APPENDIX
L.
EAST
D.
Code Unit
Changes
1. The
policies and procedures set forth in this section apply to the following code
unit changes:
a. dissolving a code unit without
terminating faculty members' employment,
b. dividing a code unit into two or more
code units,
c. merging a code unit with one or more
code units,
d. moving a code unit,
e. changing a code unit's status from a department in a college
to a school, or from a school to one or more departments in a college,
f. renaming a code unit, in addition,
changes in unit nomenclature shall be approved by UNC General Administration
before such changes become effective. [Please
refer to interpretation #05-19.]
g. any combination of the above.
Changes will not occur until the faculty
members in the units affected and the
2. Proposals
recommending code unit changes of the sort listed above may be initiated by:
a. at least one-fourth of a code unit's
faculty members or
b. by administrators holding faculty
status.
Proposals must include at least a
vestigial code of operations reflecting the changes and detailed plans for any
faculty who might be displaced by the change.
[Please refer
to interpretation #01-17.]
3. Procedures
for making code unit changes are as follows:
a. The person(s) initiating a proposal will provide copies of the proposal to the faculty members and unit administrators of all code units to be altered by the proposed changes.
b. Within 15 working days after the proposal has been distributed the initiator(s) will meet to discuss the proposal with the faculty members of the unit(s) or with representatives elected by each affected unit, the unit administrators, and the appropriate deans and vice chancellors (or their representatives).
c. Within 10 working days
after this meeting, the permanently tenured
faculty members of each affected unit will meet and vote their approval or disapproval
of the proposal in its original form or as amended and then will communicate in
writing the results of their action to their unit administrator. The unit administrator will not participate
in this vote. (
d. Within 10 working days the unit
administrator will forward to the next higher administrator the results of the
unit's action and his or her concurrence or non-concurrence with the
unit's action.
e. Within 10 working days the next higher
administrator will communicate in writing to the initiator(s) and to the
appropriate vice-chancellor(s) the following: the unit faculty's action, the
unit administrator's concurrence or non-concurrence with that action, and his
or her concurrence or non-concurrence with that action.
f. The
initiator(s) shall present copies of the proposal, the affected units' faculty
recommendations, and the relevant administrators' concurrence or
non-concurrence to the chair of the Educational Policies and Planning
Committee. The committee shall consult with appropriate deans and
vice-chancellors, and, if it deems necessary, with other faculty members and
administrators. Within 40 working days (during the regular academic year), the
committee will report its recommendations to the
g. The
h. If the changes are approved by the
Chancellor (and higher authority if necessary), implementation of these changes
will be overseen by a committee including a faculty member appointed by the
Chancellor, a faculty member appointed by the Chair of the Faculty, and a
faculty member appointed by the Educational Policies and Planning
Committee. The committee will provide
timely reports on progress to the Educational Policies and Planning Committee.