Faculty Handbook
1.0 Opening Statement, Definitions, and Qualifications
1.1 Opening Statement
1.2 Definition of Faculty Status
1.3 Qualifications for Appointment to Rank
1.4 Academic Rank for Part-Time Faculty
2.0 Types of Contracts (See Appendix D)
2.1 Visiting Faculty
2.2 Part-Time Faculty
2.3 Probationary Contract
2.4 Tenured Contract
2.5 Instructor of Practice, Non-Tenurable Contract
3.0 Search and Appointment Procedures
3.1 Search Procedures
3.2 Advertisement
3.3 Screening Process
3.4 Interview Process
3.5 Final Selection
4.1 Pre-Employment Records
4.2 Faculty Personnel File
4.3 Promotion and Tenure Records
5,1 College Rank and Tenure Committee
5.2 Tenure
5.3 Probationary Period
5.4 Criteria for Tenure
5.5 Process for Mid-Probationary Review
5.6 Process for Tenure Review
6.1 Definition of Promotion
6.2 Criteria for Promotion
6.3 Procedure for Application for Advancement in Rank
6.4 Faculty Emeritus Rank
7.1 Resignation
7.2 Retirement
7.3 Non-Reappointment
7.4 Termination of Service
7.5 Faculty Academic Grievance Procedure
8.0 Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
8.1 Full-Time Instructional Faculty Rights
8.2 Full-Time Instructional Faculty Responsibilities
8.3 Academic Freedom
8.4 Professional Ethics
8.5 Professional Conduct
8.6 Faculty Use of College Name
9.1 Sabbaticals
9.2 Grants
9.3 Course Release to Develop an External Grant Proposal or to Conduct Scholarly Research or to Develop Curriculum
9.4 Three-Day Schedules
9.5 Leaves of Absence
9.6 Travel Grants
9.7 Faculty Self-Assessment and Post-Tenure Review
10.1 Teaching Load
10.2 Overloads and Special Sessions
10.3 Maintenance of Schedule
10.4 Faculty Attendance
10.5 Class Rosters
10.6 Course Syllabus and Presentation
10.7 Student Attendance
10.8 Testing and Grading
10.9 Posting of Grades
10.10 Tutorials
10.11 Approval for Outside Employment
10.12 Non-Teaching Responsibilities
10.13 Service to the College
10.14 Academic Robes
11.0 Evaluation of Faculty Performance
1.1 Excellence in Teaching Committee
1.2 Department Evaluations
12.0 College Governance and the Faculty
12.1 College Committees
12.2 Departments
12.3 Department Chairs
A.1 Introduction
A.2 Academic Freedom
A.3 Academic Tenure
A.4 1940 Interpretations
A.5 1970 Interpretive Comments
Appendix B: Statement of Professional Ethics
B.1. Introduction
B.2. The Statement
Appendix C: 1963 Standards for Notice of Non-Reappointment
C.1 Introduction
C.2 The Standards for Notice
Appendix D: Copy of Faculty Contract
Appendix E: Application for Tenure
I. Teaching
II. Scholarship
III. Service
IV. Mission
Appendix F: Application for Promotion to Associate Professor
I. Teaching
II. Scholarship
III. Service
IV. Mission
Appendix G: Combined Application for Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
Teaching
Scholarship
Service
Mission
Appendix H: Application for Promotion to Full Professor
I. Teaching
II. Scholarship
III. Service
IV. Mission
Sabbatical Application and Evaluation Form
Grant Application and Evaluation
Course Release for Development of External Grant Proposal
Course Release to Conduct Scholarly Research or to Develop Curriculum
Appendix J: Form for Self-Assessment of Tenured Faculty