University Review Committee. (a) There shall be a University Review Committee which shall review the qualifications and performance of all Faculty Members being considered for renewal, promotion or tenure. The Committee shall consist of the Vice- President, Academic and Research or their designate, who shall be the chairperson and have a vote; one (1) Xxxx from the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Science or the Xxxxx School of Business other than that of the candidate under consideration, to be appointed by the Employer; three (3) Faculty members with one from each of the Faculties of Arts, Science and the Xxxxx School of Business to be elected under the auspices of the Senate each year in April as provided in paragraph (b) hereof. In the case of a candidate being considered for promotion to the rank of Full Professor, at least two members of the University Review Committee shall be Faculty Members holding the rank of Full Professor drawn as necessary from a panel elected under the auspices of Senate. If no vacancy exists on the Committee through the operation of Article 11.1.40(c), these members (i.e., panel members holding the rank of Full Professor) shall replace the regular members elected to the Committee that year with the lesser plurality.
(b) Election of Faculty Members shall take place annually in the spring term no later than April 15, and the results shall be made known to the members of the Committee, the President of the University and the President of the Union no later than April 30. The election of Faculty Members shall produce:
i) A panel of not less than six tenured Faculty members with at least two from each of the Faculties of Arts, Science and the Xxxxx School of Business. The Faculty member in each Faculty receiving the highest number of votes shall sit as a regular member of the Committee for a two year period and the remaining faculty members shall serve as alternates in order of plurality;
ii) A panel of six Professors (no more than two being drawn from each of the Faculties of Arts, Science and the Xxxxx School of Business) who shall serve for a two year period, as may be required, in order of plurality on the University Review Committee for the purpose of considering candidates for promotion to the rank of Full Professor. Members of this panel may also serve as alternates to elected members of the committee in those circumstances when alternates elected under 11.1.40(b)ii) are not available.
(c) In no case, however, shall any Faculty Member sit on the Commit...
University Review Committee. The University Review Committee shall be the same in the case of promotions as it is in the case of tenure.
University Review Committee. The University shall have a review committee to consider tenure and other matters specifically assigned to this committee in the Agreement. The University Review Committee shall be made up of nine tenured or continuing employees plus the Vice-President Academic and Xxxxxxx who shall be chair. The nine employees shall be nominated to this committee by the Nominations Committee of Council and approved by Council with the length of their term specified so as to ensure a reasonable turnover of membership. Employees shall not be nominated for membership if they have served on the University Review Committee in the previous three years or if they have agreed to serve on a College review committee in that academic year. In addition to those members mentioned above, two nominees of the Association shall serve as observers on the University Review Committee with voice, but without vote. The Nominations Committee of Council shall strive to achieve representation from a wide range of disciplinary areas while also respecting the commitment of diversity (Article 7).
University Review Committee. The powers of the University Review Committee with respect to promotions shall be:
(i) from time to time to require that Colleges review and revise standards of performance;
(ii) to receive, review and approve College criteria and standards of performance for promotion for each rank and use them as the basis for formulating University criteria and standards. The University Review Committee shall establish criteria and standards after receiving and reviewing standards from all Colleges. If a College does not develop standards within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by the University Review Committee, the University Review Committee may use the standards developed by the other Colleges in the University as the basis for formulating University criteria and standards. In the absence of approved College standards the University standards shall apply;
(iii) to establish the University's criteria and standards of promotion for each rank;
(iv) to communicate the University's criteria and standards of promotion for each rank to College Promotions and Review Committees;
(v) to receive and consider written appeals from individual employees when the College recommendation is against promotion to the ranks specified in (vi) below;
(vi) to receive and review College recommendations for promotion to the ranks of Professor and Librarian and approve them if they are not inconsistent with the standards of the department, College, and the University;
(vii) to receive oral presentations from the chairs of subordinate committees when the University Review Committee deems it appropriate;
(viii) to submit to the President for transmission to the Board the University's recommendations for promotion.
University Review Committee. The powers of the University Review Committee with respect to renewal of probation and tenure shall be:
(i) from time to time require that departments and colleges review and revise standards of performance;
(ii) to receive, review and approve College criteria and standards of performance for renewal of probation and tenure and use them as the basis for formulating University criteria and standards. The University Review Committee shall establish criteria and standards after receiving and reviewing standards from all Colleges. If a College does not develop standards within a reasonable time after being requested to do so by the University Review Committee, the University Review Committee may use the standards developed by the other Colleges in the University as the basis for formulating University criteria and standards. In the absence of approved College standards the University standards shall apply;
(iii) to establish the University's criteria and standards of performance for renewal of probation and tenure;
(iv) to communicate the University's criteria and standards for renewal of probation and tenure to the College Review Committees;
(v) to review College recommendations for the renewal of probation from College renewal and tenure committees and all College recommendations for the award of tenure and approve them if they are not inconsistent with the standards of the Department, College, and University;
(vi) to review College recommendations against renewal of probation and award of tenure, receiving and considering a written appeal and hearing an oral presentation from the employee concerned if that employee wishes to present such evidence in accordance with Article 14.5.5 or Article 15.11.6;
(vii) if the appeal is unsuccessful, may recommend an extension of probation up to a maximum of two years notwithstanding the provisions of Article 13.3.2.1, 13.3.2.2, and 13.3.2.4.. However, an employee may receive only one such extension.
(viii) to submit to the President for transmission to the Board its recommendations for renewal of probation and the award of tenure.
