(B) Nature of appointment of regular faculty.

(1) Unless the university has awarded tenure or a fixed-term contract, all appointments of full-time regular faculty are on an annual, temporary, or probationary basis, renewable each academic year at the discretion of the university.

(2) The board of trustees normally appoints all regular faculty members for an initial period of one academic year. In some cases, appointments for a period of more or less than one academic year may be made, as in the case of initial appointments at midyear or emergency one semester appointments.

(a) upon appointment every faculty member receives from the secretary of the board of trustees a certificate or letter of appointment as regular or auxilliary faculty, stating the rank or designation appropriate to the faculty member's status, annual salary or periodic salary if part-time, and length of appointment.

(b) Academic year and vacations. The academic year begins on the first day of classes in the fall semester and continues through spring semester commencement. Regular faculty members on an academic year contract shall be expected to be on duty during fall and spring semesters, continuing through the date that grades are due, and shall be entitled to all academic vacations during that period, but shall not earn or accrue any other vacation credits. Regulary faculty and designated others with academic rank serving on a twelve-month contract shall have twenty-two days of vacation to be accrued and used in accordance with the vacation policy in rule 3359-11-03 of the Administrative Code.

(3) Without limiting the authority of the board of trustees as conferred and defined by law to act in such matters upon its own motion, the following principles and rules shall govern full-time regular faculty appointments and tenure:

(a) Assistant professors, associate professors, professors, and distinguished professors shall be appointed by the board of trustees upon recommendation of the senior vice president and provost.

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