WIU/UPI Agreement 2007-2011

Article 23: Program Reorganization
Unit A

23.1. Notification of Intent to Reorganize

When plans are undertaken to reorganize a department or unit, all affected employees shall be notified of such plans and given an opportunity to respond prior to the reorganization.

23.2. An employee’s probationary status, tenure, faculty rank, eligibility for consideration for promotion and/or PAA, eligibility for leave without salary, or eligibility for the compensable fringe benefits specified in Article 27 shall not be affected by a reorganization which results in the employee’s transfer within the University.

23.3. An employee who has been transferred to a different department as a result of reorganization and who has applied for tenure in the new department shall be subject to the educational requirements for tenure of her or his former department if such requirements are less stringent than those of the new department.

23.4. During the first academic year of operation of a department created as a result of a reorganization, an employee will be evaluated for retention, promotion, or tenure in accordance with the Department Criteria of her or his former department unless the timing of the reorganization is such that a statement of Department Criteria for the new department can be adopted and implemented pursuant to Article 20.

23.5. By the designated agreed timeline of the first academic year of operation of a department created as a result of reorganization, a department Summer Session rotation plan shall be submitted to the Academic Vice President for approval.