Once a joint appointment is made, the appointment shall stand until such time as either the joint appointee, the Dean, the Chairperson of either department or the DPC of either department requests a review. The process for terminating the appointment shall be the same as for the initial appointment, except that the DPC may initiate the petition for termination to their Department Chairperson. 5.17
(a)
Article 5 Procedures - Form and Timing. All recommendations covered by this Article shall set forth the reasons for the conclusions being reached in the recommendation and shall comment on the previous recommendations, if any. Such recommendations shall be dated and signed by the appropriate University official or Chairperson of the appropriate committee, and shall include the names of the committee members. The timing of such recommendations shall adhere to the timetable in Appendix A
(b)
Article 5 Procedures - Process. Each faculty body (including the UAB) and administrator shall forward copies of their recommendation or decision to every other faculty body or administrator who has considered or shall consider the case. Such copies shall be forwarded within five (5) days after the recommendation or decision is issued. The affected faculty member shall be entitled to submit written comments regarding any recommendation or decision to the next step in the process; such comments shall be submitted within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of the recommendation and need not be submitted to the faculty committees or administrators who have previously reviewed the case. A committee or administrator asking for additional information about issues raised in a candidate's response to a previous recommendation may share a copy of the candidate's response with the individual or committee writing the recommendation to which the candidate is responding. The deliberations of each faculty committee are to be held in strict confidence. Individual members of faculty committees reviewing a case shall not meet individually to discuss that case with administrators or other faculty committees reviewing the case except when the faculty member is designated to do so by the committee. If an administrator or
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