Section 1. Canceled Teaching Appointments
If a course or section assigned to an employee appointed as a teaching assistant (TA) is canceled by MIT due to insufficient enrollment or any other reason outside of the employee’s control, the department or unit shall notify the employee two (2) weeks in advance of the cancellation, or as soon as practicable under the circumstances. In such cases, the department will make reasonable efforts to reassign the employee to an alternative course or section that the employee is qualified to teach and that has not been assigned to another individual or, where appropriate, to an equivalent research assistant (RA) position (which may be outside the academic department) for which the employee is qualified. If no other course or RA assignment can be made, the employee shall be guaranteed funding until the end date of the original appointment period or until a new appointment is available, whichever happens first.
Section 2. Canceled Research Appointments
If an RA appointment has to be terminated by MIT before the end of the employment period, for reasons outside of the employee’s control, such as but not limited to changes in funding, funding availability, or the unexpected departure of a faculty member to whom the employee is assigned, MIT will make reasonable efforts to reassign the employee to another RA or TA appointment for which the employee is qualified. If reassignment is not possible, MIT shall provide funding until the end date of the original appointment period or until a new appointment is available, whichever happens first. MIT shall notify the employee two (2) weeks in advance of, or as soon as practicable before, any cancellation of an RA appointment.