1. University: The Temple
University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education.
2. Temple: The Board of
Trustees, President, Vice Presidents, Deans, and such
other supervisors and managerial personnel as defined
in the Public Employee Relations Act 195. It shall not
include department Chairpersons.
3. Board of Trustees: The
Board of Trustees of Temple University of the
Commonwealth System of Higher Education.
4. President: The President
of Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher
Education.
5. College or School: The
terms are interchangeable and refer to the Colleges and
Schools now included in the TAUP bargaining unit, namely:
Allied Health Professions,
College of
Business and Management, Fox School of
Communications and Theater, School of
Education, College of
Engineering, College of
Liberal Arts, College of
Music, Esther Boyer College of
Pharmacy, School of
Science and Technology, College of
Social Administration, School of
Tyler School of Art
For purposes of this Agreement,
the term college or school will also include the Department
of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture.
6. Dean: The chief executive
officer of each College or School of Temple University.
7. TAUP: The Temple Association
of University Professionals, American Federation of Teachers,
Local #4531, AFL-CIO.
8. Members of the Bargaining
Unit: Faculty, librarians, and academic professionals
represented by the TAUP for purposes of collective bargaining.
9. Department Chairperson:
A faculty member who is the designated head of
an academic department.
10. Faculty: All full time
employees of Temple University who hold faculty rank
(such as, but not limited to, Instructor, Assistant Professor,
Associate Professor or Professor) in a school or college
included in the bargaining unit.
11. Presidential Faculty:
All faculty who are tenured or on a term appointment
signed by the President.
12. Librarians: All full
time professional librarians functioning primarily as
librarians, on the Paley Library budget or in other colleges
and schools included in the bargaining unit.
13. Academic Professionals:
Full-time employees whose work is necessary or adjunct
to the teaching of students or to research functions
of the University.
14. Gender: The masculine,
feminine, and neuter gender as used in this agreement
import one another. The singular number, as used in this
Agreement, shall import the plural whenever applicable.
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