Selection of the Department Chair. 12. Any New Institutional Performance Indicators included in materials provided to external reviewers invited to review the Department as part of the Chair selection process shall be in accord with the provisions of the Article Institutional Performance Indicators.
Selection of the Department Chair. In the fifth year of a Chair’s term, as provided above or when a vacancy occurs in the position of Chair, the following procedure will apply. To be eligible for selection as a Department Chair, an individual must be tenured or have received notification of tenure prior to the beginning of their term. The Xxxx shall convene a department meeting to determine criteria and procedures to designate a Chair. During this initial meeting the department shall select either a member of the department or the Xxxx to facilitate the meeting. At their discretion, the President of the Association may designate an individual to attend this meeting as an observer. The Xxxx will inform the President of the Association of the meeting at least one (1) week in advance. Such criteria and procedures must be acceptable both to the Xxxx and the department faculty and will provide for one (1) nominee. The individual nominated by the faculty must be a current member of the full-time faculty or the incumbent Chair of the department unless the faculty members in the department and the Xxxx mutually agree to open the selection process to candidates from outside the department and there is a vacant position budgeted in the department. Every full-time department faculty member, including persons on leave but excluding an individual on a post-doctoral contract, will have a vote in the selection of the nominee. However, a faculty member holding a Term or Temporary appointment is not entitled to vote for a Chair whose term begins after the expiration of that faculty member’s contract unless the Xxxx has already recommended that the individual’s contract be renewed for the following academic year. The incumbent Chair will vote in this procedure and may be a nominee. The bargaining unit members of the department will determine which other members of the department beyond those identified in Article 2.5, if any, shall be eligible to vote for election of the Chair. Votes shall consist of secret, written ballots. Alternatively, at their discretion, an individual may cast a vote electronically. The Xxxx will forward their own recommendation regarding the selected nominee, along with the department’s recommendation, to the Xxxxxxx of the University. If the nominee is acceptable to the Xxxxxxx, they will proceed to appoint the nominee. If the nominee is not acceptable, the Xxxxxxx will meet with the department faculty as a whole to review the reasons for their conclusions. If such discussions do not...
