Tenure Review and Recommendation Procedures. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall proceed through the following levels of review: tenured department faculty, department chair, college Tenure and Promotion Committee, xxxx (or director in the case of the Florida Museum of Natural History), University Academic Personnel Board, and President. At all levels the participants shall be provided with the University tenure criteria, clarifications of the criteria by the College, and departmental discipline-specific clarifications of the criteria. The cases the President recommends for the granting of tenure shall be forwarded to the Trustees for final decision. The review and recommendation process for permanent status shall be governed by the provisions of Section 19.11. (a) Faculty and administrators participating in a tenure review shall be given instructions about the requirements of the process and advised to consult the tenure Article of the Agreement. The administrator at each level shall be responsible for ensuring that the tenure review at that level is conducted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the tenure Article and other relevant provisions of the Agreement. (b) The only documents, information, or materials that shall be considered in making a tenure recommendation are those contained or referenced in the tenure dossier. The absence of information or materials not required to be referenced in the candidate’s tenure dossier, as described in Section 19.9(g)(3), shall not be held against the candidate in any way. (c) The faculty member’s rank, years in rank, or amount of approved leave taken shall not be considered in determining whether the candidate has satisfied the criteria for tenure. (d) The candidate must be given proper written notice of any recommendation or decision reached that is included in the tenure dossier at any level of the review process and have the opportunity to request a meeting with the appropriate administrator or submit a written response.
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Tenure Review and Recommendation Procedures. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall proceed through the following levels of review: tenured department faculty, department chair, college Tenure and Promotion Committee, xxxx (or director in the case of the Florida Museum of Natural History), University Academic Personnel Board, and President. At all levels the participants shall be provided with the University tenure criteria, clarifications of the criteria by the College, and departmental discipline-specific clarifications of the criteria. The cases the President recommends for the granting of tenure shall be forwarded to the Trustees for final decision. The review and recommendation process for permanent status shall be governed by the provisions of Section 19.11.
(a) Faculty and administrators participating in a tenure review shall be given instructions about the requirements of the process and advised to consult the tenure Article of the Agreement. The administrator at each level shall be responsible for ensuring that the tenure review at that level is conducted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the tenure Article and other relevant provisions of the Agreement.
(b) The only documents, information, or materials documents that shall be considered in making a tenure recommendation are those contained or referenced in the tenure dossier. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall include the following levels of review:
(a) Department Promotion and Tenure Committee
(1) Each department shall establish in its departmental bylaws, developed pursuant to the provisions of the Bylaws article, the provisions governing the formation and conduct of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee. The absence department chair shall not be a member of information or materials not required the committee.
(2) The Department Committee’s function shall be to be referenced in review each candidate’s tenure dossier, to provide a separate written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure, and to provide a written recommendation to the department chair. This written assessment and recommendation, which shall become a part of the candidate’s tenure dossier, shall include a description of the Committee’s procedures, a discussion of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure with reference to the University tenure criteria, as described interpreted/clarified in Section 19.9(g)(3)the department bylaws, and the result of the vote taken by the Committee. The vote shall be conducted in a lawful manner which is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice.
(3) The Department Committee shall forward a copy of its assessment and recommendation to the candidate, who shall have five (5) days from receipt to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be included in the tenure dossier.
(4) The Department Committee shall not be held against forward the tenure dossier to the department chair until either the candidate submits a response or the five (5) day period for responding expires, whichever occurs first.
(b) Department Chair
(1) The department chair shall review all procedural and substantive matters for completeness in any wayorder to ensure that the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee has met its responsibilities.
(2) After reviewing each candidate’s tenure dossier and considering the written assessment and recommendation of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, and the candidate’s written response, if any, the department chair shall submit a written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications with reference to the University’s tenure criteria as interpreted/clarified in the department’s bylaws and shall make a positive or a negative recommendation. The department chair’s written assessment and recommendation shall also report the vote of the tenured members (excluding the chair) of the candidate’s department. The vote shall be conducted in a lawful manner which is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice.
(3) The department chair shall meet with each candidate to give the candidate a copy of his/her written assessment and recommendation, prior to sending a copy to the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee chair, to be shared with the other members of the committee. The department chair shall discuss with the candidate both the chair’s assessment and recommendation and that of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee.
