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Academic Affairs and the Dean will send copies of their respective recommendations to the applicant
and to his/her immediate supervisor at that time.
The President is responsible for the final decision to recommend an award of tenure to the Board of
Trustees. However, the decision of the Committee on Rank and Tenure regarding the fitness of the
faculty member for tenure is recommended to the Board of Trustees by the President except in the
following situations:
a. when the President believes that the Committee on Rank and Tenure did not follow the
procedures established above; or
b. when the Committee on Rank and Tenure did not obtain evaluations of the material
submitted by the faculty member by an appropriate off-campus expert and the President
deems it desirable to obtain such an opinion; or
c. when the President has pertinent information, including, but not limited to, the
independent recommendations of the Dean and the Vice President for Academic Affairs,
which was not utilized by the Committee at the time of its deliberations; or
d. when the President judges that the faculty member has not adequately demonstrated that
s/he promotes the advancement of the University’s educational goals or consistently
performed the duties and responsibilities of faculty members as set forth in this
handbook.
In such instances, the President will forward such information to the Committee for its consideration and
the Committee will notify the President, in writing, of any change(s) in its recommendations. If a
difference of opinion continues to exist between the President and the Committee on Rank and Tenure,
the President or his designee will confer with the Committee and the Dean, attempting to resolve this
difference of opinion prior to the President's decision, which in any event shall be final. In unusual
circumstances, a final decision may be deferred until after March 15, provided that all interested parties
are informed in writing of the reasons for the delay and the anticipated date of the decision.
Normally the Vice President for Academic Affairs will simultaneously inform in writing within ten
working days after the Spring Board of Trustees meeting the faculty member, the department chair or
program director, the Dean, and the Committee on Rank and Tenure of the action of the Board of Trustees
on the application for advancement to tenure. If a decision on tenure is negative, the appointment for the
following year becomes a terminal one. If a decision on tenure is positive, the appointment for the
following year is as a tenured faculty member.
If all parties involved in the process of tenure review of a candidate agree in writing in advance, these
deadlines can be extended. If deadlines or extended deadlines are not met by the candidate, the
application will not be reviewed that year. If major deadlines are not met by the supervisor, the
Committee, the Dean, the Vice President for Academic Affairs, or the President, the Committee (or the
President if the Committee has missed a major deadline or the Board of Trustees if the President has
missed a major deadline) will take whatever steps seem appropriate to guarantee that subsequent
deadlines are met.
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