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Upon completion of the grievance process, all recordings, documents, and
materials related to the processing of a formal grievance shall be forwarded to the
Provost for protected storage. The confidentiality of such records will be
protected to the extent possible under the law.
3) Faculty Grievance Committee
a. Role
The Faculty Grievance Committee shall be advisory to the Provost and, at the
request of the grievant or the Provost, shall make an inquiry into an
unresolved grievance and provide a written recommendation to the Provost
concerning its resolution.
b. Formation
The Faculty Grievance Committee shall consist of one elected faculty
representative and one alternate from each of the schools of the university.
The election of representatives shall be coordinated by the faculty governance
organization of each school. Members will serve a three-year renewable term;
alternates shall serve and vote only in the absence of the elected
representative.
c. Inquiry Procedures
Each grievance forwarded to the Faculty Grievance Committee for a factfinding
inquiry shall be assigned to a three-member panel randomly selected
from among the committee's members by the Provost or his or her designee.
The representative or alternate from the grievant's school shall not be eligible
for selection.
The panel shall choose a chair from among its members who will be
responsible for scheduling a time and place for the grievance inquiry. The
chair shall also request that the parties to the grievance submit written
statements of their positions with regard to the grievance, and provide the
names of persons with relevant information and copies of relevant documents
concerning the grievance to the chair at least 10 working days before the
inquiry. The chair shall ensure that relevant documents are identified and
distributed to panel members and notify other persons with information
relevant to the inquiry of the need to appear at the inquiry.
During the inquiry, members of the Faculty Grievance Panel may ask
questions of the parties and of other persons with information relevant to the
inquiry. The parties or their representatives shall not be allowed to question
witnesses except at the discretion of the chair.
All interactions between the panels, parties to the grievance, and other persons
questioned at the inquiry will be tape-recorded.
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