Definition of Tenure

Tenure is the status attained by those members of the Faculty with full-time, regular teaching appointments who have served an appropriate probationary period and who have undergone the relevant processes of review and have been approved for tenure.

A Faculty member with a tenured appointment shall have a continuing obligation to maintain and improve his or her professional performance at the College. This may involve the development of new administrative and teaching responsibilities to meet the needs of the academic program and of the College. A person with tenure may accept an assignment to an administrative position without interrupting or impairing tenure. Tenure, however, applies only to rank and service of the Faculty; administrative assignment is subject to change based upon the annual contract.

Dismissal from a tenured appointment shall occur only if the position itself is eliminated or if the health or behavior of the Faculty member warrants it under the procedures described in the section on Termination and the section on Dismissal for Cause.