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2.19.1 UAB Grievance and Termination Hearing Panel The UAB Grievance and Termination Hearing Panel shall be used as a panel from which to select a Grievance Committee, should one be needed and from which to select a Hearing Committee in the case of termination for cause of a tenured faculty member, as described in Appendix B, or in the case of termination due to a bona fide financial exigency, bona fide financial crisis, or academic program/ unit closure, as described in Appendix C. The panel shall consist of three faculty members elected from the UAB Libraries, each school and the Joint Health Sciences departments and nine elected faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences. To be eligible for service on this panel, faculty members must have tenure or, in the case of the UAB Libraries, must hold the rank of Associate Professor or Professor in UAB Libraries. Members must not have significant administrative responsibilities. Only tenured faculty will be eligible to serve on Hearing Committees in the case of termination for cause of a tenured faculty member or termination of a tenured faculty member due to a bona fide financial exigency, bona fide financial crisis, or academic program/unit closure. | ||||