Administrative Regulation: Continuing Contract/Tenure
Regulation Number: 3.3.1
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Faculty will be hired for a term that will not exceed one year. Each spring an additional annual Employment Contract may be offered to the faculty at the discretion of the College President. The College President shall consider tenure for faculty after their tenure process. Faculty with dates-of-hire prior to 2019 will adhere to the five-year tenure process previously in place. New faculty hired beginning fall 2019 semester or thereafter will adhere to the three-year tenure process. Refer to the Faculty Handbook for a full description of both tenure processes. Adjunct employment and summer terms do not contribute toward tenure. Faculty may request to stop the non-tenure clock once, for a maximum of one year (i.e., two semesters), during the three-year process; after approval from the College President.
If tenure is not achieved at the end of three or five consecutive years’ classroom experience (depending on date of hire), then the faculty will be dismissed. However, due to special or extenuating circumstances, the College President may grant one additional year of non-tenure status to assess possible tenure status.
After tenure is received, a faculty member has the right to hold the position during efficient and competent service and the right not to be removed therefrom except for such causes as incompetency, neglect of duty, physical or mental causes, incapacity, dishonesty, insubordination, immorality, conviction of a felony, or for bona fide financial exigencies on the part of the institution.
Should the faculty be promoted to an administrative position, earned faculty tenure rights do not accompany the employee to his or her new position. When a faculty employee resigns or otherwise voluntarily leaves employment with EWC, that faculty’s tenure rights, status, and expectations end with their date of resignation.
Original Adoption Date: 8/13/91
Revision Date(s): 11/8/05(RF), 2/2/10, 8/13/13(RF), 5/14/19, 5/21/19, 12/10/19
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