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New Appointments

The College subscribes to AAUP guidelines, as follows, on new faculty appointments:

The total period of full-time service prior to the acquisition of continuous tenure will not exceed six years, including all previous full-time service with the rank of instructor or higher in other institutions of higher learning, except that the probationary period will be a minimum of four years, even if the total full- time service in the profession thereby exceeds six years.

The probationary appointment schedule is:

Probationary Years
At Marlboro
Appointment
Schedule
6
5
4
2,2,2
2,2,1
2,1,1

Terms of Appointment

  1. An initial appointment to the faculty shall normally be for a term of two years.
  2. The initial two-year term may be followed by two successive terms, if the College and faculty member agree.
  3. The two successive terms may be followed by an appointment for an indefinite term. The College incurs no contractual liability for failure to renew any of the term appointments, or for failure to appoint to an indefinite term.
  4. Faculty members on a term appointment for the following academic year or faculty members on indefinite term shall notify the College prior to March 1 if they plan to leave at the end of the current academic year. Otherwise, they are under contractual obligation to the College.
  5. All appointments of part-time faculty who are not tenured members shall be on an annual basis.

New Appointments

New Appointments to the faculty are made by the President, with approval of the Board of Trustees, after recommendation by the Committee on Faculty. The President and the Dean of Faculty may, in extraordinary circumstances, make faculty appointments of up to one term without prior Board action, but such appointments shall be reported to the Board at the next regular meeting. It is the sense of the faculty that the President should not make appointments contrary to the advice of the Committee on Faculty or of the Dean of Faculty.

Re-appointments

Re-appointments shall be made by the President, after recommendation by the Committee on Faculty.

Tenure

Tenured members of the faculty are those who have been specifically designated as such by the President, after a vote by the Board of Trustees. This vote follows a recommendation by the Committee on Faculty regarding the faculty member's appointment. Tenured members are appointed for an indefinite term. For all tenure appointments, the criteria are the same as for term appointments, with the understanding that tenure appointment particularly requires evidence of strength according to the criteria, not merely an absence of shortcomings. Part-time teachers may, in special circumstances, be eligible for tenure. Tenure for part-time teachers may be warranted when the part-time position is well established within the curriculum, the position is at least one-half time, and the part-time teacher maintains an active role in the College community beyond the teaching of classes.

Associate Faculty

Appointments by the Trustees of Associate Faculty for a three-year term shall be made upon recommendation of the President, the Dean of Faculty, and the Committee on Faculty.

Teachers not on Marlboro Faculty

Except for tutorials with non-Marlboro faculty for Plan students all courses taught by non-members of the faculty must be approved by the Curriculum Committee.

  1. Faculty members may arrange for the teaching of credit courses in their field (i.e. courses that they are qualified to evaluate) on an occasional basis (not more than once every two years) by someone not on the faculty, with the following conditions:
    • that they provide, as necessary, for supervision of the classes and of the grading, and that they be responsible for the grades in the course;
    • that they submit for the approval of the Curriculum Committee a course description, a curriculum vitae of the proposed teacher, an explanation of what fees, if any, are to be charged, and how they will be collected, and an explanation of how and to what extent the classes and grading will be supervised;
    • that students understand that they are to pay any expenses incurred.
  2. Marlboro College does not encourage courses taught by non-members of the faculty on a more regular basis. Courses taught by those not on the faculty more often than once every two years are subject to the same requirements as those in "1" above, but must, in addition, be approved in advance by the Curriculum Committee. Where the Curriculum Committee determines that it is in the interest of the College to offer on a fee basis courses not otherwise available in the curriculum, the Dean of Faculty may arrange for such courses, with fees to be billed for the instructor through the College. The committee should weigh, in making such determination, possible unfairness to students without extra money and any possible distorting pressures on our curriculum. Before approving such a course when the proposal has not been made by a faculty member, the Dean of Faculty shall assure that a member of the faculty, in the area of the course to be taught, agrees to vouch for the credits and grades in the course, and to assume responsibility for submitting grades on time.

Emeritus status

Emeritus Status is granted by the president and Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the Committee on Faculty in recognition of distinguished service to the college.

Emeritus status would provide the following benefits:

  1. Emeritus Faculty may enroll in any of the regular or supplemental health insurance plans offered by the Emeriti program subject to the terms defined by the Emeriti Consortium*
  2. Emeritus Faculty can retain their Marlboro email accounts and receive limited technical support for those accounts
  3. Emeritus Faculty will have access to the library and limited access to library services such as interlibrary loan.
  4. Emeritus Faculty will have access to the computer lab in the library and limited use of the Mather photocopy machines.
  5. Emeritus Faculty can continue to offer an occasional course when such an arrangement is mutually agreed upon by the retiree, the Curriculum Committee and the Dean of Faculty.
  6. Emeritus Faculty are eligible for the college's tuition exchange program for dependent children.
  7. Emeritus Faculty can take classes at the undergraduate college free of charge.
  8. Emeritus Faculty will have access to a shared office space (if available) at the Marlboro College Graduate Center during regular business hours.

Salaries

Specific faculty salaries will be related primarily to teaching experience at Marlboro and elsewhere. Special needs of the College, or unusual competence, will also be taken into consideration.