The President shall send to each tenured faculty or staff member recommended for termination a written notice of the Board's initial decision to make such termination. The notice shall include a statement of the basis for the decision, a description of the manner in which the decision to terminate was made, that the tenured faculty or staff member will be provided an opportunity to have the particular decision reconsider by the President with advice from the Faculty and Staff Committee, and the rights of the said faculty or staff member.
A tenured faculty or staff member may secure reconsideration of the decision by filing a written request with the President within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice. The Faculty and Staff member shall consider the information furnished to the tenured faculty or staff member and provide him or her with an opportunity to furnish it with written information or statement tending to prove the accuracy and correctness of the facts stated in the request. A genuine effort will be made to resolve the entire matter by informal methods of preliminary inquiry, consultation, discussion, and confidential mediation. No formal evidentiary hearing of an adversarial nature will be conducted on such a complaint. If the difficulty is not resolved in fifteen (15) days, the Committee shall submit to the President a written report containing its advice and recommendation with a supporting statement of its specific reasons. After consideration of the report, the President shall make a recommendation to the Board.
A faculty or staff member having been laid off because of financial exigency shall upon recall have restored to his or her credit sick leave which had been accrued and unused at the time of separation as well as being restored to his or her status prior to such lay-off. Eligibility for all other University benefits will be consistent with personnel policies and benefits in effect at the time of recall.
Academic institutions in a democratic society exist for the pursuit of truth, the development and conservation of knowledge, the transmission of learning, and the enhancement of the general well-being of such society. Free inquiry and free expression are indispensable to the attainment of these goals. Kentucky State University is, therefore, committed to protecting the academic freedom of all members of the University community.
Freedom to learn and freedom to teach are inseparable facets of academic freedom. Students have a right to their own views on matters of opinion, rather than fact, and a right to express those views in appropriate ways without fear of arbitrary reaction or improper disclosure of such opinions outside the classroom.
All faculty members are entitled to full freedom in research, publications, academic
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