Standing Appeals Panel 2025-2026

ISUPP 4039 - Faculty Suspension or Dismissal for Adequate Cause applies to faculty and all employees of equivalent faculty rank. This policy satisfies two objectives:

A. To affirm a faculty member’s right to be informed of and question personnel recommendations, and;

B. To provide a mechanism for appealing an institutional decision to suspend or dismiss a faculty member for Adequate Cause. (The procedures provided herein shall also be used for faculty grievances and other matters under ISUPP 4041 Grievance Procedures for Institutional Faculty.) 

An Appeals Committee consists of five (5) members and three (3) alternates of the Standing Appeals Panel chosen to hear and make a recommendation for a specific appeal. The members of the current panel are: