Reviews of Full or Part-time Faculty with Limited Term, Non-Tenure Track Appointments

Full or part-time faculty who receive repeated, limited term, non-tenure track appointments are to be reviewed on a regular schedule.  The schedule for such reviews will be arranged according to the following guide:

• For faculty teaching a full load (six to seven courses per academic year), a review will be held once every three years; and

• For faculty teaching less than a full load (one to five courses per academic year), a review will be held once every four years.

This review is intended to provide information useful for the individual's professional growth as well as to Chairs, Directors, or Deans when possible reappointment is considered.  A summary of each review will be available to appropriate department chairs, program directors, the Director of General Education, and the Dean of the Faculty.

These reviews will be conducted by the appropriate Department Chair, the Director of General Education, or the appropriate Center/Program Director (i.e. Appalachian Center, Asian Studies, African and African American Studies, CELTS, Basic Math, SENS, Women's Studies).  The review procedures are shaped by these requirements:  (1) the review employs only the first standard used for the Probationary Review process in the case of less than full-load appointments; (2) the review employs only the first and second standards in the case of full-load, limited term appointments; (3) the review does not require participation from the Faculty Status Council, the Dean of the Faculty, or the Board of Trustees; (4) the chairperson's (or associate dean's, or director's) letter must contain an evaluation based on standard one (and two in the case of full-load appointments) used in probationary reviews, as well as a recommendation to reappoint or not, should such an opportunity arise;  and (5) the Chair/Director of General Education/Director discusses with the individual the conclusions reached in the review.  The key points of the discussion are then confirmed by letter to the candidate with a copy submitted to the Dean of the Faculty for inclusion in the reviewed individual's personnel file. 

Each Department Chair, or the Director of General Education in the Director’s responsibilities for general education or interdisciplinary programs, should annually review a list of faculty for whom this policy is designed, and schedule reviews as required.  The annual list of faculty to be reviewed should be sent to the Dean of the Faculty for information in the Fall Term of every academic year.