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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