FACULTY APPOINTMENTS	No. 8-6	Rev. 7-8-93
		Date 11-12-80

PPM 3-1, Equal Opportunity and Non-discrimination Employment
PPM 3-2, Personnel Definitions
PPM 3-4, Personnel Appointment
PPM 3-5, Personnel Employment
PPM 3-6, Employment of Relatives

These policies chiefly relate to employment of staff; however, they also have bearing and should be reviewed in the employment of faculty.

II. POLICY

Faculty members at Weber State University are appointed by the president and ratified by the Board of Trustees. Faculty shall be appointed according to a process allowing for adherence to equal employment opportunity standards and allowing for a close examination and systematic inquiry into the qualification of candidates.

Temporary full-time faculty appointments to positions not leading to tenure shall be made in the same manner as regular faculty appointments.

Initial appointments are normally made at the levels of (a) instructor (b) instructor specialist, and (c) assistant professor. Criteria considered at the time of appointment are listed under part III of this policy. Exceptions are noted under part IV.H of this policy.

Emergency appointments without tenure, though not necessarily precluding the attainment of tenure in the normal manner, may be recommended by the president to the Board of Trustees, after consultation with the appropriate department chair and dean and with the provost, without following the procedures outlined below.

Under certain conditions, the procedures outlined in parts IV.C and D of this policy, and the requirements for recruitment and posting listed in PPM 3-5, part III, may be waived. Such conditions are only met when the individual hired possesses the required qualifications and their potential value to the college and the department is so great as to justify such a waiver. Examples include but are not limited to the following:

a) Truly exceptional candidates who are nationally recognized for outstanding achievement in their area of expertise.

b) Highly qualified candidates from gender groups or ethnic minority groups whose members are substantially under-represented in the department, provided the appointment meets a programmatic need.

In such cases, a department chair may seek permission to implement the above by following part IV of this policy, exclusive of parts C and D. Permission to implement may be granted and/or ratified by the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of the president, following consultation with the appropriate department chair and dean and the provost. In order to assure that the hiring of tenure-track faculty normally follows national recruitment efforts and is open to all qualified applicants, no department may rely on these exceptions for two successive hires.

III. APPOINTMENT CRITERIA

A. Instructor Specialist

Competence in the profession, the ability to communicate training and subject matter to others and professional licensing (when appropriate) to perform or supervise in the particular field shall be considered requisite for appointment to this rank. A baccalaureate degree may be required.

B. Instructor

The same basic requirements of the instructor specialist are necessary except that the baccalaureate degree shall be the minimum degree for appointment to this rank. In those areas where it is clearly established that a baccalaureate degree is not offered, a requisite degree and experience as determined by the department faculty, the college Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee and the appropriate dean and approved by the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, Faculty Senate and the provost may be substituted for the baccalaureate degree.

C. Assistant Professor

Experience in teaching, in research or in other qualifying work is required. In addition, the master's degree shall be the minimum degree for appointment to this rank. In those areas where it is clearly established that a master's degree is not offered, a requisite degree and experience as determined by the department faculty, the college Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee and the appropriate dean and approved by the Appointment, Promotion, Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee, the Faculty Senate and the provost may be substituted for the master's degree.

D. Associate Professor and Full Professor

Requirements for appointment to the ranks of associate professor and full professor must be consistent with the requirements for promotion to these ranks.

NOTE: A truly exceptional person who has nationally recognized academic achievements and lacks normal academic qualifications may be appointed to the associate professor or professor ranks upon the recommendation of the appropriate department and the college Ranking Tenure Evaluation Committee and approval by the provost.

IV. PROCEDURE

A. The department chair shall initiate action by obtaining authorization from the provost and the dean to establish or fill a position on the department staff.

B. The department shall determine qualifications for the vacant position. Before steps are taken to communicate with qualified candidates, the department chair shall negotiate the wishes of the department with the dean to obtain an agreement as to the qualifications and general responsibilities of the academic position to be filled.

C. When positions are approved and qualifications are determined, a screening committee of at least three members will be elected by department faculty.

D. Candidates may be invited to come to the campus at college expense for personal interviews, to give lectures and/or to participate in other campus activities in order that the candidates may become better known and evaluated, and to assure that they become acquainted with the institution and the locality of their prospective work and domicile.

E. When the investigation of candidates has been completed, the department chair shall forward the recommendation of the department with all supporting information to the dean. No offers, verbal or written, shall be made to a candidate without the approval of the dean and the provost.

F. The appropriate dean shall submit to the president, through the provost, the recommendations together with all pertinent and supportive data. The provost will indicate to the dean the approval or disapproval of the recommendations.

G. Appointments made by the president shall be ratified by the Board of Trustees.