The Department Chairperson. The Xxxx may designate another administrator with faculty status to fulfill the Department Chair responsibilities outlined below. In such instances the Xxxx will provide the customary second level of review within the unit. Appointment of a designee is not required, however, and in those cases where no designee is appointed, the Xxxx will serve as the only level of administrative review within the unit. While normally the Department Chairperson fulfills the responsibilities outlined below, even in areas where there are Department Chairpersons, the Xxxx reserves the right to appoint a non-bargaining unit faculty member (such as a director or vice chairperson) instead of the Chair to serve as the Xxxx'x designee for reappointment, promotion, and tenure purposes. The Union shall be notified when it occurs. The Department Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee, shall be responsible for reviewing the dossier for completeness and completing a Chair’s statement. He/she shall also insert in the dossier letters by the Faculty Standards Committee (“FSC”) and Xxxx from the most recent review for RPT, as well as letters from the Professional Standards Committee (“PSC”) and Xxxxxxx, if such exist. The Chairperson/Xxxx’x designee is required to seek and incorporate the input of the applicable administrator of any secondary units, as described in Section 2 of this Article, and the departmental/unit faculty, subject to the following limitations: • All departmental/unit faculty are permitted to read and comment on the dossier. However, in all tenure or promotion/tenure cases, only department tenured faculty are permitted to vote on such recommendations. • In all other promotion cases – whether tenure-track or non-tenure-track – only those department faculty who hold the same or higher rank than that being sought by the candidate are permitted to vote on the promotion recommendation. However, a department may allow Associate Professors to vote on promotion to Professor if indicated in its RPT guidelines and procedures. Whether tenure-track or not, Professors are permitted to vote on any such case; Associate Professors are permitted to vote on promotion to Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer; and Assistant Professors and Senior Lecturers are permitted to vote on promotion to Senior Lecturers. • In cases where there are an insufficient number of faculty evaluators who meet these standards, the department may utilize faculty from other cognate departments who do meet these standards. ...
The Department Chairperson. The parties recognize that the department chairperson is an administrator charged with managerial and supervisory duties and that as department chairperson, he/she reports to the xxxx and serves at all times at the pleasure of the president of the University. The parties further recognize that the chairperson retains earned academic rank and tenure status and has responsibilities for teaching, scholarship, and University service. For purposes of this Article, the Director of The Xxxx School of Music is considered a chairperson; the Director of Africana Studies is not considered a chairperson. The department chairperson shall post office hours and be available for consultation with his/her colleagues on departmental matters.
