NUMBER, VOLUME, & SECTION: [TBD]

APPROVED BY: INTERIM PRESIDENT RONALD A. JOHNSON

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 7, 2022

REVISED FROM: N/A

At Kentucky State University, all voluntary and involuntary separation(s) from senior academic administrative position(s) are governed by the terms as defined by the Separation and Retreat Policy.

Administrative faculty members who primarily perform work related to the management of the educational and operational activities related to the University are categorized as senior academic administrators at Kentucky State University. All senior-level administrative appointments are at the discretion of the appropriate appointing authority, and in the case of Provost/Vice-President of Academic Affairs, serves at the pleasure of the President of the University. As such, a senior-level administrative appointment may be terminated at any time, with or without cause. Termination of the administrative appointment, however, does not terminate the underlying faculty appointment.

The following conditions apply when senior academic administrators retreat to faculty status, either voluntarily or involuntarily:

Return to a Tenured Faculty Position.

A. An administrator who holds a concurrent tenured faculty appointment may return to that appointment with all the rights and responsibilities of faculty in the home department unless an institutional due process or

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