What is the Eight Year Limit (“Seven Year Rule”) regarding tenure?
Tenure is the University of California’s guarantee of continued employment and is granted with promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor. A tenured faculty member’s appointment can be terminated for such reasons as violation of UC ethical principles, unacceptable conduct, or incompetence. The department, the Dean, the Ad Hoc Committee, CAP-OC, the Vice Provost, the Provost and the Chancellor, conducts the tenure review. A final decision on whether tenure is to be granted must be made by the end of the seventh year of service. Those who do not receive tenure, are given a final year notice, during which they may pursue an appeal of the decision. In the 2001-2002 academic year, 95.5% of the tenure requests at UCD were approved (APM 015, UCD 220 IV. D).
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