Courses with Low Enrollment

for the UAB Alternate/Fifth Member List shall remain on the list for two (2) years. The terms of regular members of the UAB shall be staggered so that the term of one (1) regular member designated by the AAUP and the term of one (1) regular member designated by the Provost shall begin in an odd-numbered year and the term of the other regular member designated by the AAUP and of the other regular member designated by the Provost shall begin in an even-numbered year. The terms of those on the UAB Alternate/Fifth Member List shall also be staggered so that the terms of two (2) of those designated by the AAUP and two (2) of those designated by the Provost shall begin in an oddnumbered year and the terms of the other two (2) designated by the AAUP and the other two (2) designated by the Provost shall begin in an even-numbered year. All terms are renewable.

(c) UAB Alternates. The alternates shall replace permanent members of their own side whenever an appeal comes from a unit of which they are a member. The alternates, designated by the AAUP and the Administration respectively, shall represent units other than those represented by the original two (2) members, and shall replace them when an appeal comes from a unit to which the original members belong, so that no member of the UAB shall ever have jurisdiction over an appeal pertaining to their unit. Alternates may also substitute for regular members in cases of illness or unavoidable absence. Members of the UAB and alternates designated by the Provost who participated in the formulation of the Provost's position on a particular matter that is before the UAB may not serve on the UAB in connection with its consideration of such matter. No member of the UAB shall sit on a case in which they have previously been involved nor shall a member of the UAB participate in a case for which they submitted a written statement or recommendation, in which they have taken a position before an administrator or peer-review committee evaluating the case, or in which they have declared a position in regard to the individual under review.

(d) UAB Procedures. The UAB shall establish its own procedures, provided that they do not contravene any provisions of the Agreement. The Provost and the AAUP shall convene an initial meeting of all regular members and alternate members of the UAB within the first month of each Spring semester. At this meeting, the regular members of the UAB shall select a Chairperson from among the regular members who

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