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diff --git a/handbook.md b/handbook.md index f34609c..39aed61 100644 --- a/handbook.md +++ b/handbook.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ --- title: "WPI Faculty Handbook" version: 3.0 -date: DATE +date: July 1, 2025 --- ------------------------------------------------------- @@ -3518,7 +3518,9 @@ during their probationary appointment are entitled to stop the tenure clock for one year, thus postponing the mandatory tenure review and the academic year in which the tenure decision will be made. The stopping of the tenure clock will be automatically granted by the -Provost upon written notification by the faculty member. Procedure +Provost upon written notification by the faculty member. + +*Procedure* Notification to stop the tenure clock must be submitted to the Provost in writing. A copy of the notification must also be sent to the appropriate Dean and Department Head. For a biological child, the @@ -3588,7 +3590,7 @@ In this case, CTAF shall oversee the tenure review of those faculty members who are on the tenure track at WPI and have been nominated for tenure by any voting faculty member consistent with the minimum time that must be served on a probationary appointment prior to the tenure -review described in [Chapter Two: Academic Appointments, Section +review (described in [Chapter Two: Academic Appointments, Section 3.a.i](chapter-2.html#chapter-2-section-3ai) and in [Chapter Three: Tenure, Section 1](chapter-3.html#chapter-3-section-1)). Notification of these early tenure nominations are due in the Faculty Governance @@ -7589,20 +7591,20 @@ Generally, an invention, software, or other copyrightable material, will not be considered to have been developed using WPI funds or facilities if: -+ 1. only a minimal amount of unrestricted funds has been used; and +1. only a minimal amount of unrestricted funds has been used; and -+ 2. the Intellectual Property has been developed outside of the +2. the Intellectual Property has been developed outside of the assigned area of research of the inventor(s)/author(s) under a research assistantship or sponsored project; and -+ 3. only a minimal amount of time has been spent using significant WPI +3. only a minimal amount of time has been spent using significant WPI facilities or only insignificant facilities and equipment have been utilized (note: use of office, library, machine shop facilities, and of traditional desktop personal computers are examples of facilities and equipment that are not considered significant); and -+ 4. the development has been made on the personal, unpaid time of -the inventor(s)/author. +4. the development has been made on the personal, unpaid time of the +inventor(s)/author. #### iv. Intellectual Property Developed Under Sponsored Research Agreements @@ -7761,7 +7763,7 @@ and be submitted in writing to the President of WPI and to the Committee on Governance. When a request for an appeal is received, an Appeal Board shall promptly be appointed. -+ 11.1 The Appeal Board is composed of five persons, three appointed by +1. The Appeal Board is composed of five persons, three appointed by the Committee on Governance and two appointed by the WPI administration. The COG-appointed members shall be members of the faculty chosen from a current list of tenure-track faculty members who @@ -7775,7 +7777,7 @@ interest in the outcome of its decisions, including people who have participated in the decision that is under appeal, shall be appointed to the Appeal Board. -+ 11.2 The Appeal Board shall promptly meet, elect a chair, and hear the +2. The Appeal Board shall promptly meet, elect a chair, and hear the appeal. The Appeal Board shall receive written briefs from each party to the dispute, take oral presentations open to all parties and their counsels, and receive written emendations to the written briefs. The