Cinema and Media Studies Unit Policy on Voting Rights
- Tenure-track and tenured unit faculty are entitled to vote on the hiring and review of tenure and non-tenure track faculty. Al unit lecturers and senior lecturers are entitled to vote on issues associated with teaching and curriculum, and the unit's recommendation for the position of unit director.
- Tenure-track and tenured faculty, lecturers, and senior lecturers are entitled to vote on the hiring and review of non-tenure track faculty, issues associated with teaching and curriculum and the unit’s recommendation for the position of unit director.
- Faculty may extend voting privileges as needed. Petitions for such privileges will be submitted when personnel are hired and/or at the first faculty meeting each fall.
- Voting rights only apply to areas within faculty governance that call for faculty votes. Those not entitled to vote are encouraged to voice their opinions in an advisory capacity.
Ratified: 3/11/2021