Selection and Review of Department Chairs. 1. When a new chair of a department (or administrator of equal function) is to be appointed, a committee shall be formed to seek and recommend candidates to the xxxx. Such a committee shall include N faculty members and academic-staff members from the department in question elected by the department for which the chair is being sought. One (1) student representative shall be selected by the School/College student council from among the departmental majors of that department. The President or his/her designee shall appoint N members. In clinical departments in the School of Medicine the membership of the committee shall include N members elected by the faculty of the department, N members appointed by the President or his/her designee, and one (1) student representative selected by the School/College student council from among the departmental majors of that department. At the discretion of the President or his/her designee, the committee may include one (1) or more representatives of affiliate medical organizations, up to a maximum of N. The above committee structures shall not obtain in those departments with fewer than five (5) tenured full-time faculty and academic staff holding tenure or employment security status, in which case the membership shall be appointed by the President or his/her designee but shall include not less than one-half (1/2) bargaining-unit members including representation from the department in question. The President or his/her designee shall appoint the chair of the committee from among the committee members. The President or his/her designee shall establish the procedures for the search. A slate of at least three (3) candidates for chair shall be presented to the President or his/her designee. Fewer than three (3) candidates may be presented to the President or his/her designee, if mutually agreeable to the President or his/her designee and the committee. If the position is not filled by one of the candidates, the committee shall readdress the question. If the position is still not filled after a second slate of candidates is presented, the matter shall be forwarded to the President or his/her designee for whatever action or decision s/he deems appropriate.
