This Plan of Employment for Faculty is intended to provide a clear and understandable procedure for employment and personnel decisions. It is designed to aid and support the College in building and retaining a competent faculty, and in dealing consistently with decisions regarding appointment, reappointment, tenure, promotion, and termination. It is also designed to promote professional growth and independence for the individual faculty member in the performance of duties, to provide incentives to individual faculty members to set and maintain high standards of teaching, scholarship, and service, and to protect the integrity of the faculty and the College as a whole.

This Plan of Employment replaces the Plan of Employment adopted by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees on March 19, 1981, by authority granted by the Board of Trustees on February 9, 1981. The Administration referenced subsequently in this document includes the President, the Provost, and such other administrative officers of the College as are delegated authority in personnel matters by them or by the Board of Trustees. The term Provost, in the following sections of this document, may also refer to any administrative designee of the Provost. The Faculty Executive Committee, Faculty Personnel Committee, and Educational Policies Committee referenced in this document are part of the Faculty governance structure as defined in the Faculty Bylaws adopted by vote of the Faculty on June
9, 1986. The Grievance Committee referenced in this document is defined in Section VI

The rights and responsibilities of the Faculty in personnel matters are affirmed by this document, including the requirement that changes in or additions to Faculty Bylaws be consistent with and complement these provisions, so as to make possible continued, effective participation of Faculty in personnel matters. To the extent that there are any inconsistencies or conflicts between the Plan of Employment for Faculty and the Faculty Bylaws, the Plan of Employment shall control. The Faculty Bylaws cannot grant rights that are inconsistent with or not contained within or granted by the Plan of Employment for Faculty.