Academic Judgment Sample Clauses

Academic Judgment. (a) Academic judgment exercised in the evaluation of faculty shall mean the judgment of academic authorities (including faculty, chairperson, division directors, deans, and president) as to whether to recommend appointment, reappointment, promotion, and tenure for a particular individual on the basis of established ARPT procedures, criteria, and information. In the arbitration of any grievance or action, in whole or in part, based upon such academic judgment, the arbitrator shall not review the merits of the academic judgment or substitute his own judgment. (b) The FRC shall make its recommendations on the basis of individual merit as judged by the criteria in Section 2(b) above. The FRC shall notify each candidate of its recommendation within ten (10) days of having formulated its recommendation and shall concurrently forward a copy of its evaluation to the department chair for inclusion in the candidate’s personal file. The candidate shall have the opportunity to address errors of fact. (c) The President or his/her designee shall make his/her reappointment, promotion, and tenure determinations on the bases of academic merit and institutional need. However, when the President or his/her designee disagrees with the recommendation of the FRC, the President or his/her designee shall meet with the FRC for the purpose of giving his/her reasons in person. (A delegate may represent the President in this matter.) Should the President or his/her designee and the FRC still disagree, both parties will reconsider. If the parties fail to reconcile views, the President or his/her designee shall proceed with his/her recommendation to the Board of Trustees after notifying the FRC in writing, not more than ten (10) days after the final meeting between the President or his/her designee and the FRC, of the reasons for his/her disagreement. The FRC shall be free to notify the candidate of the content of the President or his/her designee's communication. (d) In any case in which only the President or his/her designee has forwarded to the Board of Trustees a negative recommendation on promotion or tenure, and in which the Board denies the petition for promotion or tenure, the President or his/her designee shall provide the candidate a written statement of reasons for his/her negative recommendation within thirty (30) days of having received a written request for such statement from the candidate.