New Jersey City University Faculty Handbook
PERSONNEL POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND PRACTICE
In general, initial appointments are for one year. Under certain circumstances, appointments may be made up to a maximum of three years in accordance with one or more of the following criteria:
- To secure the employment of a highly desirable prospective faculty person in a subject area of high demand/low availability of qualified faculty;
- To attract highly qualified faculty to programs identified by the Board of Trustees as priority programs;
- To insure employment of a highly qualified prospective faculty person for whom other institutions outside the state may be competing;
- To attract faculty who may hold tenure or long-term appointments at other institutions;
- In circumstances where the desired prospective faculty person must relocate across a substantial geographic distance in order to accept the position.
A full-time faculty member who is appointed at the University for two or three years upon initial hire will be subject to a performance review on an annual basis pursuant to normal reappointment review procedures. Recommendations for reappointment will only be made during the final contract year.
Source: NJCU Personnel Regulations 9:6-3.4 (1996, 1997).