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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964
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580 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [June 19 ( [ m ] ) Any action of any Senate involving matters of University-wide policy, or proposals to amend the University Statutes, shall be submitted by the Senate Coordinating Council to the other Senates for consideration and recommendation. TENURE OF ACADEMIC STAFF Committee member by a petition signed by three members of the academic staff and filed with the Clerk or Secretary of the Senate prior to April 1 of each year. The Clerk of the Senate shall conduct the election by University mail as soon as possible thereafter. All members of the academic staff of the rank of instructor or higher rank may vote, and the three nominees receiving the highest number of votes, who are then eligible for membership on the Committee under the foregoing provisions, shall be declared elected. ( n ) Any action of any Senate involving matters of University-wide policy, or proposals to amend the University Statutes, shall be submitted by the Senate Coordinating Council to the other Senates for consideration and recommendation. TENURE OF ACADEMIC S T A F F Sec. 38. ( a ) Unless otherwise provided in these Statutes (and in the absence of some special written agreement approved by the President of the University with the consent of the appointee) the tenure for the various members of the academic staff shall be as stated herein, except that first appointments or temporary appointments may be made for shorter periods. (1) An appointment as professor or associate professor shall be for an indefinite term. (2) An appointment as assistant professor, or to the administrative staff, shall be for a period not longer than two years from September 1 of the first year of the legislative biennium. (3) Appointments to lower ranks shall be for not more than one year. (b) The appointment of any person for a definite term does not carry any guarantee or implication that the Board of Trustees will renew the appointment at its termination, even though the appointee may have discharged his duties satisfactorily. Any appointment, if accepted, must be accepted with this stipulation. (c) Tenure may be terminated by (1) honorable retirement; (2) acceptance of resignation; (3) [discharge] for cause. ( d ) [Cause for discharge shall consist of conduct seriously prejudicial to the University through deliberate infraction of law or commonly accepted standards of morality, neglect of duty, Sec. 38. ( a ) Unless otherwise provided in these Statutes (and in the absence of some special written agreement approved by the President of the University with the consent of the appointee) the tenure for the various members of the academic staff shall be as stated herein, except that first appointments or temporary appointments may be made for shorter periods. (1) An appointment as professor or associate professor shall be for an indefinite term. (2) An appointment as assistant professor, or to the administrative staff, shall be for a period not longer than two years from September 1 of the first year of the legislative biennium. (3) Appointments to lower ranks shall be for not more than one year. (b) T h e appointment of any person for a definite term does not carry any guarantee or implication that the Board of Trustees will renew the appointment at its termination, even though the appointee may have discharged his duties satisfactorily. Any appointment, if accepted, must be accepted with this stipulation. (c) Tenure may be terminated by (1) honorable retirement; (2) acceptance of resignation; (3) dismissal for due cause. ( d ) Due cause for dismissal shall be deemed to exist only if, with all due regard for the freedoms and protections provided for in Sec. 39 of these Statutes, a faculty member's conduct
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