Faculty Handbook - Fairmont State University

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127 III. IV. maintenance. Personal services expenditures in the non-faculty area will be reduced by any or all of the following means in concurrence with actions outlined in Part III. A. Reassignment of non-faculty personnel. B. Elimination and/or consolidation of positions with corresponding termination or reassignment of non-faculty personnel. C. Adjustment of contract period on non-faculty personnel. D. Downgrading of positions accompanied by reassignment or salary adjustment of nonfaculty personnel affected. Where possible, seniority will be a prime consideration in reassignments and terminations of these personnel. Personal services expenditures in the faculty area will be reduced by any or all of the following means in concurrence with actions outlined in Part II: A. Elimination of off-campus classes. B. Elimination of part-time faculty positions except in those in which there are no fulltime faculty members who have the qualifications required to teach a given class and those instances in which the average full-time faculty member is already teaching a schedule that exceeds normal expectations in terms of student credit hours per semester. The normal expectations would be those that the Board of Directors uses to determine funding, but would also take into account any special requirements imposed by a particular discipline. C. Adjustment of time released from instruction as compensation for other duties performed. D. Continued program evaluation and discontinuance or reduction of programs. Faculty affected through discontinuance or reduction will be reassigned or terminated in accordance with established policy. E. Freezing new employment except in instances where such employment is necessary to meet programmatic needs and in instances in which faculty in an academic discipline are already exceeding the normal workload. F. Summer school adjustments as to salary and/or number of classes offered. If the Higher Education Policy Commission should declare a financial exigency at Fairmont State University, the procedure for the termination of faculty outlined below will be implemented only if the financial and personnel reductions resulting from actions I, II and III have been proven to be insufficient to meet the exigency. The final authority in the implementation of the plan is the President, who will receive recommendations from the faculty and administration. Within a reasonable period of time after a financial exigency has been declared, a Financial Exigency Committee will be established. The Committee will consist of one elected full-time faculty representative from each School. In addition to the elected members, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Vice President for Administrative and Fiscal Affairs, and the Personnel Director will be non-voting members. The chairperson of the Committee will be elected by the faculty representatives.
128 Prior to the termination of any faculty employment due to financial exigency, a good faith effort will be initiated to: 1) provide retraining opportunities, 2) reassign faculty, and 3) encourage early retirement. A. Procedure for Termination of Faculty Employment 1. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs will request School Chairs to submit prioritized lists of faculty positions within their respective Schools that could be eliminated with the least distortion to the academic needs of the School. The number of positions to be identified will be determined by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs based upon the degree of the exigency. Each School will identify the same number of positions. Each chairperson will consult with School faculty in determining the positions to be eliminated. Each chairperson will also submit a written justification for the termination and retention of all positions within the School. 2. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs will review the list of positions and justifications received from the chairpersons and meet with them to discuss potential courses of action. After meeting with chairpersons, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs will determine the number of positions to be terminated in each School. The number of terminations per School may vary. 3. The recommendation and written justification of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs will be submitted to the University President and to the Financial Exigency Committee. 4. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs will charge the Committee with making an independent recommendation to the President. The Committee will have access to all relevant information. 5. After a reasonable period of time, the Committee will prepare and submit to the President a written summary of its findings, recommendation, and justification. 6. The President will determine the final course of action. The President's decision along with the reports of the Committee and the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs will be submitted to the Institutional Board of Governors for review. 7. The President will give each faculty member whose employment will be terminated "written notice of termination by certified mail, return receipt requested, which notice shall contain: a. A delineation of the rationale used by the Board of Directors for the determination of a financial exigency; b. A copy of the implementation procedures used by the institution related to the financial exigency and a delineation of the rationale used for the termination of the faculty; and c. A description of the appeal process available to the faculty member." B. Criteria to be used in Termination of Faculty Employment 1. Non-tenured faculty will be terminated before tenured faculty, except where serious distortion of the academic needs of a School would result.
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