Termination of a tenured or provisionally tenured appointment,
or of a probationary or term appointment, before the end of the specific
term, may occur as a result of the discontinuance or reduction of
a program or department of instruction. The following standards and
procedures will apply:
1. Formal discontinuance or reduction of a program
or a department will be based on an overall written plan for
the academic program and staffing. This plan will be built upon
long range judgments derived from the College’s mission
and objective of educational service and in consultation with
the Faculty Meeting. Curricular Policy Committee and Faculty
Affairs Committee are responsible for recommending specific discontinuance
or reduction of a program or department, and the Faculty Affairs
Committee is responsible for recommending specific personnel
decisions. Final action will be taken by the President in consultation
with the Academic Dean and approved by the Board of Trustees.
2. Consideration of discontinuance or reduction
of a program or a department may include the pattern of enrollments
in the department or program’s combined course offerings
and the enrollments per teaching FTE.
3. Before the administration issues notice to
a faculty member of its intention to terminate an appointment
because of formal discontinuance or reduction of a program or
department of instruction, the College will make reasonable efforts
to place the affected faculty member in another suitable position
in the College, if such a position is available. If no position
is available within the College, the faculty member’s appointment
then may be terminated, following written notification. The place
of the faculty member concerned will not be filled by a replacement
within a period of three years, unless the released faculty member
has been offered reappointment with at least his/her previous
rank, and has been given at least one month within which to accept
or decline.
4. The
Appeal Process is outlined in Section M.
