PhD Not Completed

Use the sample letter for single appointment use template at http://www.unl.edu/svcaa/resources/forms under "For Tenure-track (specific term) Appointments" with the following modifications:

Insert this sentence after the first sentence of the second paragraph:

This offer is contingent upon your completion of the Ph.D. prior to August XX, 200X as certified by an appropriate agent of your institution.

Insert this paragraph between the paragraph which gives the salary and the benefits paragraph:

If you have not completed the Ph.D. prior to August XX, 200X, you will be placed on a special appointment at the rank of instructor for the academic year at an academic year salary of $XX,XXX. [Note, the salary for an instructor appointment can be 90%, 95% or 100% of the salary for a tenure-leading position as agreed upon by the Dean and SVCAA.] A special appointment is not tenure-leading and renewal of the appointment is dependent upon your progress towards the degree and the evaluation by your Chair. If your evaluations so merit, you will be placed on a specific-term appointment at the beginning of the academic year following the completion of you Ph.D. and the salary will be adjusted accordingly. [Use this ending to the previous sentence only if the salary for the instructor position is reduced to either 90%or 95%.] No one can be appointed as an instructor for more than two years.