This procedure establishes the salary calculation and opportunities for Academic Deans who were formerly tenured faculty at LSSU to return to the faculty.

Academic Deans with tenure as faculty at LSSU may only return to the faculty when a vacancy exists for which they are academically qualified. Individuals moving into these positions shall maintain their academic rank while their seniority status shall be defined by the faculty collective bargaining agreement. The University may, at its own discretion, create a vacancy and with reasonable notice, return an Academic Dean to the faculty if deemed appropriate. Final approval for exercising this option will be subject to the concurrence of the President.

Compensation upon return to the faculty shall be as follows:

1. For Academic Deans appointed prior to the Fall Semester of 2002 and who have been in that capacity for five or more years;

   The nine-month academic salary shall be the current twelve-month salary adjusted for the next academic year multiplied by 9/11, but in no case shall it be less than the average faculty bargaining unit salary.

   I.e., for all Academic Deans holding the rank of Professor, the salary will be the average salary of all tenured Professors within the faculty bargaining unit; and for all Academic Deans holding the rank of Associate Professor, the salary will be the average salary of all tenured Associate Professors and Professors within the bargaining unit, such rates effective for the academic year in which he or she assumes a faculty position.

2. For Academic Deans appointed after Fall Semester of 2002 and who have been in that capacity for five or more years;
   1. The nine-month academic salary shall be the average faculty bargaining unit salary.

      I.e., for all Academic Deans holding the rank of Professor, the salary will be the average salary of all tenured Professors within the faculty bargaining unit; and for all Academic Deans holding the rank of Associate Professor, the salary will be the average salary of all tenured Associate Professors and Professors within the bargaining unit; or

   2. The salary shall be calculated as if they had remained members of the faculty bargaining unit. Whichever rate is higher, that rate becomes effective for the academic year in which he or she assumes a faculty position.

For administrators hired into the faculty and not tenured in the Lake Superior State University faculty, their salary shall be based on the average salary of all tenured faculty holding the same rank as the administrator.

For administrators whose initial appointment to the University was outside the faculty, their faculty salary shall be at the discretion of the University.