4.17 Termination of Faculty Employment

Any faculty member, at, or before, the end of the current term, may be dismissed for the following reasons:

1. Termination may occur where, in the judgment of the President, there is an insufficient number of students registered in a particular field to justify continued employment of the tenured or non-tenured faculty member in that field, or in the case of bona fide and demonstrable economic exigency as determined by the President.
2.  Termination may occur at any time during the academic year when a tenured or non- tenured faculty member’s conduct is found to be seriously prejudicial to the University. The faculty member shall be notified in writing by the President of the specific conduct which may result in termination. Notice of termination by the President is final for non-tenured faculty.

3. For tenured faculty, such action will not be taken until the faculty member has had an opportunity for a hearing. Requests for a hearing are submitted in writing to the President within 10 days of termination notice. Requests are made through the President to the Chair of the Board of Trustees, who appoints a special committee of the Board to hear and decide the grievance in a fair, impartial and timely manner. The decision of the special committee of the Board is final.