Chapter Four

Sec. 4.1.1 Full-time Faculty Appointments

A. Nontenurable Full-Time Appointments

1. Temporary Appointments
   Temporary appointments to the various academic ranks may be made for specifically limited time periods less than one year or for special purposes. In no case shall a temporary appointment or a renewal thereof result in the acquisition of tenure.
2. Term Appointments
   1. Term faculty may be appointed for a contract period not to exceed 3 years. Such appointments shall not be tenurable. No term contract, continuation, or renewal shall result in the acquisition of tenure or imply renewal for subsequent terms.
   2. Term faculty appointments may be funded through general funds, restricted funds, or clinical revenues. In each unit, term appointments funded through general funds must number less than 50% of the total number of probationary and tenured appointments in that unit. (Please see Sec. 3.3.1)
   3. Unit documents shall specify the maximum term, criteria for appointment, procedures for evaluation and promotion, and governance franchise for nontenurable faculty.
   4. A nontenurable faculty member shall be eligible to apply for and be appointed to a tenurable position. The Executive Vice President and University Provost’s letter of appointment shall state whether and to what extent the new appointment shall consider time served in nontenurable status as prior service (Sec. 4.1.1.C.4).

B. Probationary Appointments

1. Definition
   Probationary appointments shall be appointments of full-time faculty members without tenure other than those described in Sec. 4.1.2, provided, however, that no probationary appointment to the University shall extend beyond the period when tenure would normally be granted (Sec. 4.2.2.).
2. Instructors
   Probationary appointments to the rank of instructor shall be for stipulated terms of one year each.
3. Assistant and Associate Professors
   Probationary appointments to the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor shall be for stipulated terms not to exceed two years on the initial appointment, nor three years for appointments made thereafter.
4. Professors
   Professors shall be awarded tenure if employed subsequent to the initial probationary appointment.

C. Tenure Appointments

1. Definition
   Tenure is the right of certain full-time faculty personnel who hold academic rank to continuous full-time employment without reduction in academic rank until retirement or termination as provided in Sec. 4.5.3. Tenure is granted in an academic unit (Sec. 3.1.1) in accordance with the procedures established in Sec.4.2.2.H.
2. Administrators
   Administrative personnel who have acquired tenure are subject to the regulations herein on tenure and the provisions governing termination only in their capacities as faculty members.
3. Tenure Recommendations
   Recommendations concerning the award or denial of tenure shall originate in the faculty of the academic unit in which tenure is to be granted.
4. Establishment of Tenure Date
   For probationary appointments, the date of mandatory tenure and the number of years of previous full-time service to be counted toward acquisition of tenure shall be stipulated by the Executive Vice President and University Provost and agreed to in writing by the nominee before the appointment is made by the Board of Trustees.

Sec. 4.1.2 Part-time appointments

Part-time faculty shall be appointed by contract to teach specified courses or to engage in specified instruction, research or service less than full time for a designated period. No such appointment, continuation, or renewal thereof shall result in acquisition of tenure or implied renewal for subsequent periods. Part-time faculty may qualify for certain benefits as authorized by the University. Part-time faculty may be elected to the Faculty Senate and may be appointed or elected to University or unit committees as specified by contract, University or unit personnel documents. Such service shall be accounted for and recognized in the individual contract. Part-time faculty shall hold rank according to education and experience. Part-time faculty shall have an appeal process as provided for in the terms of appointment.

Deans may appoint or reappoint part-time faculty for each academic term at the convenience of the University on standard contract terms approved by the Executive Vice President and University Provost. Criteria for appointment and promotion shall be defined in the unit personnel document. Part-time faculty appointments shall not be eligible for tenure or count toward time for acquisition of tenure.

Sec. 4.1.3 Emeritus

Such honorary title may be conferred upon retired faculty if requested by the unit faculty (or, if permitted in unit personnel documents, by department faculty) and dean and approved by the President and Board of Trustees.