The President reviews the recommendations submitted by the Vice President, renders decisions, and, when required, submits recommendations to the Board of Trustees. The dean is responsible for notifying the faculty member in writing of any action taken in regard to promotion by the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost or the President, and where applicable, also by the Medical University Board of Trustees. The department chair notifies the faculty member in writing regarding salary for the forthcoming fiscal year. Promotions are ordinarily made once a year on July 1. 6.3.1 Policy Tenure shall be the assurance of continuous appointment to a particular faculty rank, with continuation of salary commensurate with the rank, as long as duties are performed in accordance with accepted standards, subject to termination for cause, upon retirement, on account of financial exigency, or the change or abolition of institutional programs.
Tenure rests in the college or department of primary appointment only.
The tenure of a faculty member who also holds an administrative position, such as dean or department chair, extends only to the faculty position which holds conjointly with such an administrative position. Full-time administrators or administrative staff holding faculty rank are not tenured unless their notices of appointment or promotion specifically state that tenure is carried with the faculty rank. The assurance of continuation of salary commensurate with academic rank shall apply to that base salary which is agreed upon by the individual department head and faculty member. The amount of the base salary shall be commensurate with rank in the appointee's department, and defined in the annual contract. It shall not apply to supplemental or additional sources of funding including, but not limited to, clinical practice income, consultation fees, administrative payments, and special payments.