Ad Hoc Review Committee of the Academic Senate

.182        If the Chair of the Academic Senate receives the conclusion of the Provost that there is reason to believe an adverse decision regarding renewal, promotion, or tenure may have violated principles of academic freedom or may have been the result of unlawful discrimination, the Senate shall appoint seven Tenured Ordinary Professors to serve as an Ad Hoc Review Committee. The Senate shall designate one member of the Committee to serve as Chair.

.183        The Ad Hoc Committee shall review the case solely on the basis of academic merit and shall follow the same procedures, and apply the same criteria, as govern the reviews conducted by the Committee on Appointments and Promotions of the Academic Senate.

.184        If the original adverse recommendation by the CAP of the Academic Senate is sustained by the Ad Hoc Review Committee, the appeal fails, and the Provost so informs the Faculty member.

.185        If the Ad Hoc Review Committee recommends that promotion in rank or conferral of tenure be granted, it forwards the recommendation to the Academic Senate for its consideration and action as provided in C-8 and C-9, or, in the case of renewal of appointment, to the Provost (see C-7.091).