| At the request of the University President or Faculty Senate Chair,
using appropriate Series/Rules and the 1986 AAUP Recommended
Institutional Regulations on Academic Freedom and Tenure as guidelines,
the committee shall write, alter, or rewrite policies relating to
academic rank, salary, tenure, promotion, teaching and non-teaching
load, retirement, sabbatical, and other matters which affect the
well-being of faculty. The Faculty Personnel Committee shall study and
evaluate policies and procedures relating to the hiring of faculty,
which includes a yearly review of salaries. The committee shall act as
an advisory panel for all faculty members initiating grievances in
accordance with Series 9. The committee shall address all faculty
grievances except those involving dismissal, termination due to
reduction of or discontinuance of an existing program, termination due
to financial exigency, or a faculty member desiring to appeal a decision
of the University President on non-retention or promotion. The committee
shall refer to the Hearing Committee those grievances involving a number
of persons. Chapter 29B. Freedom of Information Act of the West Virginia
code provides that "Every person has a right to inspect or copy any
public record for a public body in this state, except as otherwise
expressly provided by Section Four of this article.” Under Exceptions in
Section Four the code reads, "Information of a personal nature such as
that kept in a personal, medical, or similar file, if the public
disclosure thereof would constitute an unreasonable invasion of
privacy...” When the committee handles matters of a personal nature, it
will not share its findings with the Faculty Senate. Hence, in this
function it remains exempt from those conditions outlined under the
section entitled "Committee-Senate Relationship" in this document. |