Calendar Day will be defined as a date no later than the specified number of calendar days following the day of notification. If the final calendar day occurs on a weekend or holiday, the due date will be on the first day on which University administrative offices are open. The time for response may be extended upon agreement by both parties.

Collegiality is the ability of an individual to interact with colleagues with civility and professional respect; to engage in shared academic and administrative tasks productively with faculty, students, and staff. Collegiality should not be confused with sociability or likability but rather is the professional criterion relating to teaching, scholarly/creative activities, and service.

Confidentiality is the principle of limiting access to information or documents only to those persons authorized to have such access. Documents and communications in the evaluation, tenure, and promotion processes will be kept confidential to the extent permitted by law.

Term Faculty refers to an instructor, replacement for a regular faculty member, person on short-term assignment, lecturer, and visiting faculty member.

Full-time Tenure -track Faculty describes a faculty member employed full-time who is tenured, eligible for tenure, or in a pre-tenure probationary period.

Provost refers to the Chief Academic Officer or his/her designee.

Dean refers to an administrative faculty member who oversees a college where schools are housed and who reports to the Provost.

Chair refers to an administrative faculty member who oversees a school where majors and programs are housed and who reports to the respective college Dean.

Unit/School refers to the academic programs that reside under one Chair within a college.