What can the candidate do if he/she doesn agree with the Departmental Letter?
The candidate must be provided an opportunity to review the redacted (names deleted) Departmental Letter before the file goes forward for review. Although the content of the letter is not negotiable, the candidate should alert the Chair to factual errors. After these errors are corrected, if the candidate still disagrees with the department’s recommendation or wants to clarify statements made in the letter, he/she can write a rebuttal. Any rebuttal letter must be submitted within 10 calendar days from the candidate’s receipt of the departmental letter and his/her signature on the disclosure form (indicating that he/she has read the file and certifies that it is complete and factually correct). A rebuttal may be sent directly to the Dean or Vice Provost-Academic Personnel if the candidate does not want to submit it to the Departmental Chair.
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