SENATE DOCUMENT #10


   A POLICY GOVERNING THE GRANTING OF RANK AND TENURE TO ADMINISTRATORS



[The Senate endorses the policy and recommends it to the Chancellor for
implementation.  It is the sense of the Senate that the provisions of
this policy be followed in the case of existing administrators wherever
possible.  Known non-tenured administrators should be offered the option
to remove themselves from the tenure track and accept the rank of lecturer.]




	An administrator is defined as anyone whose administrative
functions amount to more than fifty percent of his assignment load,
regardless of whether he is on a nine-month or twelve-month contract.
Because of the special nature of their positions, librarians are
exempt from the provisions of this policy.

	1.  Tenured faculty members of the institution retain their
rank and tenure when receiving an administrative appointment; however,
they are ineligible for promotion in academic rank while serving in an
administrative position.

	2.  With the exception of the Chancellor and the Vice Chancellor
for Academic Affairs, an administrator hired from outside the institution
may not be appointed to any faculty rank except that of lecturer in his
recognized discipline; in all cases, such an individual must receive the
approval and recommendation of the appropriate department before rank is
granted.

	3.  In the cases of untenured faculty members of the institution,
the following should apply:
	

   	The individual may request a tenure decision at the time
of the administrative appointment.  If tenure is not granted, however,
the following conditions should prevail:  upon accepting an administrative
position, the individual must take a leave-of-absence from his faculty
position, with the provisions that, during this absence:  he is removed
from the tenure-track appointment and must remain off the tenure track
for the duration of the administrative appointment; the leave-of-absence 
is not to exceed three years.  Beyond three years he may return to his
original faculty rank only upon the recommendation of the appropriate
department chairman, the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, and the
Chancellor.