(4) The candidate shall have five (5) days from receipt of the department chair’s assessment and recommendation to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be included in the tenure dossier.
(5) The department chair shall not forward the tenure dossier to the xxxx until either the candidate submits a response or the five (5) day period for responding expires, whichever occurs first.
(c) Xxxx
(1) The xxxx shall review all procedural and substantive matters for completeness in order to ensure that the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair have met their responsibilities.
(2) If the tenure recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair disagree, the xxxx shall meet jointly with the Committee and the department chair no later than two weeks following receipt of the dossier to discuss the differing recommendations. Upon the faculty member’s rankwritten request, years the xxxx shall also meet with the candidate to discuss the tenure recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair and to correct any misunderstanding or misinformation.
(3) After reviewing each candidate’s tenure dossier and considering the written assessments and recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair, and the candidate’s written responses, if any, the xxxx shall submit a written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure with reference to the University’s criteria for tenure as interpreted/clarified in rankthe department’s bylaws and make a positive or a negative recommendation. The xxxx’x written assessment and recommendation shall point out if his/her recommendation differs from that of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, the department chair, or amount both, and shall include confirmation that all procedural and substantive responsibilities of approved leave taken the Committee and the department chair have been met.
(4) The xxxx shall forward a copy of his/her assessment and recommendation to the candidate, the department chair, and the chair of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, to be shared with other members of the committee. The candidate shall have five (5) days from receipt to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be included in the tenure dossier.
(5) The xxxx shall not be considered in determining whether forward the dossier to the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs until either the candidate has satisfied submits a response or the criteria five (5) day period for tenureresponding expires, whichever occurs first.
(6) In cases in which the xxxx’x recommendation differs from the recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, the department chair, or both, the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs (hereinafter ―Xxxxxxx‖) shall retain those tenure dossiers and meet jointly with the Committee, the department chair, and the xxxx. Following this meeting, the Xxxxxxx shall forward the dossiers to the University Promotion and Tenure Committee.
(d) University Promotion and Tenure Committee
(1) The candidate must be given proper written notice University Promotion and Tenure Committee shall consist of any recommendation eleven tenured faculty (who are covered by this Agreement) at the Associate Professor or decision reached that is included in Professor rank who do not have line authority over promotion and/or tenure decisions and are not personally related to candidates for promotion and/or tenure: one faculty member holding the tenure dossier at any level rank of Professor from each of the review process colleges and have the opportunity remaining faculty members at large holding the rank of either Professor or Associate Professor.
a. No candidate being considered by the Committee for promotion and/or tenure may serve on the Committee.
b. The term of office for each member on the Committee shall be two
(2) academic years. In order to request provide the staggering of terms within the Committee, the election for 2008-09 committee shall be conducted as follows: the representatives from the Xxxxxx College of Health, the College of Education and Human Services, and three at-large members shall be elected for a meeting with one-year term, and the appropriate administrator or submit representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences, the Xxxxxx College of Business, and the College of Computing, Engineering, and Construction, and three at-large members shall be elected for a written responsetwo-year term.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Tenure Review and Recommendation Procedures. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall proceed through the following levels of review: tenured department faculty, department chair, college Tenure and Promotion Committee, xxxx (or director in the case of the Florida Museum of Natural History), University Academic Personnel Board, and President. At all levels the participants shall be provided with the University tenure criteria, clarifications of the criteria by the College, and departmental discipline-specific clarifications of the criteria. The cases the President recommends for the granting of tenure shall be forwarded to the Trustees for final decision. The review and recommendation process for permanent status shall be governed by the provisions of Section 19.11.
(a) Faculty and administrators participating in a tenure review shall be given instructions about the requirements of the process and advised to consult the tenure Article of the Agreement. The administrator at each level shall be responsible for ensuring that the tenure review at that level is conducted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the tenure Article and other relevant provisions of the Agreement.
(b) The only documents, information, or materials documents that shall be considered in making a tenure recommendation are those contained or referenced in the tenure dossier. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall include the following levels of review:
(a) Department Promotion and Tenure Committee
(1) Each department shall establish in its departmental bylaws, developed pursuant to the provisions of the Bylaws article, the provisions governing the formation and conduct of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee. The absence department chair shall not be a member of information or materials not required the committee.
