upon the candidate’s meeting the necessary standards for teaching effectiveness, scholarly/creative activity, and service to the President. The President shall make a recommendation to the Board of Regents whose action shall be final. A copy of the recommendation of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs will be sent to the candidate, who has five working days to provide a response to the recommendation to the President.

The President will notify applicants and the appropriate administrators in writing no later than February 1 of what he or she intends to recommend to the Board.

An individual with faculty status who has been denied tenure or promotion has the right to appeal to the President for a hearing before the University Faculty Appeals Committee.

This appeal shall be made by the faculty member no later than 15 working days after receipt of official notice from the President of the President’s decision for denial of tenure and/or promotion. The request for review shall be in writing setting forth the basis for the review together with a statement of facts in support thereof. The only basis for a review shall be a belief that the decision not to grant tenure or promotion (1) resulted from improper procedure or (2) rests on grounds which violates academic freedom. Within three working days of receipt of the request for a hearing, the President shall submit the request to the University Faculty Appeals Committee which must render a decision within 15 working days. If there are more than two appeals, the Faculty Appeals Committee may, if it chooses, notify the President and the appellants that an extension of time is required to render this decision. This extension shall be for no more than 15 additional working days for each additional two appeals.

The appealing faculty member shall be guaranteed due process which shall include the right to appear before the committee, the right to counsel, the right to call witnesses in his or her behalf, the right to cross-examine witnesses, and the right to present evidence in his or her behalf relative to the basis of the appeal.

The faculty member initiating the appeal and the President shall be notified in writing of the finding and decision of the committee. If the recommendation of the University Faculty Appeals Committee supports the original denial of tenure or promotion, the faculty member must accept this finding as final within the University. If the Committee recommends that the granting of tenure or promotion be reconsidered, the recommendation of the Committee in writing, including the complete file, shall be forwarded to the Office of the President. The President shall review the recommendation of the Appeals Committee together with the dossier, call for any corrective action from the appropriate academic officers or faculty bodies, and submit a revised recommendation, together with a copy of the recommendation of the Appeals Committee, to the Board of Regents by April 15 or five days before the April meeting of the Board of Regents, whichever comes first.

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