6. TERM OF APPOINTMENT

The Dean of the Graduate School appoints an ad hoc committee to review each nomination and produce a recommendation for consideration by the Dean and the General Committee.

b. Division Membership

A member of the academic staff is nominated for division membership on the graduate faculty representing a particular graduate field by vote of the faculty in that field. The Director of Graduate Studies submits to the Graduate School a letter of nomination, the completed nomination card, and the nominee’s curriculum vitae. A Ph.D. degree is not routinely expected.

The Dean routinely approves the nomination but may bring a nomination to the General Committee for final approval if circumstances warrant broader discussion.

c. Minor Membership

A member of the academic staff is nominated for minor membership on the graduate faculty representing a particular graduate field by vote of the faculty in that field. The Director of Graduate Studies submits to the Graduate School a letter of nomination, the completed nomination card, and the nominee’s curriculum vitae.

The Dean routinely approves the nomination but may bring a nomination to the General Committee for final approval if circumstances warrant broader discussion.

6. Term of Appointment

Graduate faculty membership (General, Division, Minor) in a primary field of graduate study continues indefinitely in most cases, so long as the member remains actively engaged in University research and teaching or outreach in the established fields of graduate instruction. If the member is no longer actively engaged in research and teaching or outreach or other activities relevant to the field, the graduate faculty of the field may vote by majority to rescind the individual’s membership in the field, reporting the vote to the Dean of the Graduate School for approval. The field may establish procedures for intermediate steps prior to rescinding membership due to lack of engagement, such as a warning letter or conditions for a probationary period to encourage appropriate engagement in the field. The field may establish criteria for faculty’s engagement in the field and with students, and may develop procedures for placing a graduate faculty member on probation in the field. Fields developing such criteria and procedures should specify the conditions for entering and leaving probation, and the limitations on faculty roles during the probationary period. The field will be responsible for implementing and monitoring probationary status.

Guidelines for initiation and termination of secondary field membership may be set by majority vote of the field. The minimum term that may be established for secondary field membership is three years. An individual whose term expires may apply for reappointment by following the nomination procedure. (See “Nominations” p. 4.) At the time of nomination, the term of appointment to the secondary field should be indicated as indefinite or with a specific year term limit. In the absence of field guidelines or term specification, secondary membership continues indefinitely in most cases, subject to the same considerations as primary membership.

When graduate faculty members retire or resign from the University, they resign their membership on the graduate faculty. Graduate faculty members who retire or resign from the University may automatically remain on committees on which they were serving at the time of retirement/resignation for up to one year. A retired faculty member who remains in the Ithaca or Geneva area may continue beyond one year as a member or chair of those special committees on which the faculty member was serving at the time of retirement in that position. If the retired