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Contracts will ordinarily be issued as soon as possible after the final approval of the next fiscal
year’s budget by the Board of Trustees. The faculty member indicates his or her acceptance of
the terms of the contract by signing and returning the contract to the Office of the Provost for
placement in the faculty member's personnel records. Faculty members shall return the signed
contract within twenty-one days from the date of issuance. If the faculty member fails to return
the signed contract within twenty-one days, the faculty member shall be considered to have
rejected the contract which shall cause the employment relationship to expire at the end of the
current school year in May and compensation to end August 31 of that year.
III.B. PROCEDURES FOR DECIDING PROMOTION, TENURE, NON-
REAPPOINTMENT, AND TERMINATION
[These procedures were endorsed by the Faculty on May 6, 2008, with the stipulation that these
procedures will apply to all faculty members whose appointments to the College began in the fall
of 2008 or later and to all faculty members who had not completed the mid-probation review as
of May 6, 2008. The procedures for promotion to professor will apply to all faculty members
who had not earned tenure as of May 6, 2008.]
The decision-making, grievance, and review procedures contained in III.B. will be followed by
the College for granting or denying tenure
( B.2.and
B.5. )and/or promotion
( B.3.and B.5.),
denying reappointment
( B.4.and B.5.), and terminating for cause the employment
( B.6.and
B.7. )of a faculty member who is on tenure-track or tenured. The III.B.5. grievance
procedure applies in the cases of promotion, tenure, and non-reappointment of tenure-track
faculty members. The III.B.5. grievance procedure applies to tenured faculty members only in
connection with promotions. The only circumstance in which a term-contract faculty member
may file a grievance under III.B.5. is when the College cancels one or more full year(s) of
employment in a multi-year term contract. The III.B.7. review procedure for termination for
cause and appeals from such decisions apply to tenure track faculty members and tenured faculty
members. The III.B.7. review procedure applies to fulltime term contract faculty members only
when the full-time term contract is terminated for cause before the end of the current school year.
Preface
Birmingham-Southern College seeks to hire well-qualified faculty members and to cultivate their
development as teachers and scholars/artists. Members of the Faculty are given responsibilities
for
teaching
; for
research, scholarship, and/or creative work
; and for
service
to the College,
including advising, and to the larger community. The College recognizes its responsibilities in
assisting faculty members in their development and in publicly acknowledging the achievements
of faculty members by awarding tenure and promotion to those of proven merit.
Teaching
—indeed, excellent, engaging, and successful teaching—is the first duty of the
Faculty. Teaching is not confined to the classroom, studio, and laboratory. It often involves such
other activities as tutoring; bibliographic instruction; and supervising research, service learning,
and Honors projects. Faculty members are expected to use effective pedagogical techniques,
especially in the areas of critical thinking, problem solving, and the effective communication of