(2) The Department Committee’s function shall be to be referenced in review each candidate’s tenure dossier, to provide a separate written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure, and to provide a written recommendation to the department chair. This written assessment and recommendation, which shall become a part of the candidate’s tenure dossier, shall include a description of the Committee’s procedures, a discussion of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure with reference to the University tenure criteria, as described interpreted/clarified in Section 19.9(g)(3)the department bylaws, and the result of the vote taken by the Committee. The vote shall not be held against the candidate conducted in any waya lawful manner which is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice.
(c3) The faculty memberDepartment Committee shall forward a copy of its assessment and recommendation to the candidate, who shall have five (5) days from receipt to submit a written response. The candidate’s rankresponse, years in rankif any, or amount of approved leave taken shall not be considered in determining whether the candidate has satisfied the criteria for tenure.
(d) The candidate must be given proper written notice of any recommendation or decision reached that is included in the tenure dossier.
(4) The Department Committee shall not forward the tenure dossier at any level to the department chair until either the candidate submits a response or the five
(5) day period for responding expires, whichever occurs first.
(b) Department Chair
(1) The department chair shall review all procedural and substantive matters for completeness in order to ensure that the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee has met its responsibilities.
(2) After reviewing each candidate’s tenure dossier and considering the written assessment and recommendation of the review process Department Promotion and have Tenure Committee, and the opportunity to request a meeting with candidate’s written response, if any, the appropriate administrator or department chair shall submit a written responseassessment of the candidate’s qualifications with reference to the University’s tenure criteria as interpreted/clarified in the department’s bylaws and shall make a positive or a negative recommendation. The department chair’s written assessment and recommendation shall also report the vote of the tenured members (excluding the chair) of the candidate’s department. The vote shall be conducted in a lawful manner which is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice.
(3) The department chair shall meet with each candidate to give the candidate a copy of his/her written assessment and recommendation, prior to sending a copy to the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee chair, to be shared with the other members of the committee. The department chair shall discuss with the candidate both the chair’s assessment and recommendation and that of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Tenure Review and Recommendation Procedures. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall proceed through the following levels of review: tenured department faculty, department chair, college Tenure and Promotion Committee, xxxx (or director in the case of the Florida Museum of Natural History), University Academic Personnel Board, and President. At all levels the participants shall be provided with the University tenure criteria, clarifications of the criteria by the College, and departmental discipline-specific clarifications of the criteria. The cases the President recommends for the granting of tenure shall be forwarded to the Trustees for final decision. The review and recommendation process for permanent status shall be governed by the provisions of Section 19.11.
(a) Faculty and administrators participating in a tenure review shall be given instructions about the requirements of the process and advised to consult the tenure Article of the Agreement. The administrator at each level shall be responsible for ensuring that the tenure review at that level is conducted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the tenure Article and other relevant provisions of the Agreement.
(b) The only documents, information, or materials documents that shall be considered in making a tenure recommendation are those contained or referenced in the tenure dossier. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall include the following levels of review:
(a) Department Promotion and Tenure Committee
(1) Each department shall establish in its departmental bylaws, developed pursuant to the provisions of the Bylaws article, the provisions governing the formation and conduct of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee.
(2) The absence Department Committee’s function shall be to review each candidate’s tenure dossier, to provide a separate written assessment of information or materials not required the candidate’s qualifications for tenure, and to be referenced in provide a written recommendation to the department chair. This written assessment and recommendation, which shall become a part of the candidate’s tenure dossier, shall include a description of the Committee’s procedures, a discussion of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure with reference to the University tenure criteria, as described interpreted/clarified in Section 19.9(g)(3)the department bylaws, and the result of the vote taken by the Committee. The vote shall be conducted in a lawful manner which is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice.
(3) The Department Committee shall forward a copy of its assessment and recommendation to the candidate, who shall have five (5) days from receipt to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be included in the tenure dossier.
(4) The Department Committee shall not be held against forward the tenure dossier to the department chair until either the candidate submits a response or the five (5) day period for responding expires, whichever occurs first.
(b) Department Chair
(1) The department chair shall review all procedural and substantive matters for completeness in any wayorder to ensure that the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee has met its responsibilities.
