Appointment Letter and Type

For detailed information governing terms of appointment, please refer to:

• Article XI in the Policies of the Board of Trustees (PDF)
• Article 30 in the 2007–2011 NYS/UUP Agreement (PDF)

Please note: These provisions in the 2007–2011 NYS/UUP Agreement remain in effect until the new agreement, which is currently being negotiated, is ratified. After ratification, this handbook will be updated to reflect any relevant changes. You can also visit the UUP website, www.uupinfo.org, for contract updates.

Appointment Letter
Members of the Purchase College faculty are appointed by means of contractual letters prepared in the Office of Human Resources and signed by the president. The appointment letter must be signed and returned to the Office of the President before the appointment is considered official.

Appointment letters for part-time faculty shall include the following information on required assignments, if applicable: teaching, advising and/or governance, and research and/or community service. (Article 30, §4.b, 2007–2011 NYS/UUP Agreement)

Appointment Type
The appointment letter specifies one of three appointment types:

• Temporary appointments may be terminated at any time. Temporary appointments ordinarily shall be given only when service is to be part-time, voluntary, or anticipated to be for a period of one year or less. A temporary appointment is also appropriate when a position has been vacated by an employee on approved leave. (Article XI, Title F, Policies of the Board of Trustees)
   
  Full-time service:
  After three consecutive years of full-time service on the basis of a temporary appointment, a full-time employee whose employment is continued on the basis of a temporary appointment shall be given the reasons for such appointment. (Article 30.1, 2007–2011 NYS/UUP Agreement)
   
  Part-time service:
  After six consecutive semesters of part-time service on the basis of a temporary appointment, further employment shall be on the basis of a term appointment. (Article XI, Title D, §2.b.1, Policies of the Board of Trustees)
   
  
• Term appointments are offered for a specified period of time that does not exceed three years in duration. Term appointments automatically expire at the end of that period unless terminated earlier because of resignation, retirement, or termination (Article XI, Title D, Policies of the Board of Trustees). An individual who has been granted a part-time term appointment but for whom classroom enrollment is inadequate shall have no entitlement to salary, benefits, or any other rights or privileges (Article XI, Title D, §2.b.1, Policies of the Board of Trustees).
   
  Faculty members holding a term appointment that is not “self-terminating” will be scheduled for a review that may result in a contract renewal before the end of the term. Please refer to the Faculty Bylaws and timeline for the normal schedule of such reviews.
   
  Written notice that a term appointment is not to be renewed upon expiration is to be given to the employee by the president or his designee. The contractual deadlines for notices of nonrenewal are stipulated in Article XI, Title D, §5 of the Policies of the Board of Trustees and Article 32 of the 2007–2011 NYS/UUP Agreement.
   
  
• Continuing appointment [tenure] is an appointment to a position of academic rank that shall not be affected by changes in such rank and shall continue until resignation, retirement, or termination. The following is stipulated in Article XI, Title B, Policies of the Board of Trustees:
   
  For those in the academic ranks of assistant professor, instructor, senior assistant librarian, or assistant librarian:
  Continuing appointment is granted [after a positive tenure review and] after completion of seven years of [full-time] service. Further employment beyond the seventh year must be as continuing appointment.
   
  For those in the academic ranks of professor, associate professor, librarian, or associate librarian:
  Continuing appointment is granted [after a positive tenure review and] after completion of three years of [full-time] service. Further employment beyond the third year must be as continuing appointment.

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