Section 4: Tenure-Track & Tenured Faculty Policies

4.12 Notice of Resignation and Retirement

As stated in Section 4.10.1A, tenure is relinquished upon resignation from the university. If a faculty member resigns, but is re-employed by the university, tenure will be awarded only in accordance with policies and procedures stated under Section 4.2.

Since faculty appointments are typically made for the academic year, it is expected that faculty members who wish to resign will do so end of the academic year or no earlier than the end of a semester. Faculty on 9-month academic year appointments who resign during the academic year shall receive a salary proportional to the fraction of the academic year completed before their resignation. Faculty members on 12-month appointments will receive leave pay due on resignation.

A member of the faculty controls the decision to retire. The effective date of retirement for academic-year faculty is normally at the end of either the fall or spring semesters. Computation of the final payment for the last year of service is calculated in the same way as for resignations. Thus, a faculty member who retires at the end of the fall semester is entitled to one-half of their academic year salary. Faculty on 12-month appointments will receive annual leave pay due on retirement.