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Faculty Handbook
17th Edition (revision 6)
2021
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17 Sixth Revised Edition, September, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACADEMIC ORGANIZATION
A. Board of Trustees 1
B. Administration 1
1. The College President 1
2. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs 2
3. Registrar 3
C. The Faculty 3
1. Powers of the Faculty 4
2. Division and Academic Departments 5
3. Division of Graduate Studies 9
4. Changes in the Organization of Divisions and/or Departments 10
5. Additional Responsibilities of Faculty Members 10
6. Student Representation at Department Meetings 10
II. STANDING COMMITTEES AND FACULTY GOVERNANCE
A. Voting Eligibility 11
B. Faculty Meetings and Town Meetings 11
C. Elected Officers and Representatives 11
1. Faculty Parliamentarian 11
2. Faculty Secretary 12
3. Faculty Marshal 12
4. Faculty Representation to the Board of Trustees 12
D. Nomination and Election Procedures 12
E. Standing Committees of the Faculty 13
1. Academic Policy Committee 13
2. Academic Honesty Committee 14
3. Academic Review Committee 14
4. Committee for Learning Assessment 14
5. Faculty Personnel Committee 15
6. Priorities and Budget Committee 15
7. Department Chairs Council 16
8. Faculty Hearing and Appeal Committee 17
9. Periodic Governance Evaluation Committee 18
III. PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
A. Academic Freedom 19
B. Protection from Discrimination 19
C. Academic Calendar 19
D. Faculty Compensation 19
1. Role of Priorities and Budget Committee 19
2. Academic Year Salaries 19
3. Compensation for Summer Session 20
4. Exceptional Performance Awards 20
5. Fringe Benefits 21
6. Leave of Absence 22
7. Sick Leave 23
E. Faculty Retirement 24
1. Early, Retirement, Benefits, Incentives and Status 24
F. Outside Employment 24
G. Nepotism 24
H. Faculty Discipline 25
1. Basis 25
2. Procedures 25
3. Dismissal Salary and Notice 26
4. Minor Disciplinary Action 27
I. Sexual Misconduct 27
J. Faculty Performance File 30
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IV. PERSONNEL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
A. Appointment of Administrative Officers to Academic Rank 31
B. Appointment of Tenure-Track Full-Time Faculty 31
1. Procedures 31
2. Criteria 33
C. Reappointment and Promotion of Tenure-Track Full-Time Faculty 33
1. General Procedure 33
2. First Year Review of Tenure-Track Faculty 36
3. Second Year Review of Tenure-Track Faculty 37
4. Third Year Review of Tenure-Track Faculty 39
5. Fourth Year Review of Tenure-Track Faculty 40
6. Fifth Year Review of Tenure-Track Faculty 42
7. Sixth Year Review of Tenure-Track Faculty / Tenure Review 43
8. Promotion Review of Faculty 46
9. Additional Procedures 48
10. Review Details 50
11. General Criteria 52
12. Reappointment and Promotional Criteria 54
D. Second and Fourth- Year Review of Tenure-Track Full-time Faculty 59
1. Procedures 59
2. Criteria 59
E. Tenure of Tenure-Track Full-Time Faculty 60
1. Procedures 60
2. Criteria 60
F. Appointment and Reappointment of Clinical Professors 63
G. Emeritus Award for Retired Full-Time Faculty 63
1. Procedures 63
2. Criteria 63
3. Emeritus Status 64
H. Re-Appointment of Associated Faculty 64
1. Procedures 64
2. Grandfather clause for Associated Faculty 64
I. Appointment and Reappointment of Temporary Full-Time Faculty 64
1. Appointment of Visiting Full-Time Professors 64
2. Reappointment of Visiting Full-Time Professors 64
3. Appointment of Visiting Distinguished Professors 65
4. Appointment of Teaching Fellows 65
J. Appointment of Part-Time Instructional Staff 66
1. Procedures 66
2. Criteria 66
K. Faculty Reduction and Recall 67
1. Reduction Procedure 67
2. Reduction Criteria 67
3. Appeals 68
4. Recall 68
L. Faculty Resignations 68
V. FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES
A. Workloads 70
B. Class Attendance 70
C. Office Hours 71
D. Committee Work 71
E. Academic Advisement 71
F. Attendance at Faculty Meetings and Commencement 71
VI. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT
A. Sabbatical Leave of Absence 72
1. Procedures 72
2. Eligibility 72
3. Terms 72
B. Funds for Faculty Aid 73
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1. Purpose 73
2. Eligibility 73
3. Amount of Grant for Aid 73
4. Applications (see Appendix L for appropriate application form) 73
5. Procedure 73
6. Obligations of the Grantee 74
C. Funds for Faculty Research 74
1. Purpose 74
2. Eligibility 74
3. Types of Projects 74
4. Amount of Grant for Research 74
5. Applications (see Appendix M for form) 75
6. Procedure 75
7. Obligations of the Grantee 75
VII. COLLEGE POLICIES RELATING TO FACULTY
A. Academic Advisement 76
B. Advertising and Printing 76
C. Alcoholic Beverages 76
D. Book Orders 76
E. Class Schedules 76
F. Classroom Assignments 76
G. Counseling 76
H. D and F Mid-Semester Notices 77
I. Substance Use 77
J. Examinations 77
K. Grade Reporting 77
L. Motor Vehicle Registration 78
M. Registration 78
N. Sales to Students 78
O. Student Tutoring 78
P. Summer Addresses and Mail Forwarding 78
Q. Course Syllabuses 78
R. Authorship of textbooks 78
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