III.L.1.a The Faculty Appeals Committee is a standing committee of the Faculty Senate that is responsible for providing a means for an instructional faculty member to appeal decisions on certain specific matters to a committee of his or her peers.

The Faculty Appeals Committee is not a general grievance body and it shall consider only those matters specified in the Faculty Handbook as appealable to the Faculty Appeals Committee. A&P faculty members do not have access to the Faculty Appeals Committee except in matters concerning promotion and/or tenure denials, as specified in the Faculty Handbook sections on those matters.

III.L.2.b (4) If the Faculty Appeals Committee determines that the personnel matter presented is appealable, the appeal is timely and the grounds stated are appropriate for the type of personnel matter, it will then decide by simple majority vote of the membership if a hearing is warranted as outlined in this section. If the Faculty Appeals Committee votes against sending the appeal to a hearing, it will notify the faculty member, provost, speaker, dean, and AUH that the appeal has been denied.

III.L.2.b. (5) If the Faculty Appeals Committee votes to send the appeal to a hearing, the Faculty Appeals Committee shall select a Hearing Committee consisting of five faculty members selected at random from all tenured full-time teaching and research faculty, excluding academic unit heads, to form the Hearing Committee. Those who serve on the panel must come from different colleges than the appellant. All materials on the appeal received by the Faculty Appeals Committee shall be sent by the Faculty Appeals Committee to the Hearing Committee.