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  1. The Faculty Directory
    A list of the faculty shall be published annually by the Dean or the Dean’s designee indicating rank and locus of appointment.

  2. Meetings of the Faculty
    1. Call and Publicity
      1. College-wide meetings of the faculty may be called by the Dean at any time and must be called upon receipt by the Dean of a request signed by at least twenty (20) percent of the tenured/tenure-track Faculty in the College.

      2. The place, time, date and agenda of such meetings shall be publicized to all the faculty by the Dean at least two weeks in advance by University email.  Given emergency circumstances, the Dean may call for an emergency meeting with 24 hours-notice.

      3. Within the first 4 weeks of the fall semester, the faculty shall meet to receive a State-of-the-College report from the Dean to include a comprehensive review of the previous year’s accomplishments and present year’s enrollment data. This report should also provide information including, but not limited to, current activities and initiatives, goals, and a fiscal report.

    2. Conduct of Meetings
      1. The Dean, or designee of the Dean, shall preside over meetings of the College faculty.
      2. The Dean shall prepare the agenda for the meeting. Any item requested by the Dean, the College administrative staff, or two (2) or more of the faculty shall be placed on the prepared agenda.

      3. The minutes of College-wide meetings of the faculty shall be taken by a recording secretary provided through the Dean’s office and such minutes shall be distributed via University email to all College faculty within two weeks of such meeting.

      4. Any meeting that will be requiring a vote shall follow Robert’s Rules of Order.

      5. Meetings shall be conducted expeditiously. If, however, there is an objection from the floor, that objection will be discussed and if not resolved within a reasonable time, a subsequent meeting of all interested parties will be scheduled.

    3. Voting by the Faculty
      1. All faculty voting shall be anonymously conducted using a process agreed upon by the Dean and each School’s Director. Votes will be counted and documented by a designated person whose position holds no conflict of interest with the outcome of the vote.

      2. Voting by the faculty requires approval of the majority (50% + 1) of the faculty whose vote is returned by the required date. Results of the voting shall be reported to the faculty by the designated person who conducted the count.

      3. Eligibility of the Faculty and faculty to vote will be determined by the School’s operating paper.
  3. Hiring of faculty
    Qualifications of faculty shall be set by the School’s operating paper.

  4. Evaluation/ Review of Faculty 
    1. General Evaluation Including Merit

      1. Review for the purposes of performance evaluation and merit salary increases shall refer to the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the SIU Board of Trustees and the SIU Faculty Association, the current SIU Employees Handbook, and the School’s Operating Paper.

    2. Evaluations for Tenure and Promotion

      1. The College specifies College-level Tenure and Promotion Standards. The College standards adopt in whole: the University’s Promotion and Tenure Policies and Procedures; the current Collective Bargaining Agreement regarding teaching, research/creative activity, and service; and, the Tenure and Promotion standards as outlined in the Operating Paper of the School in which a candidate is a member.

      2. Tenure and promotion dossiers are received by the Dean by a date specified by the Dean.

      3. The College’s Tenure and Promotion committee reviews dossiers of all candidates for tenure and/or promotion, applying the College’s Promotion and Tenure Standards to include only the promotion and tenure standards in the candidate’s School Operating Paper, the University standards for promotion and tenure, and the current Collective Bargaining Agreement regarding teaching, research/creative activity, and service.

    3. Procedures for Tenure and Promotion

      1. The College’s committee follows the process outlined in the current Collective Bargaining Agreement and in the University’s Promotion and Tenure policies and makes its recommendation to the Dean. The committee is comprised of one tenured Faculty member from each School within the College holding a rank of associate professor or professor. For candidates applying for promotion to professor, the College committee will be augmented as necessary by adding professors within the College from outside the candidate’s School. Only members holding a rank equal to or higher than that being applied for, by the candidate, will vote on that candidate’s promotion.

      2. Upon receiving recommendations from the members of the Committee, and after careful consideration of all evidence pertinent to the various candidates, the Dean will make recommendations to the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. At that time the Dean will communicate the committee’s recommendation and the Dean’s recommendation to the candidate and the School Director.

      3. Each candidate and the Director of the candidate’s School shall receive a copy of the Dean’s letter of recommendation subsequent to forwarding it to the Provost and Vice Chancellor. In the event of a negative recommendation by the Dean the candidate may submit a rebuttal in keeping with the Collective Bargaining Agreement. A candidate may provide clarification to the Dean in the event of an error of fact having been provided in the evidence pertinent to the candidate.

      4. The Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs shall communicate the promotion and tenure decision as required by the Collective Bargaining Agreement and University policy.

      5. In the event of a negative tenure and/or promotion decision, an appeal and/or grievance shall follow the procedures outlined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and the current SIU Employees Handbook.