Faculty will not be required to leave UMass Chan if they do not receive the award of Tenure. Currently, if a faculty member does not receive the award of tenure, they are given a one-year terminal contract and must then leave UMass Chan. The AAWG decided, after much debate, that this policy prevented UMass Chan from retaining talented individuals who, while not meeting the criteria for tenure, still had much to contribute as non-tenure track faculty. In the revised policy, faculty who are denied tenure or withdraw from the process are still given a one-year terminal contract for their position in the tenure track. But, during this period, they may request transfer to a position in the non-tenure track with approval by their chair (revised APP, Sections 4.8.k).