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or at the end of a term or school year. When the College decides it has cause to terminate the
employment of any faculty member, the College has the discretion to review the matter with the
faculty member to discuss the option of a voluntary resignation. If the option of a voluntary
resignation is not accepted, the following procedures will still apply.
III.B.7. Procedure For Termination For Cause
III.B.7.a. Initiation
The “termination for cause” process may be initiated by
the Department, the Area Chair,
or the Provost. When the initial recommendation for consideration of termination for
cause occurs at the Department or Area level, the Department or Area Chair makes a
recommendation, with supporting reasons and evidence, to the Provost. The Provost may
initiate the proceedings based on the Provost's own reasons and evidence. However the
College’s consideration of termination for cause is initiated, the Provost reviews the facts
and consults with the President.
III.B.7.b. Provost
If the Provost determines that the College has sufficient reason to pursue the termination
for cause of a faculty member, those reasons are presented in writing to the Faculty
Promotion and Tenure Committee for its advice and recommendations. The Provost will
inform the faculty member at this stage.
III.B.7.c. Promotion and Tenure Committee
Upon receiving a request from the Provost for advice and recommendations regarding the
possible termination for cause of a faculty member, the Promotion and Tenure
Committee inquires informally about the situation. The Committee may, at its discretion,
inform and/or discuss the matter with the faculty member concerned, the Department
Chair, the Provost, or other appropriate persons. The Committee keeps written minutes of
its deliberations. The Committee gives its advice and recommendations to the Provost, in
writing, and, if the recommendation is for implementing formal termination proceedings,
provides a copy to the faculty member concerned.
III.B.7.d. Provost
The Provost reviews and duly considers the advice and recommendations of the
Promotion and Tenure Committee and transmits them, in writing, along with his or her
advice and recommendations, to the President.