A tenure track contract is for a designated period not to exceed one academic year and automatically terminates upon the expiration of that period. All faculty members who receive a tenure track contract are placed on a probationary status for a period not to exceed six years. Employment under a tenure track contract entitles a faculty member to receive notice in accordance with the following schedule if the University determines not to rehire the faculty member during the subsequent academic year:
A tenure contract is for an academic year and gives the faculty member the contractual right to be re-employed for succeeding academic years until the faculty member resigns, retires, is discharged for cause, is terminated pursuant to a reduction in force, or becomes disabled or dies. Faculty members with tenure contracts are subject to changes in the terms and conditions of employment which exist from academic year to academic year (including salary adjustments, promotion, etc.), provided such changes are made in accordance with University policies in effect for all faculty members.
Employment of full-time faculty is usually for a period of nine or twelve months. The period of employment, the salary, and the basis for employment, whether permanent or term, are stated in a contract provided to each faculty member.
Every effort is made to provide the notice of reappointment and the contracts by May 1 to all faculty members who are to be employed in the following academic year.
The nine-month appointment begins in August and ends in May. The twelve-month appointment begins on July 1 and ends on June 30.
Faculty employed for fewer than twelve months during a year may enter into an agreement with the University for supplementary employment (summer school, for instance) for additional remuneration.
Term faculty will receive annual contracts but with the potential for multiple-year
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