The chapter worked from 2012 through 2014 to remove the "six-year rule" from the Faculty Handbook, a rule that required the University to terminate lecturers from future full-time employment if they had served in that capacity for six years. The goal of the rule was to prompt the creation of more stable lines (tenure-stream or renewable) at the six-year point, if persistent programmatic need in the curriculum suggested that a faculty member was needed beyond six years to meet that need. In practice, however, the rule also prevented competent and experienced faculty from continuing as full-time employees even if the curricular need remained and the University could not provide an RTL or TT line.
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Handbook Revisions proposed by Faculty Memo to Faculty Affairs Committee Notes after meetings with FAC and Memo to Faculty Affairs Committee Position Paper presented to Faculty Senate Council Faculty Appointment Policies Implementation Faculty Policies and Procedures Manual: |