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SECTION 361: EMERITUS TITLES

SOURCE: SBHE Policy Manual, Section 430.2

1. The Board may in its discretion confer emeritus status upon retirement or after retirement to a chancellor or president, based upon significant contributions or length of service to the state, university system or institution.
   

2. Institutions may confer emeritus status upon retirement or after retirement to faculty or senior administrators of professionals (excluding emeritus status for presidents) pursuant to institution policies and procedures. Criteria for emeritus status may include, but are not limited to, length of service to the institution, significant contributions to the institution and the State of North Dakota, or particularly distinguished service to an academic discipline.

3. Emeritus status shall not include salary or other compensation or other rights, except privileges specified in institution policies or procedures.

4. Each person so recommended shall ordinarily be nominated within the first year of retirement and approved by an appropriate faculty body (the department or appropriate unit), dean, vice president for academic affairs, and president.
   

5. Factors included in considering a candidate for emeritus status may include, but are not limited to:

   a.

   Length of service to the institution (normally ten years but may be less in exceptional cases);

   b.

   significant contribution to the department, college, university and/or state; and

   c.

   particularly distinguished service to the faculty member's academic discipline.

6. Faculty members who choose early retirement under 703.1 of the State Board policies shall be eligible for emeritus status under the provisions cited above. Faculty members who choose reversible retirement will not be eligible for emeritus status until their option to return to the active faculty has expired.

HISTORY: September 16, 1983; Amended September 1998, February 2006