XXIII. All College Tenure Committee

A. Purpose. The All College Tenure Committee (“ACTC”) will be convened in order to participate in the procedures outlined in Section XVII (Grant of Tenured Appointments) and in Section XVIII.C. (Post-Tenure Review: Level Two). ACTC members should review Section II (General Principles) prior to participating.

B. Composition and Term. The ACTC will be composed of nine faculty members with Tenured Appointments. No two members of the ACTC will be from the same Department. Members of the ACTC will serve for terms of two years beginning on May 31 in the year in which they are selected. A member of the ACTC may serve for no more than two consecutive terms; there will be no limitation upon the total number of terms a member of the ACTC may serve.

C. Selection of Members. Six members of the ACTC will be elected by vote of faculty members with Tenured Appointments in an election conducted by the Senate. One member of the ACTC will be the Chair of a Department elected by the Chairs’ Council. Two members of the ACTC will be appointed by the Provost.

D. Deliberations. No member of the ACTC will participate in the evaluation of an applicant for a Tenured Appointment pursuant to Section XVII (Grant of Tenured Appointments) if that ACTC member has participaed in another stage of the process.

E. Officers. The members of the ACTC will select a Chair and any other officers they deem necessary from among themselves.