Section 5.1

Policies, criteria, and procedural standards established herein and additional policies, criteria, or procedures established on the campuses shall not infringe upon the following rights of faculty members in personnel matters:

  1. For personnel, reviews, recommendations and decisions, the right and the responsibility to present all materials which he or she believes will be essential to an adequate consideration of the case, and the opportunity to supplement the original presentation with additional relevant information in the event that a review indicates shortcomings in the presentation.
  2. The right to have access to information on the current needs and long-range plans of the department, college or school, campus and University.
  3. The right to have extra-departmental service contributions considered at the department level as well as at other levels of review, recommendation and decision.
  4. The right to be considered for tenure if given an appointment or a reappointment through the end of the probationary period.
  5. The right to equitable treatment in personnel matters so as to ensure generally consistent recognition to departmental faculty members whose chosen field, overall professional development, period of service on the campus, and quality of contributions, all taken as a whole, are judged to be approximately equal.
  6. The right to discuss his or her professional progress and any personnel matter of concern with his or her Department Chairperson/Head; and, if such discussions prove unsatisfactory, with the Dean; and, if still unsatisfied, with the Provost.
  7. The right to be informed of the personnel recommendation made at the department, college or school, and campus level.
  8. The right to notification of non-reappointment as specified in Section 6.7.
  9. The right to discuss reasons for a negative personnel decision at all appropriate administrative levels as specified in Section 6.10.
  10. The right to invoke the grievance procedures, under the conditions specified in Trustee grievance policy.

Section 5.2

Satisfactory fulfillment of the following responsibilities is expected of all members of the faculty as a condition of employment in all parts of the University:

  1. Performance of assigned teaching duties and other instructional activities including counseling and appropriate evaluation of student work.
  2. Scholarly, creative and professional activity adequate, as a minimum, for continuing updating of course content and other instructional and professional activities so as to reflect current developments in the faculty member’s academic field.
  3. Participation in the operation and governance of the department, college or school, campus or University to the extent normally expected of all faculty members.
  4. Participation in extension work, continuing education, and other professional outreach service when such service is usually expected of all faculty members of the unit in which the faculty member holds an appointment.

Positive personnel recommendations and decisions must be based on the achievement of appropriate standards as stated in Article IV.