(2) After reviewing each candidate’s tenure dossier and considering the written assessment and recommendation of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, and the candidate’s written response, if any, the department chair shall submit a written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications with reference to the University’s tenure criteria as interpreted/clarified in the department’s bylaws and shall make a positive or a negative recommendation. The department chair’s written assessment and recommendation shall also report the vote of the tenured members of the candidate’s department. The vote shall be conducted in a lawful manner which is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice.
(3) The department chair shall meet with each candidate to give the candidate a copy of his/her written assessment and recommendation, prior to sending a copy to the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee chair, to be shared with the other members of the committee. The department chair shall discuss with the candidate both the chair’s assessment and recommendation and that of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee.
(4) The candidate shall have five (5) days from receipt of the department chair’s assessment and recommendation to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be included in the tenure dossier.
(5) The department chair shall not forward the tenure dossier to the xxxx until either the candidate submits a response or the five (5) day period for responding expires, whichever occurs first.
(c) Xxxx
(1) The xxxx shall review all procedural and substantive matters for completeness in order to ensure that the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair have met their responsibilities.
(2) If the tenure recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair disagree, the xxxx shall meet jointly with the Committee and the department chair no later than two weeks following receipt of the dossier to discuss the differing recommendations. Upon the faculty member’s rankwritten request, years the xxxx shall also meet with the candidate to discuss the tenure recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair and to correct any misunderstanding or misinformation.
(3) After reviewing each candidate’s tenure dossier and considering the written assessments and recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair, and the candidate’s written responses, if any, the xxxx shall submit a written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure with reference to the University’s criteria for tenure as interpreted/clarified in rankthe department’s bylaws and make a positive or a negative recommendation. The xxxx’x written assessment and recommendation shall point out if his/her recommendation differs from that of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, the department chair, or amount both, and shall include confirmation that all procedural and substantive responsibilities of approved leave taken the Committee and the department chair have been met.
(4) The xxxx shall forward a copy of his/her assessment and recommendation to the candidate, the department chair, and the chair of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, to be shared with other members of the committee. The candidate shall have five (5) days from receipt to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be included in the tenure dossier.
(5) The xxxx shall not be considered in determining whether forward the dossier to the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs until either the candidate has satisfied submits a response or the criteria five (5) day period for tenureresponding expires, whichever occurs first.
(6) In cases in which the xxxx’x recommendation differs from the recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, the department chair, or both, the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs (hereinafter “Xxxxxxx”) shall retain those tenure dossiers and meet jointly with the Committee, the department chair, and the xxxx. Following this meeting, the Xxxxxxx shall forward the dossiers to the University Promotion and Tenure Committee.
(d) University Promotion and Tenure Committee
(1) The candidate must be given proper written notice University Promotion and Tenure Committee shall consist of any recommendation eleven tenured faculty (who are covered by this Agreement) at the Associate Professor or decision reached that is included in Professor rank who do not have line authority over promotion and/or tenure decisions and are not personally related to candidates for promotion and/or tenure: one faculty member holding the tenure dossier at any level rank of Professor from each of the review process colleges and have the opportunity to request a meeting with remaining faculty members at large holding the appropriate administrator rank of either Professor or submit a written responseAssociate Professor.
a. No candidate being considered by the Committee for promotion and/or tenure may serve on the Committee.
b. The term of office for each member on the Committee shall be two
(2) academic years.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Tenure Review and Recommendation Procedures. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall proceed through the following levels of review: tenured department faculty, department chair, college Tenure and Promotion Committee, xxxx (or director in the case of the Florida Museum of Natural History), University Academic Personnel Board, and President. At all levels the participants shall be provided with the University tenure criteria, clarifications of the criteria by the College, and departmental discipline-specific clarifications of the criteria. The cases the President recommends for the granting of tenure shall be forwarded to the Trustees for final decision. The review and recommendation process for permanent status shall be governed by the provisions of Section 19.11.
(a) Faculty and administrators participating in a tenure review shall be given instructions about the requirements of the process and advised to consult the tenure Article of the Agreement. The administrator at each level shall be responsible for ensuring that the tenure review at that level is conducted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the tenure Article and other relevant provisions of the Agreement.
