Procedure Manual Table of Content Introduction to Policies and Procedures Manual

List of BMFA Deans and Staff Administrators

 Chapter 1. History
 Chapter 2. Organization of the Alpert Medical School
 Chapter 3. Faculty Affairs
 Chapter 4. Organization of AMS Departments
 Chapter 5. Medical School Faculty Governance
 Chapter 6. Faculty Responsibilities
 Chapter 7. Brown Format For Curriculum Vitae
  Chapter 8. Faculty Promotion Tracks
 Chapter 9. BMFA Schedule For Processing Actions
 Chapter 10. Faculty Recruitment
 Chapter 11. Faculty Appointments
 Chapter 12. Faculty Reappointments
  1. Clinical Departments
  2. Non-renewal of a Faculty Appointment
 Chapter 13. Annual Reviews of Faculty
 Chapter 14. Faculty Promotion Process
 Chapter 15. Guidelines For Faculty File Access
 Chapter 16. Postdoctoral Appointments/Reappointments
 Chapter 17. House Staff/Fellow Appointments/Reappointments
 Chapter 18. Faculty Benefits
 Chapter 19. Visa Appointments
 Chapter 20. Teaching / Excellence Awards For Clinical Faculty
 Chapter 21. Grievance Procedures
 Chapter 22. Resources

Chapter 12

Non-renewal of a Faculty Appointment

All academic and research faculty must receive notice of non-renewal 12 months (if a faculty member for 3 or more years) or 9 months (if a faculty member for less than 3 years) preceding the expiration of their current faculty appointment. Such notice should be provided by the department chair.

Clinical faculty appointments are not subject to any guidelines for notification of non-renewal. However, the individual in question should nevertheless be notified of his/her faculty status in a timely fashion by the department chair.

Prior to submitting a recommendation for non-renewal of a faculty appointment to BMFA, the Department Chair should inform the individual in question of the Department's recommendation.

In recommending non-renewal of faculty appointment, the Department Chair should submit a complete and concise departmental recommendation delineating the basis for the non-renewal. The letter should be accompanied by the individual's current curriculum vitae and/or any other documentation that substantiates the Department's recommendation.

Among the possible grounds for non-renewal of a faculty appointment are the following:
  • Failure to provide the required number of hours for teaching
  • Failure to improve teaching after receiving notice of need for improvement
  • The offering or establishment of an educational program as a Brown affiliated training program without the prior approval of the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences or the offering or establishment of an educational program that is competitive with Brown and/or not in the best interests of Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, determined by the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences
  • Unprofessional behavior
  • Failure to provide required or adequate documentation for reappointment
  • Provision of false documentation relevant to reappointment
  • Failure to fulfill established academic departmental responsibilities

See Core Document for further detail on faculty terms and ranks.
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