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Reorganization Policy

This policy was posted for public comment from September 15 – 30, 2025

Responses

General Comments

Does this policy permit a dean to reorganize a department and eliminate positions without obtaining supervisor approval? Just PWC approval?

No, for a dean to reorganize a department, they would need to submit the proposed reorganization to the appropriate Provost/Vice President as noted in section 4.B.1.

Will a dean be allowed to lay off tenured faculty and replace their teaching load with adjuncts? The "outsourcing" clause?

This policy does not supersede the Academic Freedom, Professional Responsibility, and Tenure Policy, which provides how and when tenured faculty members to be laid off.

This policy is an attack on the tenure protections for faculty.

This policy does not supersede the Academic Freedom, Professional Responsibility, and Tenure Policy.

The current reorganization procedures appear to allow termination of tenured faculty, which seems to contradict Utah Board of Higher Education Policy R481.

This policy does not supersede the Academic Freedom, Professional Responsibility, and Tenure Policy, which complies with Board Policy R481.

4. Procedures

4.A.2 – Replace "This policy does not supersede SLCC's Academic Freedom, Professional Responsibility, and Tenure Policy" with "Tenured faculty reduction in force procedures will follow the SLCC Academic Freedom, Professional Responsibility, and Tenure Policy." The current phrasing is too soft; a directive is clearer.

Thank you for the comment. No change made. This policy and procedure is related to reorganization and not reduction in force.

4.D – Clarify under which positions a faculty member, especially tenured faculty—may be reorganized out of a job.

The procedure outlines the reasons for reorganization as: budget or funding reduction; process improvement or better utilization of available resources; outsourcing of work or work shortage; changing department or organizational needs; and restructuring or changes in strategy.

4.D.1.b – If the college will "make every effort" to provide 28 days' notice to part-time, temporary, or probationary employees, that obligation should be written into policy rather than left discretionary.

Thank you for the comment. No change made.

Comments

Does this policy say that a dean can reorganize a department and eliminate positions without supervisor approval? Just PWC approval?

Will a dean be allowed to lay off tenured faculty and replace their teaching load with adjuncts? The "outsourcing" clause?

This policy is an attack on the tenure protections for faculty.

4.A.2 Policy Statement: Replace "This policy does not supersede SLCC's Academic Freedom, Professional Responsibility, and Tenure Policy" with "Tenured faculty reduction in force procedures will follow the SLCC Academic Freedom, Professional Responsibility, and Tenure Policy." The current phrasing is too soft; a directive is clearer.

4.D.1.3 Notice of Layoff: Clarify under which positions a faculty member, especially tenured faculty—may be reorganized out of a job.

4.D.1.b Timeliness of Notice: If the college will "make every effort" to provide 28 days' notice to part-time, temporary, or probationary employees, that obligation should be written into policy rather than left discretionary.

General Comment (R481 Conflict): The current reorganization procedures appear to allow termination of tenured faculty, which seems to contradict Utah Board of Higher Education Policy R481.