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