section 2, Tenure Pathway, and the schedules of this section. a. All timelines are important, but can be waived by mutual consent or for documented family or medical emergency. Recommendations from reviewers will be hand-delivered to the faculty member and placed in the faculty member’s mailbox at the department or college, whichever is appropriate. If the faculty member is not on campus, and a recommendation or notice is due under this process, the faculty member has the responsibility to inform the chair of the department if and how to get the information to the faculty member. B. The faculty member submits his or her application for tenure in the form of tenure file (see Section 4, Tenure File Format below) to the Department Chair. i. The timelines for tenure file submission are given in Section 2, Tenure Pathway (above.) ii. The Chair forwards the candidate's file to the department tenure committee. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ candidates should note that at each level of review (see Section 2, Tenure Pathway, above) a pattern is followed as described herein. The pattern is essentially as follows: i. A review of the candidate’s file by the reviewer of committee; ii. Though initial recommendations are addressed to the next level of review, copies are sent only to candidate and previous reviewers and chairs of previous reviewing committees; iii. Appeal if desired by tenure candidate; iv. Rebuttal and/or informal hearing on the candidate’s appeal; v. Recommendation by the reviewer placed into the file; vi. Response by candidate to the reviewer’s recommendation placed in file; and vii. Forwarding of the file to next level of review. ` D. At each level of the tenure pathway (see Section 2, above) the designated reviewer or committee will review the file and formulate initial recommendations regarding the candidate’s tenure. i. If a committee is reviewing the application for tenure, the committee will conduct a vote regarding the candidate’s tenure recommendation and the numeric result of that vote (i.e. 8-0) will be reported in all recommendations made by any committee considering a tenure candidacy. ii. The candidate may request an appeal hearing of the initial recommendation within 2 days of the date of the initial recommendation from the reviewer. iii. The initial recommendation is addressed to the next level of revie...