New Jersey § 18a:60-16

§ 18a:60-16.

a. Faculty members at a State college shall be under tenure in their academic rank,

but not in any administrative position, during good behavior, efficiency and satisfactory

professional performance, as evidenced by formal evaluation and shall not be dismissed

or reduced in compensation except for inefficiency, unsatisfactory professional performance,

incapacity or other just cause and then only in the manner prescribed by subarticle

B of article 2 of chapter 6 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes, 1 after employment in such college or by such board of trustees for (1) 6 consecutive calendar years; or (2) 6 consecutive academic years, together with employment at the beginning of the

next academic year; or (3) the equivalent of more than 6 academic years within a period of any 7 consecutive

academic years. b. The board of trustees may, upon the hiring of a new faculty member, grant tenure

to the member if he was previously under tenure at an accredited four-year institution

of higher education. A State college shall develop procedures regarding the granting of tenure upon hiring

to a new faculty member who was previously under tenure at an accredited four-year

institution that are consistent with decisions for tenure at the State college, and

shall include faculty members in the development of the procedures. The number of new faculty members receiving tenure upon hire in an academic year

shall be limited to 15% of the total number of new full-time tenure-track faculty

members hired at the institution in the prior academic year or one faculty member,

whichever is greater. 1

N.J.S.A. § 18A:6-9 et seq.