Provost & Academic V.P. Western Illinois University 1 University Circle 211 Sherman Hall Macomb, Illinois 61455 Phone: 309/298-1066 E-mail: PS-Brown@wiu.edu

WIU/UPI Agreement 2001-2005

Definitions

Performance by Designee: Any action or responsibility assigned to an official or representative of the Board, the University, or the Union may be performed by a designee of such official or representative.

Titles or Headings: Any titles or headings are inserted solely for convenience of reference and shall not be deemed to limit or affect the meaning, construction, or effect of any provision of this Agreement.

Whenever Used in This Agreement

1. Academic Credit Equivalents (ACEs) shall mean the unit by which workload is measured. More detailed, operational definitions may be found both in the contract and in Workload Equivalencies developed at the department, college, and university levels.
2. Academic Support Professional shall mean an employee described in Appendix B, Section II.
3. Academic Vice President shall mean the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
4. Academic Year shall mean two consecutive 16 week semesters (fall and spring).
5. Accreditation shall mean being listed among the nationally recognized accredited agencies and associations listed in the Higher Education Directory.
6. Adequate Cause shall mean one or more acts or omissions which, singly or in the aggregate, have directly and substantially affected or impaired an employee's performance or fulfillment of her or his professional duties.
7. Agreement shall mean the negotiated contract between the Union and the Board.
8. Appropriate University Vice President shall mean a University Vice President responsible for coordination and supervision of the University program or organizational unit in which an employee is primarily assigned.
9. Associate Faculty shall mean non-tenure track faculty described in Appendix B, Section I (previously termed "temporary" faculty) who are employed in positions expected to be ongoing as enrollment and program need require. (This does not include temporary faculty hired as a one year replacement for a tenure/tenure track position.)
10. Board shall mean the Western Illinois University Board of Trustees. To the extent permitted by law, the term "Board" shall also refer to any successor agency of the Board of Trustees of Western Illinois University.
11. Days shall mean calendar days unless otherwise specified.
12. Dean shall mean the Dean of a College, School or University Library.
13. Department shall mean the University department, division, unit or other organizational entity in which an employee is primarily employed.
14. Department Chair shall mean the person immediately responsible for management of the University department, division, unit, or other organizational entity in which an employee is primarily employed.
15. Departmental Independent Study/Readings courses shall mean those courses offered in academic departments in which faculty work with students on an individual basis on individual projects.
16. Employee shall mean a member of the bargaining units described in Appendix A and Appendix B. It shall be used interchangeably with "faculty" in Unit A and with "Academic Support Professionals" and "Associate Faculty" in Unit B.
17. Independent Study Program courses shall mean those courses offered by academic departments through the School of Extended and Continuing Education to a class of students working independently to complete the course.
18. Intersession shall mean the period of time between fall and spring semesters and during fall and spring breaks.
19. Member the Immediate Family shall mean the employee's husband, wife, domestic partner, mother, father, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or child.
20. Off-campus shall mean a site at a distance from the location of the employee's primary teaching assignment and to which the employee must commute.
21. Professional Degree shall mean a J.D., M.S.W., or other degree or credential recommended by an academic department and approved by the Academic Vice President.
22. Reassignment shall mean the assignment of duties to an employee outside of the designated department/unit in which that employee's appointment is formally located.
23. Relative shall mean the employee's grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, first cousin, or grandchild.
24. Sanction shall mean a disciplinary action ranging from a letter of reprimand up to, but not including, termination.
25. Seniority shall mean years of service at Western Illinois University.
26. State Universities Retirement System shall mean the retirement system established by "An Act to Provide for the creation, maintenance, and administration of a Retirement System for the benefit of the staff members of the State Universities and certain affiliated organizations, certain other State educational and scientific agencies and the survivors, dependents, and other beneficiaries of such employees" approved on July 21, 1941, as amended.
27. Student Credit Hours (SCH) shall mean the number of credit hours generated by multiplying the number of students enrolled in a course by the number of semester hours of said course.
28. Summer Session shall mean any period between the end of spring semester and the beginning of fall semester.
29. Terminal Degree shall mean a doctoral degree, MSW degree, or MFA degree. The educational requirement for promotion and tenure in the Library is a Master's Degree in Library Science with an additional advanced or professional degree or the Master's Degree in Library Science with a sixth-year specialist degree in librarianship. A degree in fine arts or library science from an accredited graduate school which is recognized by the granting institution and the major professional association in a relevant field or discipline as the academic equivalent of an MFA degree or MLS degree will be treated as the equivalent. Degrees other than those named here, or their equivalent, may be designated as a terminal degree if recommended by an academic department and approved by the Academic Vice President.
30. Transfer shall mean a change in the designated department/unit within the same bargaining unit in which the employee's appointment is formally located.
31. Tutored study shall mean supervision/teaching of a catalog-listed course (other than Independent Study, research, practica, etc.) with an enrollment too low for the course to be offered as a regular class. Attired study does not have to meet the same number of hours as a regular class.
32. Union shall mean the University Professional of Illinois, Local #4100, an affiliate of the IFT, AFT, and AFL-CIO.
33. Union Chapter shall mean the Western Illinois University Chapter of the Union.
34. Union Chapter President shall mean the President of the Western Illinois University Chapter of the University Professionals of Illinois.
35. Union President shall mean the President of UPI Local #4100.
36. Union Representative shall mean the person(s) appointed by the Union to represent employees.
37. Unit A shall mean members of the bargaining unit described in Appendix A referred to as employees or faculty. Unit A consists of tenured/tenure-track faculty, librarians, and counselors.
38. Unit B shall mean members of the bargaining unit described in Appendix B and referred to as Associate Faculty, Academic Support Professionals, or employees.
39. University shall mean Western Illinois University.
40. University Grievance Officer shall mean the Academic Vice President's appointee designated to represent the University in the grievance process.
41. University President shall mean the chief academic and administrative officer of Western Illinois University.

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