  {"id":1794,"date":"2026-01-26T10:55:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=1794"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:55:32","slug":"general-purpose","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/general-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"5.00 &#8211; General Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>The provisions of this chapter are specifically limited to individual Faculty members as defined in <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/faculty\/\">5.01<\/a> and do not apply to Academic Staff personnel. The Dean or other appointing authority shall send to each member of the Faculty, and to each new appointee to the Faculty, a copy of Chapter 5, 51ÁÔÆæ Policies and Procedures and the University of Wisconsin System Faculty Personnel Rules, together with the written statements of criteria for renewal of appointment and promotion to tenure rank specified in <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-divisional-systems\/personnel-matters\/#criteria-for-advice\">3.17<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-executive-committee-functions\/\">4.05(1)<\/a>. When a department is a member of two (2) or more Divisions the criteria formulated by each Divisional Executive Committee are included.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-1549\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/\">Chapter 5 \u2013 Faculty Personnel<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/general-purpose\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">5.00 \u2013 General Purpose<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/faculty\/\">5.01 \u2013 Faculty<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/granting-of-faculty-appointments\/\">5.02 \u2013 Granting of Faculty Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/types-of-faculty-appointments\/\">5.03 \u2013 Types of Faculty Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/calculating-the-probationary-periods\/\">5.13 \u2013 Calculating the Probationary Periods<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/divisional-committees-must-advise-on-certain-appointments\/\">5.14 \u2013 Divisional Committees Must Advise on Certain Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/appointment-reappointment-tenure-non-retention-and-notification-of-probationary-appointments\/\">5.15-5.161 \u2013 Appointment, Reappointment, Tenure, Non-Retention and Notification of Probationary Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/departmental-school-college-executive-committee-vote-on-tenure-and-promotion\/\">5.162 \u2013 Departmental\/School\/College Executive Committee Vote on Tenure and Promotion<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/consideration-and-reconsideration-on-reappointments-of-non-tenured-faculty\/\">5.17 \u2013 Consideration and Reconsideration on Reappointments of Non-Tenured Faculty<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/appeals-non-renewal-decisions\/\">5.18 \u2013 Appeals: Non-Renewal Decisions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/notice-periods\/\">5.19 \u2013 Notice Periods<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/procedures-for-promotion-to-the-rank-of-professor\/\">5.20 \u2013 Procedures for Promotion to the Rank of Professor<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/dismissal-for-cause\/\">5.21-5.29 \u2013 Dismissal for Cause<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/outside-activities-and-use-of-university-facilities\/\">5.30-5.38 \u2013 Outside Activities and Use of University Facilities<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/nepotism\/\">5.39 \u2013 Nepotism<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/faculty-rights-and-responsibilities-committee\/\">5.40-5.48 \u2013 Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/discontinuation-of-probationary-faculty-for-programmatic-or-budgetary-reasons\/\">5.50-5.55 \u2013 Discontinuation of Probationary Faculty for Programmatic or Budgetary Reasons<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/layoff-and-termination-for-reasons-of-financial-emergency\/\">5.60-5.63 \u2013 Layoff and Termination for Reasons of Financial Emergency<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/layoff-and-termination-for-reasons-of-program-discontinuance\/\">5.64-5.73 \u2013 Layoff and Termination for Reasons of Program Discontinuance<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"parent":1788,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-1794","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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