Common use of Post-Tenure Review Clause in Contracts

Post-Tenure Review. The University recognizes that the purpose of tenure is to protect academic freedom. The purpose of instituting a post-tenure review procedure is to comply with the state's post-tenure review statute, which calls for the regular, periodic review of all tenured faculty members. Post- Tenure review will be based on an evaluation of the faculty member's teaching, scholarly activity, and service to the University and community as described in this article. The timelines set forth below are a guideline for the process. While every effort will be made to adhere to the timelines, failure to adhere to timelines does not in and of itself justify a grievance. When a timeline is not met by the Administration, a written explanation must be provided to the faculty member. A faculty member grieving a failure to meet a timeline must demonstrate as part of the grievance process that the decision was prejudiced by the failure to meet the timeline.

Post-Tenure Review. The University recognizes that the purpose of tenure is to protect academic freedom. The purpose of instituting a post-tenure review procedure is to comply with the state's state‟s post-tenure review statute, which calls for the regular, periodic review of all tenured faculty membersfaculty. Post- Tenure Post-tenure review will be based on an evaluation of the faculty member's member‟s teaching, scholarly activity, activity and service to the University and community as described in this article. The timelines set forth below are a guideline for the process. While every effort will be made to adhere to the timelines, failure to adhere to timelines does not in and of itself justify a grievance. When a timeline is not met by the Administration, a written explanation must be provided to the faculty member. A faculty member grieving a failure to meet a timeline must demonstrate as part of the grievance process that the tenure decision was prejudiced by the failure to meet the timeline.