Committee Description

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During a reappointment review for a long-serving (at least three years), Career-line Faculty member may appeal their case to the University Career-line Reappointment Committee (UCLRC) if the recommendation received from the dean is negative. As per Policy 6-310, “The UCLRC provides advice to the cognizant senior vice president… in considering reappointments, including:

• reappointments with promotion, of long-serving full-time career-line faculty members, processed pursuant to the approved Statement of unit rules
• disputes over the fundamental aspects of an appointment:
  • being appointed to a faculty position in a particular category of faculty (Clinical/ Lecturer/ Research)
  • the rank (e.g., Associate Professor)
  • the term duration of the appointment (e.g., one-year to five-years)

[UCLRC] does not address any other issues, including any other aspect of the employment relationship between the faculty member and the appointing unit.”

UCLRC reviews each case it receives and send its recommendation to the cognizant senior vice president. Based on only the materials in each case file, UCLRC’s recommendation, in a written report, shall include its assessment of:

• “(i) whether the dean reasonably applied the criteria, standards, and evidence and procedures governing the case (as prescribed in the Statement of academic unit rules…)
• (ii) whether the recommendation of the dean is arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable, discriminatory, a result of malice, or a violation of academic freedom.”