Common use of Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty Clause in Contracts

Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty. These appointments confirm institutional commitment for employment in the bargaining unit member’s assigned academic unit(s). Untenured bargaining unit members on the tenure track hold annual appointments during the probationary period. These appointments are typically renewed prior to the tenure review. An unsuccessful tenure review will result in a terminal appointment of one academic year. Tenure is continued indefinitely, except in the case of resignation, retirement, tenure relinquishment, termination for cause, financial exigency, or program eliminations, reorganizations, or reductions in size.