North Dakota Century Code Title 15. Education § 15-10-13.4. Academic tenure--Policy--Evaluations

a. Defines progression and advancement criteria at each stage of tenure progression, including criteria for continued post-tenure review.

b. Establishes a procedure for annual evaluation of all nontenure, tenure-track, and tenured faculty by the president of the institution or the designee of the president.

c. Establishes a procedure for post-tenure evaluations, which must be informed by the annual evaluations under subdivision b and conducted by a committee appointed by the president of the institution or the designee of the president. The first post-tenure evaluation must be completed within three years. Subsequent post-tenure evaluations must be completed at least every five years or more frequently.

d. Provides the composition of a culminating post-tenure evaluation committee must include the administrative supervisor of the faculty member being evaluated, at least one ranking administrator, and tenured faculty comprising no less than one-third and no more than one-half of the committee.

e. Defines the outcome of an unsatisfactory review of post-tenured faculty, which may be removal from the position. The decision to remove faculty from a position must be made by the employing institution and the state board of higher education.

f. Is approved by the state board of higher education.

g. Provides for a hearing and appeal process for a faculty member aggrieved by the policy adopted under this subsection or decision made by the committee under subdivision c.