DEFINITIONS:

Administrative Stipend

A supplemental payment provided to a faculty member for taking on administrative duties, which is in addition to their base faculty salary.

Home Department

The academic department or unit in which a senior academic administrator holds or is assigned their underlying faculty appointment.

Senior Academic Administrators

Faculty members with tenured or tenure-track appointments who also hold administrative appointments and who typically serve in executive-level leadership roles, including, but not limited to the President, the Provost and Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs, Vice/Associate/Assistant Vice Provosts, and Deans.

Severance Agreement

A contractual agreement that may be negotiated between KSU and a separating administrator, which outlines terms of separation and may include severance pay.

Tenure Clock

The probationary period for a tenure-track faculty member leading to a tenure review.

PROCESS:

The following conditions and procedures apply when senior academic administrators with underlying tenured or tenure-track faculty appointments transition from their administrative roles, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

Retreat to an Underlying Faculty Appointment

An administrator holding a concurrent tenured or tenure-track faculty appointment may return to that underlying faculty appointment within their home department.

For Tenured Faculty:

• The administrator returns to their tenured faculty appointment with all the rights and responsibilities of faculty in the home department.
• This return is contingent upon no institutional due process or termination proceeding being initiated to discharge or demote the employee from their tenured position, in accordance with applicable statutory provisions and KSU policies.

For Tenure-Track Faculty: