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002.100 Terms Used Throughout Agreement.

The following terms shall have the following meanings when used in this Agreement:

002.110 Association.

“Association” means the University Education Association.

002.120 Certified Unit.

“Certified Unit” means the portion of the out-state instructional unit established by the Minnesota Public Employment Labor Relations Act, as amended (“PELRA”), for which the Association has been certified as the exclusive representative by the Director of the Bureau of Mediation Services of the State of Minnesota.

002.130 Employer.

“Employer” means the Regents of the University of Minnesota.

002.140 Principal Administrator.

“Principal Administrator” means a dean, director or similar principal officer at UMD so designated by the Chancellor. “Principal Administrator” means a department head or similar principal officer at UMC so designated by the Chancellor. A Principal Administrator shall have responsibility and authority as delegated by the Chancellor.

002.151 Member (UMC).

“Member” means a Member of the Certified Unit. Members shall include faculty appointed to Regular Appointment and Term Appointment (see definitions Regular appointments and Term appointments) and Research Associates in class 9406 and Research Fellows in class 9407 appointed prior to July 1, 1985, and who meet the PELRA employment eligibility requirements of more than 35% time and longer than 67 days per calendar year.

002.160 Faculty Ranks.

The faculty ranks are Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor and Instructor.

002.161 Regular Appointment.

Appointments to faculty rank which carry Indefinite Tenure or are tenure-track (also called probationary) are called Regular Appointments.

002.166 Indefinite Tenure (UMC).

The right to continued employment, subject to removal only for one (1) or more of the following reasons:

1. Cause
2. Retirement

002.167 Tenure-track (also called Probationary) Appointment (UMC).

An appointment at any faculty rank leading to a decision concerning Indefinite Tenure within a specified period of time.

002.168 Term Appointment (UMC).

Term appointments to faculty rank are date specific: that is, the appointment terminates at the end of a period specified in the appointment without further notice.

A Term appointment creates no right or presumption of a right to reappointment or to an appointment with Indefinite Tenure.

002.169 Adjunct, Clinical, Visiting Prefixes to Faculty Rank (UMC).

Adjunct, Clinical, and Visiting faculty members hold Term appointments. They are not Members of the Certified Unit.