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Chapter III
Section 6. Personnel Recommendations for Academic Faculty
- 6.1.A Academic. Department/Unit Personnel Procedures Authorized. The faculty of each academic department/unit shall establish its own procedures and criteria for all personnel recommendations in accordance with college/school and departmental/unit bylaws. Only tenured and tenure-track faculty and faculty in residence (excluding chairs and directors, assistant and associate deans and deans) may serve on departmental/unit personnel committees, attend personnel committee meetings at which recommendations for promotion, tenure, merit or annual evaluations will be made, or vote in such meetings. It shall be the responsibility of those in attendance to write a detailed report specifying majority and minority opinions. The administrative procedures of each department/unit and college/school shall ensure that the input of administrators is a formalized part of the process. Unit chairs or directors may call a meeting of the personnel committee within a reasonable time after recommendations have been made and only for clarification of the personnel committee report to the unit chair or director. (05/12)
- 6.1.B. Academic. College/School Personnel Procedures Authorized. The faculty of each academic college or school shall establish its own procedures and criteria for all personnel recommendations in accordance with college, school, and institutional bylaws. College/School personnel committees must be comprised of elected representatives from the college or school. Only tenured faculty (excluding chairs, directors, assistant and associate deans, and deans) may serve on college/school promotion and tenure personnel committees. Deans or directors may call a meeting of the personnel committee within a reasonable time after recommendations for promotion, tenure, merit or annual evaluations have been made and only for clarification of the personnel committee report to the dean or director. (05/12)
- 6.2 Personnel Recommendations Transmitted Through Channels. All personnel recommendations shall be transmitted through regular administrative channels as defined in the UNLV Bylaws, Chapter I, Section 5.
- 6.3 Notification of Personnel Action Denials. In all personnel matters, the individual involved will be notified if, for any reason, the recommendation concerning the individual is turned down as it is being transmitted through the administrative channel. The department concerned will also be notified. (B/R 2/92)
- 6.4 Reasons for Personnel Action Denials. In accordance with the Nevada System of Higher Education Code, Chapter 5, Section 5.2.3, a faculty member may request the reasons for denial of appointment with tenure, salary increases, promotion or reappointment. (Salary increases include merit awards.) Also see UNLV Bylaws, Chapter III, Section 16.8.
- 6.5 Reconsideration of Personnel Action Denials. In accordance with the Nevada System of Higher Education Code, Section 5.2.4, a faculty member may request reconsideration of any personnel action denying appointment with tenure, salary increases, promotion or reappointment. (Salary increases include merit awards). Also see UNLV Bylaws, Chapter III, Section 16.9.
- 6.6 Grievances. Any academic faculty member has the right to file a grievance personnel decisions which may result in adverse impact on the employment conditions relating to promotion, salary increases (including merit), and appointment with tenure. This does not apply to nonreappointment of a probationary faculty member. The Faculty Senate Grievance Committee process may be initiated only after the faculty member has requested reconsideration and the request has proceeded through regular administrative channels to the Executive Vice President and Provost. (See Chapter I, Sections 4.6.6 and 4.6.11 and Chapter III, Section 20. Also see Nevada System of Higher Education Code, Chapter 5, Section 5.7.) (B/R 3/03)
- 6.7 Faculty Members to be Advised of Recommendations. The Executive Vice President and Provost shall advise the faculty member of the recommendations of the department and dean. The Executive Vice President and Provost shall also advise the faculty member that instructions for grievance are available from the Faculty Senate. (B/R 3/03)
- 6.8 Recommendation to the President. After the Faculty Senate Grievance Committee has made its recommendation, the recommendation shall be forwarded through the Executive Vice President and Provost to the president, who shall make the final recommendation. (B/R 3/03)