Individuals must meet criteria for faculty appointment as established by their respective college or school and approved by the provost. A college’s academic tracks and the criteria for appointment to each rank within a track shall be recommended by the college’s Executive Committee and approved by the dean of the college and the provost. The processes for faculty appointment and promotion, as approved by the provost, are outlined in the Faculty Handbook. All faculty appointments to the rank of assistant professor, associate professor, and professor must be approved by the TJU Board of Trustees or its designate.
Members of the faculty contributing substantially to the teaching or research efforts in more than one department, school, or college may hold secondary appointments according to criteria and procedures outlined in the Faculty Handbook. While more than one appointment may be held, one appointment shall be designated as primary. Any contractual commitments to the faculty member, including tenure, shall apply only to the primary appointment.
Employed, non-tenured members of the faculty shall be appointed for a defined term of years as outlined in the Faculty Handbook. The appointment may be shorter or longer than the defined term if recommended by the dean and approved by the provost, but a faculty appointment term may not exceed six (6) years. In the event a faculty member’s employment contract with the university expires by its terms, the contract shall be automatically extended for successive one-month terms until either a renewal or extension contract is executed or either party terminates the contract either for cause or by giving the appropriate notice under these Bylaws or applicable university policies or procedures.
Non-employed faculty appointments shall be terminable at the discretion of the dean of the college or school. In circumstances where termination of a faculty appointment would impact the admitting or medical staff privileges of a faculty member at one of the hospitals within Jefferson Health, such termination shall be reviewed with the provost prior to implementation.
Generally, appointments of Jefferson faculty to the faculty at other academic institutions shall be permitted only if adjunct in nature and approved in writing by the dean. Such appointments shall be subject to all applicable university policies. Requests for appointments other than adjunct require the written approval of the dean and the provost.
All faculty appointments occasioned by the establishment of an academic affiliation shall end with the termination of the affiliation. Reappointment is required to reinstate the appointment.
If a faculty member’s patient admitting or medical staff privileges at any acute care institution with which the college has an affiliation are either involuntarily lost, terminated, or suspended, or if such privileges are voluntarily surrendered or curtailed during any inquiry or investigation of the faculty member, the faculty member’s appointment shall automatically, without right of fair hearing and appeal, be terminated.
Termination of the employment of a clinical faculty member with the university's affiliated corporation that employs clinical faculty in their clinical roles will be considered a termination of faculty appointment necessitating reapplication.