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F acuity tei By BRIAN TURNER Gamecock Staff Writer Tenure, which provides job security for faculty members, is based on departmental rank and a probationary period of four to six years. A A ? ? * ty. icnurea proiessor can De removed through extraordinary measures taken by the university's president. The tenure process begins at the departmental or college level with the department head notifying the eligible professors that they are to be considered. Eligibility is determined initially on years of service at USC. An associate professor or full professor is automatically granted tenure after four years experience with the university. The probationary period for assistant professors is six years, while instructors, lecturers and other faculty of a temporary nature are not eligible. ASSUMING THE professor receives positive recommendations at each level, the case mnvPc frnm (ho rtmont lo??l _..v . -u v?v U?.|WI U1IVI11 ItVCl to the college dean. Each college has the option of setting its own standards for tenure, as long as those standards are approved by the committee on tenure and promotions. Following recommendation, the dean will forward the files to the provost council, currently com- i prised of provost Keith Davis, assistant provost for academic affairs William Wesson and dean of a ffairs William Wesson and dean of the Graduate School, George Reeves. Beco lawyers s and pii I edticatioi The National Center tor Paralegal graduates the opportunity to ent assistant. This intensive 12-weel attorneys inV\tlanta may qualify y( role as an accepted member of t Specialize in Corporations: Litigati For a free Catalog about the Pre simply mail the coupon below: i i I K I . i^ame I I Address I I City State | School Name ! Summer 1978 Fall i ! The National Canter fj i for Paralegal Training *; I 1 A Representative from The Nation Lawyer's Assistant Program will bi from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the PI students. For more Information cot National Center for Paralegal Tral Suite 430, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, The National Center admits student! and without regard to race, color, c . - . . . ? ? -s. , - - - - rare process university committee, made up of 24 professors with tenure. This committee has 15 members elected by the faculty and nine presidential appointees. THE COMMITTEE does not always return the same decision as the provost council, although "that council's recommendation is significant," committee chairman Dr. Donald Greiner said. (JSC President James B. Holderman has the next vote on tenure, although last year he agreed with the university committee's decision on 94 percent of the cases, Greiner said. "The president must, however, have some discretion since he has the broadest view of the university," Greiner said. The board of trustees has a nominal decision by casting the final vote, but almost always they will approve the president's tenure recommendations, he added. Annntwllnrt 1U? f 14-- ' nvvuiuius iv me lciuuiiy manual, USC "adheres in principle to the most recent standards of the American Association of University Professors on tenure as minimum guides to the rights, privileges and benefits accorded faculty members." This refers to the eligibility requirements, notification of decisions and conditions under which a tenured professor can be removed. "THE UNIVERSITY reserves the right to terminate a faculty 1 tdfc. FREE 1 g??? DELIVERY 254-8800 BBsea issistant if your 1 to work. Training offers qualified college er the legal field as a lawyer's k graduate program taught by )u for an active and challenging he legal community. on nr Rfifll anrt Prnhato igram, call (404) 266-1060 v,. , i i Phone I I , I Zip i I I Yr.Grad I I 11978 Spring 1979 ! andra Jennings. Director _ I iv itauuiicii v_,uruer ior Paralegal i raining I >76 Peachtree Road. NE, Suite 430 I lanta. Georgia 30326 I Jl (404)266-1060 I I al Center for Paralegal Training's 9 on campus on Thursday, Apr. 6 acernent Office to meet Interested itact the Placement Office or The nlng, 3376 Peachtree Road, NE, (404) 266-1060. 5 on the basis of individual merit reed, sex, age or national origin. 3 lengthy, c< appointment for cause,*' the manual states. Only the president, in consultation with an ad hoc committee of the Faculty Advisory Committee, can take this action. When reviewing an application for tenure, the University Committee looks for such things as teaching performance and experience at Carolina and elsewhere, listings of publications and papers, as well as work on committees and educational and research activities. THE UNIVERSITY Grievance r c i i Th < for the la fashion f 919 Sumter Visa and wmplicated Committee is set up to hear appeals from professors dissatisfied with a negative decision on their own tenure by the department. ?ir * - ? wesson aamits mat "negative decisions are of course a part of the system," but according to guidelines of the Committee these decisions are not to prejudice future consideration of tenure. Greiner said "the system is equitable because peers initiate tenure action." 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