Minutes of a Regular Meeting, June 22-23, 2004 - Digital Collections

REGENTS’ POLICY MANUALSECTION 2—ACADEMICSFUNDING ENDOWED CHAIRS FROM PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE PLAN FUNDSAt the Health Sciences Center Campus, the transfer of professional practice plan funds to theRegents’ Fund for the purpose of establishing and funding endowed chairs for the College of Medicine isauthorized.(RM, 12-13-79, pp. 15796-97; 3-29-00, p. 26909; 1-27-2004, p. 28924)2.2.6—REAPPOINTMENT AND NON-REAPPOINTMENTAction on the reappointment of tenure-track and renewable term appointees is initiated by theacademic unit through the respective dean to the Senior Vice President and Provost, President, and Boardof Regents. Any final decision not to reappoint a faculty member shall be determined by the Board ofRegents.The Norman Campus and Health Sciences Center Health SciencesFaculty Handbooks include policies onNOTIFICATION OF NON-REAPPOINTMENT OF TENURE-TRACK OR RENEWABLE TERMCONTRACT AND RESIGNATION.a) A faculty member with a regular appointment who is not to be reappointed for a secondyear of service must be so notified no later than March 1; or, if the first year ofappointment terminates at a time other than the end of the academic year, not less thanthree months before the end of the appointment period.b) A faculty member with a regular appointment who is not to be reappointed to a third yearof service must be so notified no later than December 15 of the second year ofappointment; or, if the second year of appointment terminates at a time other than the endof the academic year, not less than six months before the end of the appointment period.c) A faculty member with a regular appointment who is not to be reappointed to a fourth orsubsequent year of service must be so notified no later than May 31 of the year precedingthe final year of appointment; or, in the case of an appointment ending at a time otherthan the end of the academic year, not less than twelve months before the end of theappointment period.d) All notifications of non-reappointment shall be given in writing by the Senior VicePresident and Provost.e) If the notification practices prescribed in the foregoing paragraphs of this section are notfollowed, the faculty member may appeal to the Faculty Appeals Board.(The text below appears in the Health Sciences Center Faculty Handbook.)Notifications of Non-Reappointment of Tenure-Track or Consecutive Term AppointmentAction on the non-reappointment of individuals having a tenure-track or consecutive term appointment isinitiated by the chair of the academic unit through the respective dean to the Senior Vice President andProvost, President, and Board of Regents.THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 27