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Revised Academic Personnel Manual (APM) Section 230, Visiting Appointments (APM - 230)

The University has issued revisions to the Academic Personnel Manual
Section 230 Visiting Appointments (APM - 230), effective December 4,
2019. These revisions reflect policy changes issued to comply with a
stipulated agreement (the “Stipulation”) between the University of
California and the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement Workers of America (“UAW”) in recognition of the
Researchers-Academic Unit (“RA Unit”) formation.

The issued policy changes alter the APM - 230 as it applies to Visiting
appointments for Research Scientists, Project Scientists, and
Specialists. The policy remains unchanged as it applies to appointees in
the Professor, Astronomer, Agronomist in the Agricultural Experiment
Station, Specialist in Cooperative Extension, and Librarian series.

Key policy revisions are as follows:

· Pursuant to the stipulation, if an individual is temporarily
performing the duties of a Professional Researcher or Project Scientist,
and (1) previously held or was retired from an academic or research
position at another institution, or (2) has research, creative
activities, or professional achievement that would previously have made
a Visiting appointment appropriate, they must be appointed in a RA
in-unit title. Although these criteria previously qualified an
individual to be appointed in a Visiting Professional Researcher or
Project Scientist title, pursuant to the Stipulation and revised APM -
230, moving forward, they must be appointed in a non-Visiting in-unit
title.

· Out-of-unit Visiting Professional Researcher titles and
Visiting Project Scientist titles will be reserved for only those
individuals who hold or are on leave from an academic or research
position at another institution other than the University of California.
The UAW represents academic researchers at all University of California
locations and considers UC to be "one employer" with respect to all
University locations; thus, individuals who are appointed at a
University of California campus other than their home campus are not
considered visitors in these titles and must be appointed in a
non-visiting title.

· Revised APM - 230 permits the visiting prefix to also be
attached to the Specialist series. Out-of-unit Visiting Specialist
titles will be reserved only for those individuals who hold or are on
leave from an academic or research position at another institution other
than the University of California, or, those who are enrolled in a
degree-granting doctoral program or the equivalent at an educational
institution other than the University of California.

· The time limits established in APM - 230-17, Terms of Service,
will continue to apply to Visiting titles with the exception that
visiting doctoral students in Visiting Specialist titles can only be
appointed for a total period of one year (12 months) with no extension,
reappointment, or exception. The one-year limitation was agreed to in
the Stipulation. Visiting doctoral students in Visiting Specialist
titles may subsequently be appointed in a non-Visiting title once the
one year period has concluded.

The revised policy and issuance letter are available at the following
website: https://go.ucsd.edu/2RDpaGZ.

If you have questions concerning the revisions to the above policy,
please contact Heather Zion at hzion@ucsd.edu.

Robert E. Continetti Senior Associate Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs