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SECTION SIX
POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR GENERAL FACULTY DSICIPLINE AND
TERMINATION FOR FINANCIAL EXIGENCY OR INSTITUTIONAL
CONTINGENCY
6.0 General Disciplinary and Policy and Procedure
A faculty member found in violation of applicable rules and regulations of the university or State
may be subject to disciplinary action ranging from a formal warning, to a letter of reprimand, or
SUSPENSION from the University. Upon the occurrence of such a violation, the academic unit
of such faculty member shall establish a faculty committee to review allegations of faculty
conduct that violate these rules. The immediate superior of the faculty member in question shall
review allegations of faculty violations of the applicable rules and make recommendations
accordingly. Faculty members shall retain the right to appeal any adverse review to a higher
administrative level and/or to a duly constituted faculty governance committee.
6.1 Termination From Employment for Financial Exigency or Institutional
Contingency
(Dismissal or removal of a faculty member with tenure or of a non-tenured faculty member
before the end of a specified term of appointment can be for one of the following causes; 1)
Financial exigencies which are demonstrably bona fide, or 2) institutional contingencies such as
curtailment or discontinuation of programs, departments, or schools. Cases of bona fide
financial exigency or phasing out of institutional programs requiring a reduction of faculty may
give rise to exceptions to tenure regulations and/or other provisions on rank, tenure, promotion
and salary in the Faculty Manual. Such exigencies will be governed by provisions of the Faculty
Reduction Contingency Plan, as adopted by the Board of Regents.
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