Faculty Appointments, Tenure, Promotions, Leaves and Terminations

A. Procedures for Academic Appointments to Tenured or Tenure-Track (Regular) Positions
B. Visiting Appointments
C. Diversity and Inclusion in Search and Appointment Procedures
D. Duration of Appointments and Procedures For Reappointments To Tenure-Track Positions
1. Duration of Initial Appointment
2. Annual Conversation with the Chair
3. The Meaning of Reappointment
4. Reappointment Procedures
5. The Reappointment Schedule in Relation to the Tenure Decision
E. Tenure For Regular Full-time Members of the Faculty
1. The Meaning of Tenure
2. The Timing of the Tenure Decision
3. The Criteria for Tenure
4. Procedures Followed in Tenure Decisions
F. Tenure For Regular Part-time Members of the Faculty
G. Promotion
H. Leave Policy, Fellowships, and Research And Professional Support
1. Sabbatic Leaves and Leaves of Absence
2. Fringe Benefits during Sabbatic Leave and Leaves of Absence without Pay
3. Leaves of Absence for Temporary Disability, Illness or Parenting
4. Leaves of Absence for Family or Pressing Personal Reasons
5. Trustee Faculty Fellowships
6. Miner D. Crary Summer Fellowship
7. Miner D. Crary Sabbatical Fellowship Class of 1952 Dean Eugene S. Wilson Faculty Development Fellowship Senior Sabbatical Fellowships for Tenured Faculty
8. External Fellowships and Grants
9. Institutional Support for Faculty Research
I. Termination, Dismissal For Cause, and Grievance Procedures
1. Termination
2. Dismissal, suspension, demotion in rank, or deprivation of pay for cause (Voted by the Faculty, May 1995)
3. Grievance Procedures for Members of the Faculty (Voted by the Faculty, October 1986)
4. Resolution of Student Grievances with Members of the Faculty (Voted by the Faculty, May 1995)
5. Resolution of Faculty Grievances with Students