Opinion ID: 1161665
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Campus-wide Policy.

Text: The Faculty Manual recognizes that variations in job assignments and opportunities among the campuses will require flexibility on a case-by-case basis in the weighing and application of promotion and tenure criteria. [2] Washington State Univ., Interpretation of Faculty Personnel Policies & Procedures Within a Multicampus System, Mar. 14, 1991 Draft at 1 (Clerk's Papers vol. II, at 239). Due partially to his campus assignment in Vancouver, Trimble taught more video classes and had more preparations than average for a WSU Pullman based faculty member. Trimble claims this adversely affected student teaching evaluations, and required greater time by Trimble to prepare, thus decreasing the amount of time available for research and publication. The College viewed this issue as a purely speculative claim. However, viewing the facts in the light most favorable to Trimble, it is reasonable that the more one devotes to scholarly activity the less time one can devote to being effective in the classroom. In fact, there has been recent scholarship devoted to this topic. [3] However, even assuming the campus-wide policy promised specific treatment in specific situations, and that Trimble's case merited flexible consideration due to the number and type of classes he taught, there is no evidence he was not given this flexible consideration. Trimble's annual reviews included information related to the number of video classes he taught and his work load. Also, the WSU Provost had Trimble's full tenure package before him, which included these reviews. Therefore, Trimble has not alleged specific facts that would allow him to defeat a summary judgment motion at this stage of the proceedings.