November 14, 1975 Archived Version (Effective November 14, 1975 through March 23, 1976) - minor refinements
March 24, 1976 Archived Version (Effective March 24, 1976 through May 17, 1979) - refinements to comply with UNC Code
May 18, 1979 Archived Version (Effective May 18, 1979 through May 20, 1982) - incorporates changes to retirement section
May 21, 1982 Archived Version (Effective May 21, 1982 through February 17, 1994) - changes age from 65 to 70
February 18, 1994 Archived Version (Effective February 18, 1994 through November 20, 1997) - redefined senior faculty as tenured associate and full professors [3.5.1]; redefined voting faculty [5.2.2]; clarified how vote can be taken [5.2.3]- these amendments were missed in reformatting documents in November 1997)
November 21, 1997 Archived Version (Effective November 21, 1997 through February 19, 1998)- reformatted
February 20, 1998 Archived Version (Effective February 20, 1998 through April 16, 1998) - Amended § 7 to comply with Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
April 17, 1998 Archived Version (Effective April 17, 1998 through September 17, 1998) - Amended §3.3.5 to delete mention of age; added new §3.4 regarding performance reviews.
September 18, 1998 Archived Version (Effective September 18, 1998 through April 15, 1999) - Substantive amendments to Section 7.3 to treat faculty who belong to the Optional Retirement System the same as faculty who belong to the Teachers'and State Employees' Retirement System and to conform to ADA requirements. Technical and clarifying amendments to sections 3.5.1(b), 3.5.2(b) and (c), 3.5.3(b),3.5.6, 3.7.2, 4, 5.1, 5.2.2, 5.2.3, 5.2.4, and 6.1
April 16, 1999 Archived Version (Effective April 16, 1999 through April 18, 2002) - Amended Section 3.6 to establish the ranks of "librarian" and "lecturer" as eligible for state optional retirement program.
April 19, 2002 Archived Version (Effective April 19, 2002 through October 2, 2002) - Amended policy to clarify the legal basis for employment of faculty, define and state protections of tenure and various type of term appointments, clarify language related to performance reviews, update modifiers and other wording, provide for official designees to act for the dean and/or department head, and to add language to clarify the Reappointment/Promotion/Tenure process and principles recommended by the 2000-2001 University Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee.
October 3, 2002 Archived Version (Effective October 3, 2002 through April 21, 2005) - Minor changes made to sections: 5.1a, 5.1.2c, 5.5, 6.4, 6.5.4, 7 and 7.1 pursuant to direction from Gretchen Bataille, Office of the President. See memorandum from Chancellor Fox to Gretchen Bataille dated September 12, 2002.
April 22, 2005 Archived Version (Effective April 22, 2005 though November 17, 2005) – Revised to (1) incorporate six realms of faculty responsibility and to require the Departmental Voting Faculty vote in hiring and promoting special faculty with professional rank; (2) allow initial tenure-track appointments to vary from exactly four years to allow the end dates to coincide with RPT cycles and thereby avoid adjustments later; (3) to have negative cases stop at the Provost and thus allow grievances to go to the Chancellor rather than the BOT; and (4) minor edits to improve language for clarity.
November 18, 2005 Archived Version (Effective November 18, 2005 through April 27, 2006) - Revised to incorporate delegation
from the Chancellor to the Deans the authority to appoint and reappoint
tenure-track faculty and appoint academic department heads. These were
previously delegated to the Provost. Revised sections are 5.1.2.b.,
6.4.4. and 6.5.2.
April 28, 2006 Archived Version (Effective April 28, 2006 through March 5, 2007) Policy revisions included: 1) 2004-2005 URPTC recommended and 2005-2006 URPTC reaffirmed that a revision to section 5.1.2.c is needed so it is clear that a faculty member may be reconsidered in their final contract year if they have been denied tenure and promotion. 2) Clarification of tenure contingency for faculty members who do not hold U.S. citizenship. Created new section 5.5 and old 5.5 became 5.6. 3) Language addition required in Section 6.5 to confirm that DVF remain in “Need to know” status throughout entire RPT process and therefore our practice of sharing recommendations and assessments by the head, CRPTC and dean are permitted. Created a new section 6.5.5. to do this.
March 6, 2007 Archived Version (Effective March 6, 2007 through April 19, 2007) – Revised section 8.5 in the last sentence that refers to section 501 C (4) of The Code. The BOG repealed this section. Corrected typographical error referencing the applicable procedures section of The Code. Section 603 changed to Section 605.
April 20, 2007 Archived Version (Effective April 20, 2007 through May 13, 2007) Revisions made to: Section 5.3 renumbering to 5.2.3. to make it clear that Federal employees with academic rank are Special Faculty; and Section 8.5 Last sentence refers to section 501 C (4) of The Code. The BoG repealed this section. Appeals to the BoT in 603 discharges are governed by Section 603 of The Code which expressly allows appeals to the BoG.
May 14, 2007 Archived Version (Effective May 14, 2007 through February 21, 2008) - Revised section 6.6.2 to stipulate the authority delegated to the Provost in Section 6 of the Delegation of Authority REG01.20.01 as the Chancellor's designee for purposes of providing notification of non-reappointment of regular faculty members.
February 22, 2008 Current Version - Clarifies that the Provost has final approval for non-reappointments. Edit to section 6.5.2 fixes an oversight when the language was previously changed to make the Deans the final decision makers for positive reappointments and the Provost the final decision maker for all negative decision cases. This was done to allow the Chancellor to be the one to whom appeals come. This additional edit merely clarifies that the negative reappointment cases do NOT stop at the dean, but do go on to the Provost. This is how we have been operating for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 cycles.
