2022 Governance Handbook > Part 3: Academic > 3.1 Personnel > 3.1.5 Teaching Faculty > 3.1.5.9 Termination of Service > 3.1.5.9.3 Criteria

3.1.5.9.3 Criteria

When academic departments are designated for personnel reductions due to program changes or financial exigency (see 3.1.5.9.1 Reason for Termination), the following considerations will be made. The primary consideration will be reviewed before moving on to secondary considerations. Only if department members appear to be essentially equal with regard to the primary consideration will the secondary considerations be reviewed.

1. Primary Consideration

   Tenured faculty members with standard performance will be given priority for retention over untenured faculty (see 3.1.5.8 Review of Tenured Faculty).

2. Secondary Considerations

   The following areas shall be considered while making decisions among faculty members with standard performance:

   1. Evidence of meritorious teaching
   2. Academic specialty, degrees, certification, and breadth in relation to departmental needs
   3. Academic rank
   4. Research, publication, and professional productivity
   5. Contributions to the University in non-teaching functions such as committee work and student advisement
   6. Professional interactions within the department and the University as a whole
   7. Demonstrated service to the Seventh-day Adventist Church and to the community (see 3.1.5.4 Responsibilities).
   8. Years of employment at Walla Walla University
   9. Years of denominational employment