• Re-write in the hypothetical instead of definitive.
• Separate into two resolutions instead of one. Another suggestion was to change the order and place the dismissal resolution first. One Senator asked if there was any reason not to separate and a straw poll decided on separation.

A Senator asked how the resolutions will move up to the Board and President Smith indicated that will be in the hands of Regent McFayden.

The problems with continued suspension of Tenure and Promotion were discussed.

• At least one faculty member has left specifically because of the suspension and took a job elsewhere.
• There appears to have been no vote by the Board of Regents to suspend for AY 2015-16. Board minutes do not reflect a vote. The original vote of approval was for AY 2014-15.
• If reinstated this year the schedule (timeline) is already behind and if it is reinstated the end deadlines will have to be adjusted for time to prepare Dossiers. Any resulting hardships should not be on the shoulders of faculty, but rather the administration.

Senator Landy moved to adopt two separate resolutions, with the above listed amendments. Senator Griffiths seconded the motion. The resolutions passed unanimously by voice vote.

A Senator asked that Regent McFayden follow-up on these motions.

Below are the resolutions, as amended.

Senate Resolution on Tenure and Promotion

Faculty Senate urges the administration to adhere to all applicable Faculty Handbook policies and regarding the tenure and promotion review process.

For tenure and promotion review, the administration is in violation of section 2.7.8 of the Faculty Handbook, which states:

By no later than the beginning of each academic year, the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs shall prepare and distribute the calendar stating deadlines for University-level review of promotion and/or tenure applications. This calendar shall be distributed to all full-time University faculty members at the beginning of each academic year.

Senate inquiries as to when this year's review process will begin have met with the conflicting explanations that the President has not yet decided and that the Regents voted against having tenure and promotion this year. While the Board of Regents voted in November of 2014 to suspend the tenure and promotion review process for the 2014-15 academic year, it did not vote to suspend the process indefinitely or for this academic year. We urge the administration to delay no further in distributing the calendar and beginning the tenure and promotion review process immediately for new applicants and resuming the process where it ended for last year's applicants (the review of the Vice President for Academic Affairs).