Removal for Cause

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The President of the University, in consultation with the Dean and Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, may remove a faculty member for cause without regard to the faculty evaluation schedule. “For cause” may include any or all of the following:

• Illegal activity
• Bona fide financial exigency
• Abolition of the faculty member’s discipline or department
• Action inconsistent with the University goal of maintaining fairness with regard to sex, race, religion, national origin, and individual disabilities
• Professional incompetence
• Gross personal or professional misconduct
• Other actions by a faculty member that are detrimental to the goals and missions of the University and which require prompt removal

Faculty members who believe that a decision has been wrongfully made in their case may request a hearing as described in this Handbook.