There was significant involvement of the Chair of the Faculty and University Attorneys. Dispute between a teaching faculty member and his department and Dean. After a long discussion, he was referred to the Committee on Conciliation who helped parties arrive at an acceptable resolution. Three other faculty complaints on failure to achieve promotion and tenure. Counsel and discussion by CAFT chair with complainants.
Court action is underway.
Issue involving the dismissal of a faculty member from Arizona International University. It was resolved by negotiation mediated by the Chair of the Faculty. Discussions between the Chairs of CAFT and Conciliation, Chair of the Faculty and the Director of Affirmative Action led to the working decision to refer all matters regarding failure to attain promotion and tenure directly to CAFT without prior referral to the Committee on Conciliation. Conciliation was deemed to be impossible at this late stage and so referral to CoC merely results in an unnecessary delay to due process. The presumed outcome in most such cases, if the complainant prevailed, would be an additional year of employment and an additional independent review of the tenure decision on its merits.