(b) The only documents, information, or materials documents that shall be considered in making a tenure recommendation are those contained or referenced in the tenure dossier. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall include the following levels of review:
(a) Department Promotion and Tenure Committee Each department shall establish in its departmental bylaws, developed pursuant to the provisions of the Bylaws article, the provisions governing the formation and conduct of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee. The absence department chair shall not be a member of information or materials not required the committee. The Department Committee’s function shall be to be referenced in review each candidate’s tenure dossier, to provide a separate written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure, and to provide a written recommendation to the department chair. This written assessment and recommendation, which shall become a part of the candidate’s tenure dossier, shall include a description of the Committee’s procedures, a discussion of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure with reference to the University tenure criteria, as described interpreted/clarified in Section 19.9(g)(3)the department bylaws, and the result of the vote taken by the Committee. The vote shall be conducted in a lawful manner which is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice. The Department Committee shall forward a copy of its assessment and recommendation to the candidate, who shall have five (5) days from receipt to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall not be held against the candidate in any way.
(c) The faculty member’s rank, years in rank, or amount of approved leave taken shall not be considered in determining whether the candidate has satisfied the criteria for tenure.
(d) The candidate must be given proper written notice of any recommendation or decision reached that is included in the tenure dossier. The Department Committee shall not forward the tenure dossier at any level to the department chair until either the candidate submits a response or the five (5) day period for responding expires, whichever occurs first.
(b) Department Chair
(1) The department chair shall review all procedural and substantive matters for completeness in order to ensure that the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee has met its responsibilities.
(2) After reviewing each candidate’s tenure dossier and considering the written assessment and recommendation of the review process Department Promotion and have Tenure Committee, and the opportunity candidate’s written response, if any, the department chair shall submit a written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications with reference to request the University’s tenure criteria as interpreted/clarified in the department’s bylaws and shall make a meeting positive or a negative recommendation. The department chair’s written assessment and recommendation shall also report the vote of the tenured members (excluding the chair) of the candidate’s department. The vote shall be conducted in a lawful manner which is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice.
(3) The department chair shall meet with each candidate to give the candidate a copy of his/her written assessment and recommendation, prior to sending a copy to the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee chair, to be shared with the appropriate administrator or other members of the committee. The department chair shall discuss with the candidate both the chair’s assessment and recommendation and that of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee. The candidate shall have five (5) days from receipt of the department chair’s assessment and recommendation to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be included in the tenure dossier.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Tenure Review and Recommendation Procedures. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall proceed through the following levels of review: tenured department faculty, department chair, college Tenure and Promotion Committee, xxxx (or director in the case of the Florida Museum of Natural History), University Academic Personnel Board, and President. At all levels the participants shall be provided with the University tenure criteria, clarifications of the criteria by the College, and departmental discipline-specific clarifications of the criteria. The cases the President recommends for the granting of tenure shall be forwarded to the Trustees for final decision. The review and recommendation process for permanent status shall be governed by the provisions of Section 19.11.
(a) Faculty and administrators participating in a tenure review shall be given instructions about the requirements of the process and advised to consult the tenure Article of the Agreement. The administrator at each level shall be responsible for ensuring that the tenure review at that level is conducted in a manner consistent with the provisions of the tenure Article and other relevant provisions of the Agreement.
(b) The only documents, information, or materials documents that shall be considered in making a tenure recommendation are those contained or referenced in the tenure dossier. Recommendations for the awarding of tenure shall include the following levels of review:
(a) Department Promotion and Tenure Committee
(1) Each department shall constitute a promotion and tenure committee which includes either the entire tenured in-unit faculty or a subcommittee of the tenured in-unit faculty. Provided, however, if the candidate for tenure is a full professor, the committee shall consist only of tenured in-unit full professors. Each department shall develop provisions governing the formation and conduct of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee. The absence department chair and the candidate shall not be a member of information or materials not required the committee.
