General Procedures
The purpose of the Review Board is to hear complaints from Faculty members who seek redress for administrative decisions relating to tenure, termination, or dismissal, or to hear complaints from Faculty members about conditions of employment involving administrative actions or the actions of another member of the Faculty. Complaints to the Review Board shall be heard by a panel of three members to be selected by the Chair of the Review Board. If the Chair is not serving on the panel, the Chair shall appoint a panel member to serve in that capacity. All decisions by the panel shall be made by majority vote. Because a conflict of interest may exist, or appear to exist, either the complainant or the individual(s) against whom the complaint is brought may ask that one or more members of a panel be replaced with other members of the Review Board. Requests for substitutions shall be made in writing to the Chair of the Review Board, and shall include an explanation. The Chair of the Review Board has the authority to make substitutions or to deny the request if he or she believes it to be unnecessary or unreasonable.
The proceedings of the review panel shall be closed and its deliberations shall be confidential. All parties involved in a proceeding and all other members of the College community shall recognize that except as otherwise provided herein a review panel's proceedings and written recommendations shall remain confidential.
If the review panel's recommendations are not accepted by the individual(s) against whom the complaint is directed, the Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees may be informed of this outcome by either the Review Board or the complainant. The complainant may not take this step without the written support of the Review Board. In the event it is so informed, the Academic Affairs Committee may have access to the review panel's written recommendation and all records pertinent to the proceeding and communicate with the Review Board and the parties directly involved in the proceeding. The Academic Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees will take appropriate action.