Common use of Tenure Track Appointment Clause in Contracts

Tenure Track Appointment. A tenure-track appointment is one that leads to eligibility for consideration for appointment with tenure. Time spent in a tenure-track appointment in the academic unit within which tenure is sought shall count toward the time for mandatory review for tenure. Notification of the year of mandatory review shall be made in the initial and subsequent appointment letters. Non-retention of a tenure track appointment shall be made in accordance with the notification time periods required by this Agreement. A tenure track appointment may be made at less than 100 percent, but must be more than 50 percent, of FTE status. The Bargaining Unit Member’s percent of FTE status can only be increased or decreased with the consent of the Bargaining Unit Member and the approval of the chancellor with the recommendation from the xxxxxxx and appropriate xxxx or campus executive.