Academic Hiring Manual
5.0 Final Approval of Academic Actions
Actions approved by the Board of Trustees
- Appointment of tenure system faculty with tenure
- Appointments of deans, head coaches of football, men's basketball and men's hockey and certain executive management and academic administrative staff
- Promotion of tenure system faculty with award of tenure
- Reappointment of tenure system faculty with award of tenure
- Extension of contract for head coaches of football, men's basketball and men's hockey
- Actions approved by the President
- Change of Status for Head Coaches of football, men's basketball and men's hockey
- Emeritus designation of executive management and other appointees whose administrative appointment requires approval by the Board
Actions approved by Vice Presidents
- All actions for certain executive management staff
Actions approved by the Office of the Provost
- Appointment of tenure system faculty without tenure
- Appointment of certain executive management staff
- Appointment of librarians with award of continuing employment
- Appointment of librarians in the continuing system without award of continuing employment
- Appointment of specialists, MSU Extension staff, FRIB/NSCL staff, and those with no rank, in a continuing system, with or without the award of continuing employment
- Promotion of tenure system faculty without the award of tenure
- Promotion of librarians with the award of continuing employment
- Promotion of librarians without the award of continuing employment
- Reappointment of tenure system faculty without award of tenure
- Reappointment of librarians with or without the award of continuing employment
- Change of Status without an end date for tenure system faculty
- Change of Status without an end date for deans and executive management
- Changes of Status without an end date for those in continuing systems except tenure system faculty, and executive management staff
- Leaves of Absence for those in continuing systems
- Terminations/Cancellations of appointments in continuing systems and for executive management staff and head coaches
Additional Actions approved by the Office of the Provost
- Appointment of fixed term faculty and academic staff, excluding executive management and head coaches
- Promotion of FRIB/NSCL Staff with or without the award of continuing employment
- Reappointment of specialists, MSU Extension, and FRIB/NSCL staff with or without the award of continuing employment
- Change of Status with an end date, excluding those for head coaches
- Change of Status to change terminal leave/retirement date(s)
- Leaves of Absence for those on fixed term appointments, excluding executive management
- Terminations/Cancellations of fixed term appointments, excluding head coaches
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