Contract Appointments Without Tenure

.029        On the recommendation of the cognizant Faculty and with the approval of the  Provost, and based on a written description of the teaching and related duties, a Faculty position involving full-time teaching in a clinical or professional skills program may be designated as a non-tenure track (“Contract”) position.   Titles associated with contract positions shall be appropriately distinguishing, such as “Clinical Assistant Professor,” as determined by the Provost. The Academic Senate shall set specific limits on the number of contract appointments authorized in a particular academic unit.

.030        The initial appointment may be for one or two years and may be renewed for successive terms under the same procedures as apply to Faculty with appointments probationary for tenure. After six years of continuous service, subsequent reappointments may be for periods of up to five years, but without continuous tenure. If the appointment is not renewed, written notice of non-renewal shall be given as provided in B-3.023-028.

.031        Contract appointments may be made at the level of Instructor, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor. A Faculty member with a Contract appointment is accorded parity of compensation, benefits and perquisites, and governance and voting rights, with other Faculty of comparable rank.

.032        A Faculty member with a Contract appointment may apply for an appointment probationary for tenure, if a vacancy exists, under normal procedures for recruitment and appointment. In such a case, time served in the Contract position beyond the first year counts toward the maximum allowable period of probationary service (B-3.018-022). If time served in the Contract position exceeds the maximum allowable period of probationary service, the Faculty member shall be considered to have completed five years of probationary service and shall be reviewed for tenure upon application for the change of status.  In either case, in the event the outcome of the review is negative, the terms of the current Contract appointment shall be honored but the Faculty member shall not be eligible for subsequent reappointment to the Contract position.

 .033       A Faculty member with an appointment probationary for tenure may apply for a Contract appointment, if a vacancy exists, under normal procedures for recruitment and appointment. However, a Faculty member in probationary status  is not eligible to apply for such a change of status if that Faculty member has been reviewed for tenure with the result that tenure was not recommended.