XXVIII. Definitions

A. Terms Defined in Previous Sections

1. “Academic Freedom” will have the meaning specified in Section I.A.
2. “Academic Personnel File” will have the meaning specified in Section XXVI.
3. “ACT Committee Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVII.A.6.a.
4. “ACT Committee's Level Two Post-Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.C.3.
5. “Adverse Circumstance” will have the meaning specified in Section XXI.A.
6.  “Advisory Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XXI.B.
7. “All College Promotion Committee (CPC)” will have the meaning specified in Section XXIV.A.
8. “All College Tenure (ACT) Committee” will have the meaning specified in Section XXIII.A.
9. “Application” will have the meaning specified in Section XIX.C.3.
10. “Application Year” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.B.
11. “Area of Academic Focus” will have the meaning specified in Section X.B.
12.  “Assistant Professor of Instruction” will have the meaning specified in Section VI.A.
13. “Associate Professor of Instruction” will have the meaning specified in Section VI.B.
14. “Cause” will have the meaning specified in Section XX.B.
15. “College Policies” will have the meaning specified in footnote 2.
16. “College Standards” will have the meaning specified in XIX.A.1.
17. “Committee” will have the meaning specified in Section XXI.C.
18. “Comprehensive Three-Year Review” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.E.1.
19. “Criteria for Full-Time Faculty Appointments” will have the meaning specified in Section V.
20. “Department Chair’s Level One Review” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.B.3.
21. “Department Chair’s Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVII.A.3.b.
22. “Department Chair’s Three-Year Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.E.2.
23. “Department Criteria” will have the meaning specified in Section V.D.
24. “Department Standards” will have the meaning specified in Section XIX.A.2.
25. “Dismissal of Tenured Faculty Members for Cause” will have the meaning specified in Section XX.D.
26. “Evaluation Areas for Teaching-Track Appointments” will have the meaning specified in Section V.A.
27. “Evaluation Areas for Tenured Appointments” will have the meaning specified in Section V.B.
28. “Evaluation of Faculty Members with Teaching-Track Appointments” will have the meaning specified in Section IX.
29. “Evaluation of Faculty Members with Tenured Appointments” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.A.
30. “Expedited Tenure Application” will have the meaning specified in Section XVII.B.2.
31. “Expedited Tenure Recommendation” will have the meaning specified in Section XVII.C.1.
32. “Extension of the Tenure-Track Period” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.C.1.
33. “External Reviewers” will have the meaning specified in Section XVII.A.1.a.
34. “External Reviewer’s Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVII.A.1.c.
35. “Faculty Annual Activity Report” will have the meaning specified in Section IX.
36. “Faculty Evaluator” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.D.1.
37. “Faculty Member’s Level One Post-Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.B.6.a.
38. “Faculty Member’s Level Two Post-Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.C.2.
39. “Further Review” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.B.6.  
40. “Nonrenewal, Denial of Tenure, or Termination” will have the meaning specified in Section XXII.A.
41. “Nonrenewal of Teaching-Track Appointments” will have the meaning specified in Section X.B.
42. “Nonrenewal of Tenure-Track Appointments” will have the meaning specified in Section XVI.A.
43. “Notice of Dismissal” will have the meaning specified in Section XX.D.2.a.
44. “Part-Time Faculty Appointment” will have the meaning specified in Section IV.A.
45. “Post-Tenure Review: Level One” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.B.
46. “Post-Tenure Review: Level Two” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.C.
47. “Post-Tenure Reviewing Faculty” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.B.6.b.
48. “Procedural Review Committee (PRC)” will have the meaning specified in Section XXIV.A.
49. “Professional Incompetence” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.C.4.b.
50. “Professor of Instruction” will have the meaning specified in Section VI.C.
51. “Provost’s Level Two Post-Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.C.4.
52. “Provost's Tenure-Track Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.D.4.
53. “Provost's Three-Year Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.E.4.
54. “Questioned Situation” will have the meaning specified in Section XXI.B.
55. “Review of Statement of Policy” will have the meaning specified in Section XXVII.A.
56. “Reviewing Faculty” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.B.
57. “Reviewing Faculty’s Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVII.A.3.b.
58. “Reviewing Faculty’s Three-Year Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.E.2.
59. “Sanction and Dismissal of Faculty Members” will have the meaning specified in Section XX.
60. “Sanctionable Conduct” will have the meaning specified in Section XX.A.
61. “Sanctions” will have the meaning specified in Section XX.C.
62. “School Dean’s Level One Interview” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.B.5.
63. “School Dean’s Level One Post-Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.B.5.
64. “School Dean’s Level Two Interview” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.C.2.
65. “School Dean’s Level Two Post-Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.C.2.
66. “School Dean’s Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVII.A.4.
67. “School Dean’s Tenure-Track Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.D.3.
68. “School Dean’s Three-Year Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.E.3.
69. “School’s Post-Tenure Report” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.B.6.c.
70. “Statement” will have the meaning specified in the preface of this Statement.
71. “Statement Review Committee” will have the meaning specified in Section XXVII.B.
72. “Teaching-Track Appointment” will have the meaning specified in Section IV.B.
73. “Teaching-Track Evaluation Process” will have the meaning specified in Section IX.
74. “Tenured Appointment” will have the meaning specified in Section IV.D.
75. “Tenure Dossier” will have the meaning specified in Section XVII.A.2.
76. “Tenure Rights” will have the meaning specified in Section V.B.
77. “Tenure-Track Appointment” will have the meaning specified in Section IV.C.
78. “Tenure-Track Evaluation” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.A.2.
79. “Tenure-Track Evaluation Process” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.D.2.
80. “Tenure-Track Evaluation Year” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.A.2.
81. “Tenure-Track Faculty Evaluation Forms” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.D.2.
82. “Tenure-Track Period” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.B.
83. “Three-Year Activity Statement” will have the meaning specified in Section XVIII.B.2.
84. “Three-Year Dossier” will have the meaning specified in Section XV.E.1.

B.  Other Terms

1. Business Day. The phrase “Business Day” will mean a day, Monday through Friday, that the College is open for business.

2. Deliver. The term “Deliver” will mean (a) to mail by certified or registered mail, (b) to send by express courier such as Federal Express, (c) to Deliver by messenger or in person, or (d) to comply with any other delivery procedure specified by the Office of the Provost.

3. Chair and Department. In situations involving an academic unit of the College that is not a Department, all references to “Department” will be understood to be references to that unit and all references to “Chair” will be understood to be references to the Director of that unit.

4. Reviewing Faculty. All available members of the tenure-track faculty member’s Department who hold Tenured Appointments. This does not include the Department Chair, Acting or Interim Chair (if any) and those that hold administrative appointments outside the department.