Such educational considerations must reflect long-range judgments that the educational mission of the institution as a whole will be enhanced by the discontinuation. Affected faculty holding multi-year term appointments will be given at least one academic year's notice of the decision to discontinue a program. Tenured faculty will be given opportunities to join the faculties of other programs, and, if appropriate, will be assisted by the institution through retraining and professional development opportunities. Dismissal of Tenured and Probationary Faculty Members for Cause Dismissal for cause is the involuntary termination of the employment of faculty members for reasons directly and substantially related to their fitness in their professional capacities. Dismissals will not be used to restrain faculty members in their exercise of academic freedom or of their Constitutional rights.
Tenured faculty have important professional responsibilities.
Tenure does not protect an individual from removal for cause. This committee is charged to conduct an informal inquiry into the matter and to attempt a reconciliation. If no satisfactory solution is reached, the committee is to decide whether or not the situation requires that formal proceedings for dismissal be instituted. This decision is confidential advice to the President of the University. The committee must complete its work and report to the President within twenty-eight days of receipt of the President's letter referring the matter to the committee.