Chapter UWS 3

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

UWS 3.01   Types of appointments.

UWS 3.02   Recruiting.

UWS 3.03   Appointments—general.

UWS 3.04   Probationary appointments.

UWS 3.05   Periodic review.

UWS 3.06   Renewal of appointments and granting of tenure.

UWS 3.07   Nonrenewal of probationary appointments.

UWS 3.08   Appeal of a nonrenewal decision.

UWS 3.09   Notice periods.

UWS 3.10   Absence of proper notification.

UWS 3.11   Limitation.

UWS 3.01 UWS 3.01 Types of appointments.

UWS 3.01(1) (1) Appointments to the faculty are either tenure or probationary appointments. Faculty appointments carry the following titles: professor, associate professor, assistant professor, and instructor.

UWS 3.01(1)(a) (a) “Tenure appointment” means an appointment for an unlimited period granted to a ranked faculty member by the board upon the affirmative recommendation of the appropriate academic department, or its functional equivalent, and the chancellor of an institution via the president of the system.

UWS 3.01(1)(b) (b) “Probationary appointment” means an appointment by the board upon the affirmative recommendation of the appropriate academic department, or its functional equivalent, and the chancellor of an institution and held by a faculty member during the period which may precede a decision on a tenure appointment.

UWS 3.01(1)(c) (c) In accordance with s. 36.05 (8), Stats., academic staff appointments may be converted to faculty appointments by the action of the board upon the recommendation of the appropriate faculty body and the chancellor of an institution. Such faculty appointees shall enjoy all the rights and privileges of faculty.

UWS 3.01(1)(d) (d) In accordance with s. UWS 1.05 members of the academic staff may be given faculty status. Members of the academic staff who have been given faculty status have employment rights under the rules and policies concerning academic staff.

UWS 3.01(1)(e) (e) A person holding a faculty appointment shall not lose that appointment by accepting a limited appointment for a designated administrative position.

UWS 3.01 History History: Cr. Register, January, 1975, No. 229, eff. 2-1-75; 2015 Wis. Act 330: am. (1) (e) Register April 2016 No. 724, eff. 5-1-16.

UWS 3.02 UWS 3.02 Recruiting. The faculty of each institution, after consultation with appropriate students and with the approval of the chancellor, shall develop procedures relating to recruitment of members of the faculty. The procedure shall be consistent with board policy and state and federal laws with respect to nondiscriminatory and affirmative action recruitment. The procedures shall allow maximum flexibility at the departmental, school and college levels to meet particular needs. In all instances the procedures shall provide for departmental peer review and judgment as the operative step in the recruiting process.