(2) The Department Committee’s function shall be to be referenced in review each candidate’s tenure dossier, to provide a separate written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure, and to provide a written recommendation to the department chair. This written assessment and recommendation, which shall become a part of the candidate’s tenure dossier, as shall include a description of the Committee’s procedures, a discussion of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure with reference to the University tenure criteria and the guidelines for application of those criteria pursuant to Article 9, and the result of the vote taken by the Committee. The vote shall be conducted in a lawful manner which is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice.
a) Judgments of academic excellence are complex. They cannot easily be reduced to a quantitative formula, nor can the considerations that must be applied in each individual case be completely described in Section 19.9(g)(3)general terms or by numbers alone, separate from necessary qualitative assessments.
b) The Committee’s written assessment and recommendation must therefore address the breadth and depth of the candidate’s accomplishments, or the combinations of such accomplishments, in teaching, research/scholarship/creative activity, and professional service that qualify as excellent.
c) With respect to research/scholarship/creative activity, the Committee’s written assessment and recommendation must address the relative value of the different categories of the candidate’s research/scholarly/creative activity and the outlets in which the candidate has published, exhibited, or performed.
(3) The Department Committee shall forward a copy of its assessment and recommendation to the candidate, who shall have five (5) days from receipt to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be included in the tenure dossier.
(4) The Department Committee shall not be held against forward the tenure dossier to the department chair until either the candidate submits a response or the five (5) day period for responding expires, whichever occurs first.
(b) Department Chair
(1) The department chair shall review all procedural and substantive matters for completeness in order to ensure that the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee has met its responsibilities.
(2) If the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee did not comprise a committee of the whole, the remaining tenured faculty members in the department shall review the candidate’s dossier and any waymaterials referenced in it. The chair shall thereafter conduct a vote on the candidate’s qualifications by those tenured faculty members (excluding the chair, visitors, and adjuncts). The vote shall be conducted in a lawful manner that is intended to assure a free and voluntary exercise of choice. The number of faculty voting for, against, abstaining, and absent shall equal the total number of faculty members of the department who are eligible to vote according to this Agreement.
(3) After reviewing each candidate’s tenure dossier and considering the written assessment and recommendation of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, and the candidate’s written response, if any, the department chair shall submit a written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications with reference to the University’s tenure criteria and the guidelines for application of those criteria pursuant to Article 9, and shall make a positive or a negative recommendation. The department chair’s written assessment and recommendation shall also report the vote of the faculty members noted in (a)(2) and (b)(2).
(4) The department chair shall meet with each candidate to give the candidate a copy of his/her written assessment and recommendation, prior to sending a copy to the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee chair, to be shared with the other members of the committee. The department chair shall discuss with the candidate both the chair’s assessment and recommendation and that of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee.
(5) The candidate shall have five (5) days from receipt of the department chair’s assessment and recommendation to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be included in the tenure dossier.
(6) The department chair shall not forward the tenure dossier to the xxxx until either the candidate submits a response or the five (5) day period for responding expires, whichever occurs first.
(c) Xxxx
(1) The xxxx shall review all procedural and substantive matters for completeness in order to ensure that the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair have met their responsibilities.
(2) If the tenure recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair disagree, the xxxx shall meet jointly with the Committee and the department chair no later than two weeks following receipt of the dossier to discuss the differing recommendations. Upon the faculty member’s rankwritten request, years in rank, or amount of approved leave taken the xxxx shall not be considered in determining whether also meet with the candidate has satisfied to discuss the criteria for tenuretenure recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair and to correct any misunderstanding or misinformation.
(d3) After reviewing each candidate’s tenure dossier and considering the written assessments and recommendations of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee and the department chair, and the candidate’s written responses, if any, the xxxx shall submit a written assessment of the candidate’s qualifications for tenure with reference to the University’s criteria for tenure and the guidelines for application of those criteria pursuant to Article 9, and make a positive or a negative recommendation. The xxxx’x written assessment and recommendation shall point out if his/her recommendation differs from that of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee, the department chair, or both, and shall include confirmation that all procedural and substantive responsibilities of the Committee and the department chair have been met.
(4) The xxxx shall forward a copy of his/her assessment and recommendation to the candidate, the department chair, and the chair of the Department Promotion and Tenure Committee to be shared with other members of the committee. The candidate must shall have five (5) days from receipt to submit a written response. The candidate’s response, if any, shall be given proper written notice of any recommendation or decision reached that is included in the tenure dossier.
(5) The xxxx shall not forward the dossier at any level of to the review process Xxxxxxx and have Vice President for Academic Affairs until either the opportunity to request candidate submits a meeting with response or the appropriate administrator or submit a written response.five
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
