Equivalencies for Non-Traditional Career Paths Sample Clauses

Equivalencies for Non-Traditional Career Paths. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ University may wish to establish non-traditional academic and professional equivalencies by means of external evaluation for purposes of initial appointment, tenure, and/or promotion. For initial appointments, the Department/Unit, Selection Committee, ▇▇▇▇, and Union must agree that this process may be used in advance of issuing the advertisement for the position, and it must be clearly indicated within the advertisement. Such external evaluations are not to be requested for individual items of work published in refereed journals or books; neither are they meant to transfer the responsibility of making judgments from the ▇▇▇▇/Director or Committee to an external body. Appropriate questions for external evaluations concern, for example, the general significance of an applicant or Member's work or contributions in the area of specialization or work in progress; and/or their standing within the area of specialization, peer group, or community. In such cases, the ▇▇▇▇/Director and/or the Committee shall request a list of no fewer than three (3) possible referees from the applicant or Member and accompanying rationale as to how the referees can attest to their work. All parties will disclose any potential conflict of interest and/or conflict of commitment with respect to referees. Based upon this consideration, a referee may be rejected and additional referees may be solicited by the Committee. The Committee will consider the applicant or Member’s list and obtain references from not less than two (2) persons on that list. In addition, it will obtain references from one other qualified person whose name will be provided to the Committee by the appropriate ▇▇▇▇/Director in consultation with the Department. If additional referees are required, their names shall be submitted to the applicant or Member for their approval. Assessments shall not be solicited without the consent of the applicant or Member, but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.