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severance to any terminated faculty member whose cause for termination involves moral

turpitude or similar reprehensible conduct. The College will be mindful of the AAUP

guidelines

( http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/policydocs/contents/RIR.htm )

that

suggest either salary or notice equal to three months, six months, or twelve months

depending on the faculty member’s length of service to the College. The College shall

consider the circumstances of the case including the cause for termination, the immediacy

of the discharge itself, the length of service and the tenured or non-tenured status of the

terminated faculty member in deciding whether any notice or salary continuation is to be

granted and, in either case, how much is granted. The College’s decision on notice

and/or severance pay in the event of termination for cause is not subject to further review.

III.B.8. Discontinuance of an Academic Program or Department and Terminations Due to

Educational Considerations

SACSCOC considers the discontinuation of an academic program as a substantive change and

requires prior notification and prior approval per the

SACSCOC Substantive Change Policy .

The decision to discontinue an academic program or department of instruction shall be based

solely on educational considerations. Any decision to discontinue an academic program or

department shall be based on long range judgments that the educational mission of the College

will be enhanced and the liberal arts core of the curriculum maintained by the discontinuance.

The costs of maintaining the program, as well as the revenue generated by and available to

support the program, shall be considered. The potential costs associated with relocation and

retraining of faculty members, as well as termination of faculty members with continuing

contracts, should also be considered in the decision making process. When the Provost proposes

the discontinuance of an academic program or department, the Provost shall inform the members

of the affected department or program and notify the Faculty Advisory Committee, which shall

constitute a Faculty Review Committee in accordance with the following paragraph.

III.B.8.a. Constituting a Faculty Review Committee

Upon notification, the Faculty Advisory Committee shall notify the chairs of the other

elected committees of the Faculty (Promotion and Tenure, Faculty Development, and

Curriculum and Standards). Each elected committee shall designate two faculty members

to serve on a Faculty Review Committee. No faculty member from a department or

program proposed for discontinuance shall serve on the committee. Additionally, no

faculty member from a department or program housed or served by the department or

program being proposed for discontinuance shall serve on the Faculty Review

Committee. When duly constituted a Faculty Review Committee shall adopt both the

form of organization and the procedures the members deem appropriate to address the

issues before it. The Faculty Review Committee represents the Faculty to ensure that in

the case of a proposed discontinuance of a department or program, educational

considerations are the basis for any decision.

III.B.8.b. Procedures for Discontinuance of an Academic Program or Department