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Annual Faculty Evaluation Form 3 Evaluation of Academic Personnel and forwards it to the
dean.
Each annual performance review shall be completed no later than April 1 of the subsequent year
for the period of the prior calendar year.
4.6 Notification of Renewal and Non –Renewal of Appointments
The Dean or other appropriate University officials shall give notice of the decision not to retain a
tenure-track probationary faculty member in accordance with the following standards:
a) Written notice shall be given in a manner reasonably calculated to provide actual notice
to the faculty member. This may include, but is not limited to, mailing to the member’s
known address (as shown on the University records), delivering through the usual
intradepartmental or interdepartmental university mail system, or delivering in person,
b) Notice shall be governed by the following time frame:
1) No later than three months before the end of the first academic year of
probationary service,
2) Not later than six months before the end of the second year of probationary
service,
3) At least twelve months before the expiration of the probationary appointment
after two or more years at the University.
Each contract given to a non-tenured teacher shall include notice of tenure-track or non-tenuretrack
status and current number of years, if any, credited toward tenure.
4.7 Length of Tenure-Track Service
For tenure-eligible faculty, the length of probationary service will be governed by the following
regulations:
Unless otherwise provided for, a probationary period shall be six years of full-term service in a
tenure-track position in the academic ranks of professor, associate professor, assistant professor,
or any combination thereof. At the discretion of the University administration, time spent as an
instructor may be considered toward the six-year probationary period once the faculty member
has attained the rank of Associate Professor.
For the purpose of calculating the period of probationary service, an academic year shall consist
of two long semesters (i.e., the fall semester and the spring semester). Summer terms shall not
be counted toward fulfilling the period of probationary service.
A faculty member shall be considered to be on full-time academic service when in full
compliance with the University’s standards pertaining to a normal faculty workload.
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