May 13, 2024  
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I. QUALIFICATIONS AND CONDITIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT OF ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL


A. QUALIFICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT

  CHURCH AFFILIATION AND MEMBERSHIP   2:101
    Employment of Persons of Other Faiths    2:101:1
  EQUAL RIGHTS FOR HIRED PERSONNEL   2:110
  NEPOTISM   2:115

B. EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND FACULTY MEMBERSHIPS

  EMPLOYMENT STATUS   2:120
  FACULTY MEMBERSHIP ASSIGNMENT   2:121
  CATEGORIES OF FACULTY MEMBERSHIPS   2:122
  TYPE OF FACULTY MEMBERSHIPS   2:123
    Regular Faculty Membership   2:123:1
    Adjunct Faculty Membership   2:123:2
    Partner Adjunct Faculty   2:123:3
    Teachers/Supervisors Not of Record   2:123:4
  FACULTY MEMBERSHIPS WITHIN A CONSTITUENT SCHOOL   2:124
    Primary Appointment   2:124:1
    Joint Appointment   2:124:3
  UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE FACULTY MEMBERSHIP   2:125
  GENERAL FACULTY   2:126
    Membership   2:126:1
    General Faculty Terms of Reference    2:126:2
  PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL    2:128

C. PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENT OF FACULTY MEMBERS

  AUTHORITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF A FACULTY MEMBER    2:130
  NOTICE OF APPOINTMENTS OR REAPPOINTMENTS   2:131
    Initial Faculty Appointments   2:131:1
    Reappointments   2:131:2
    Non-Renewal   2:131:3
    Notification of Non-Renewal   2:131:4
    Appeal of Non-Renewal   2:131:5
  REGULAR FACULTY APPOINTMENTS   2:135
    Initial Appointments to the Tenure Track   2:135:1
    Appointments to the Non-Tenure Track   2:135:2
  TENURE TRACK   2:136
    Definition   2:136:1
    Eligibility   2:136:2
    Assignment of Tenure Status   2:136:3
    Timing for Eligibility   2:136:4
    Refusal of Tenure   2:136:5
    Notification of Tenure Status   2:136:6
  RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS   2:137
    Purpose   2:137:1
    Eligibility   2:137:2
    Process of Appointment   2:137:3
    Research Appointment Designation   2:137:4
    Term of Appointment   2:137:5
    Remuneration and University Expectations of Research Appointees   2:137:6
  CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS   2:138
    Titles   2:138:1
    Limits and Terms of Appointment/Reappointments   2:138:2
    Exceptions   2:138:3
    Administrative Approval   2:138:4
    Membership in Voting Faculty and Voting Privileges   2:138:5
    Eligibility for Sabbatical and Other Types of Paid Leave   2:138:6
    II. STANDARDS FOR APPOINTMENT   2:138:7
    A. Minimum criteria for appointments   2:138:8
    B. Reappointments   2:138:9
    III. STANDARDS FOR PROMOTION   2:138:10
  CONTRACT APPOINTMENTS   2:139
  APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS   2:140
    Recommendation by President   2:140:1
    Evaluation and Reappointment of Administrators   2:140:1
    Department Chair   2:140:2
    Acting Chair   2:140:3
  PROGRAM COORDINATORS   2:141
    Interdisciplinary Program Coordinators   2:141:1
    Area Coordinator   2:141:2
  SEARCH COMMITTEE PROCEDURES FOR OFFICERS AND FACULTY    2:142
    Centrality of Search Committees to Employment Process   2:142:1
    Timing of Search Committees   2:142:2
    Terms of Reference for Search Committees   2:142:3
    Appointment of Search Committee Members   2:142:4
    Composition of Search Committees   2:142:5
    General Procedures for Use by Search Committees   2:142:6

D. CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

  EMPLOYMENT EXPECTATIONS FOR FULL-TIME FACULTY   2:143
    Contract Year   2:143:1
    Employment Expectations   2:143:2
    Faculty Overload and Compensating Remuneration for Additional Teaching or Other Assignments   2:143:3
  INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR BASIC PROTECTION OF FACULTY   2:144
  TEN MONTH APPOINTMENT OPTION   2:145
  INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FACULTY LIABILITY   2:146
  SERVICE OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY   2:147
  EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF FULL-TIME FACULTY   2:148
  PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS   2:149
    Minimum Academic Qualifications   2:149:1
    Tested Experience   2:149:2
  HEALTH STATUS   2:150
    Background Checks   2:150:1
  THE RELEASE OF STUDENT EDUCATION RECORD INFORMATION   2:151
    Introduction   2:151:1
    Student Education Records   2:151:2
  LOCATIONS FOR STUDENT RECORDS    
    Directory Information on a Student   2:151:3
    Academic Student Records in General   2:151:4
  EMPLOYEE PERSONNEL RECORDS   2:152
    Keeping and Location of Personnel Records   2:152:1
    Employee Access to Personnel Files   2:152:2
    Definition of Personnel Record   2:152:3
    Information Which May Not Be Kept in a Personnel File   2:152:4
    Dispute Concerning Appropriateness of Material in the Employee’s Personnel Record   2:152:5
    Procedure for Employee Review of Personnel Record   2:152:6
    Disclosure of Employee Personnel Records to Third Parties   2:152:7
  DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE DEFINITION   2:153
  ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE   2:154
  DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT   2:155
    Discrimination   2:155:1
    Harassment   2:155:2
    Prohibited Conduct   2:155:3
    Sexual Harassment   2:155:3:1
    Other Unlawful Harassment   2:155:3:2
    Communication of Policy   2:155:4
    Reporting Incidents   2:155:5
    Non-Retaliation   2:155:6
    Investigations   2:155:7
    Non-Employees   2:155:8
  RELATIONSHIPS TO THE UNIVERSITY   2:157
  FACULTY ETHICS: UNDERLYING PRINCIPLE   2:158
    Ethics in Relationships   2:158:1
    Positive Environment for Ethical Scholarly Conduct   2:158:4
    Primary Responsibility for Ethical Scholarly Conduct   2:158:5
    Safeguards for Ethical Scholarly Endeavor   2:158:6
  ACADEMIC FREEDOM   2:159
  UNIVERSITY GRIEVANCE POLICY FOR FACULTY MEMBERS AND ADMINISTRATORS   2:160
    Resolution through Informal Discussion (Step 1)   2:160:1
    Written Grievance to Immediate Supervisor (Step 2)   2:160:2
    Written Grievance to President (Step 3)   2:160:3
    Hearing of Grievance by a Grievance Committee (Step 4)   2:160:4
    Grievance Committee Report to President or Board of Trustees Chair (Step 5)   2:160:5
    Judgment on the Grievance (Step 6)   2:160:6
  RETRENCHMENT POLICIES   2:161
    Guidelines for Retrenchment of Faculty   2:161:1
  ARRANGEMENTS FOR SHORT ABSENCES OF ADMINISTRATORS AND FACULTY   2:162
    Absence of Dean/Department Chair   2:162:1
    Absence of a Faculty Member: Teacher Substitutes   2:162:2
    Tardiness of a Faculty Member   2:162:3
  FACULTY OFFICES   2:163
    Personal Property   2:163:1
    Children at the Workplace   2:163:2
  TEACHER ASSISTANTS   2:164
  FACULTY ADVISING RESPONSIBILITIES   2:165
  OMBUDSPERSON   2:166
  CAMPUS AND WORKPLACE SAFETY   2:167
    Institutional Policies Relating to Infectious Diseases   2:167:1
    Safety and OSHA Compliance   2:167:2
    Campus Crime   2:167:3
    Campus Fire and Safety Code Arrangements   2:167:4
    Prohibition of Hunting on University Property   2:167:5
    Disaster Response Plan   2:167:6
    Travel Safety Precautions   2:167:7

E. TERMINATION OF A FACULTY MEMBER’S EMPLOYMENT

  USUAL OCCASIONS FOR SERVICE TERMINATION   2:170
  ADEQUATE NOTICE FOR TERMINATION OF SERVICE   2:172
    Notice of Retirements/Resignations/Transfers    2:172:1
    Notice of Non-renewal of Appointments   2:172:2
    Notice of Termination of an Appointment Before the Due Date (Dismissal)   2:172:3
  ADEQUATE CAUSE FOR TERMINATING THE SERVICE OF A FACULTY MEMBER   2:175
    Financial Reasons or Program Discontinuance   2:175:1
    Fitness of Faculty Member in Professional Capacity   2:175:3
  SEPARATION PROCEDURES FOR A FACULTY MEMBER BEFORE EXPIRATION OF APPOINTMENT   2:180
    Informal Assessment of Problem (Step 1)   2:180:1
    Informal Assessment by Committee (Step 2)   2:180:2
    Formulation of Charges (Step 3)   2:180:3
    Letter to Faculty Member Concerned (Step 4)    2:180:4
    Notification of Grievance Committee (Step 5)   2:180:5
    Suspension or Reassignment of Faculty Member (Step 6)   2:180:6
    Grievance Committee Procedures (Step 7)   2:180:7
    Action by the Board of Trustees (Step 8)   2:180:8
    Terminal Salary or Notice of Termination (Step 9)   2:180:9
   EXIT INTERVIEW AND PROCESS    2:181