The following policies have been issued:
- Revisions to Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 205, Recall for Academic Appointees
- Revisions to Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 235, Acting Appointments
- New Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 672, Negotiated Salary Program
APM 205, Recall for Academic Appointees
Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 205, Recall for Academic Appointees, were made to modify recall appointment eligibility language to include retired academic appointees in the Savings Choice plan who separate from the University via retirement, and to revise benefits eligibility language. The revised policy, effective January 10, 2025, may be found on the systemwide Academic Personnel policy issuance webpage.
Key Policy Revisions
The revised policy reflects the following technical revisions:
- Revision to modify recall appointment eligibility language to include retired academic appointees in the Savings Choice plan who separated via retirement.
- Revision to update benefits eligibility language.
APM 235, Acting Appointments
Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 235, Acting Appointments, technical revisions to references to the Professor of Teaching series in APM 235 are necessary to reflect the title change for the Professor of Teaching series, and titles included in the series. The revised policy, effective January 17, 2025, may be found on the systemwide Academic Personnel policy issuance webpage.
Key Policy Revisions
The revised policy reflects the following technical revisions:
- Removal of bullet “b” from APM 235-25 to ensure consistent application of the acting title and to clarify when an appointee in an acting professor or acting professor of teaching title can be transferred to a regular professorial or professor of teaching appointment.
- Revisions to references to the Professor of Teaching series and titles included in the series.
APM 672, Negotiated Salary Program
Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 672, Negotiated Salary Program, is a new policy, which is to be implemented by July 1, 2025. The new policy may be found on the systemwide Academic Personnel policy issuance webpage.
Key Policy Provisions
The purpose of the Negotiated Salary Program (NSP) is to provide a mechanism for participating campuses to augment faculty compensation on a temporary basis according to the competitive requirements of academic disciplines. Specific goals of the NSP include:
- To recruit and retain outstanding faculty by leveraging external, non-state-appropriated funds;
- To encourage and recognize significant contributions to the University mission; and
- To offer negotiated compensation to participating general campus faculty.
UC Irvine has participated in the Negotiated Salary Trial Program (NSTP) since 2013 and currently has policies and procedures in place. The Office of Academic Personnel will make some updates to our existing procedures and it will be communicated in a few weeks when the campus call is issued for the 2025-2026 NSP application.
For questions relating to academic personnel policy issuance, please email acadpers@uci.edu.
Sincerely,
Gillian R. Hayes
Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
Robert A. and Barbara L. Kleist Professor of Informatics