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Academic Affairs Manual (ACD)
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| Effective: 11/1/1974 |
Revised: 7/1/2011 |
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ACD 203–01: Faculty and Academic Professional Governance—Responsibilities |
Purpose
To describe faculty, postdoctoral scholar, and academic professional responsibilities in governance
Sources
Office of the Provost of the University
Applicability
Faculty
Postdoctoral scholars
Academic professionals
Policy
Faculty
Faculty have a duty to share the responsibilities and obligations of governance and administration of the university as provided for by the Board of Regents in the Conditions of Faculty Service and other policy statements. These responsibilities include making recommendations regarding:
- approval of course content and manner of instruction
- establishment of requirements for matriculation and degrees
In particular, the faculty recommends the requirements for the degrees offered, advises when the requirements have been met, and recommends that the president and the board grant the degrees thus achieved.
- appointment and promotion
of faculty
Recommending faculty status and related matters is a responsibility of faculty in each academic unit: these recommendations include appointments, reappointments, decisions not to reappoint, promotions, granting of tenure, and dismissal. The responsibility of the faculty in such matters is based on the fact that its judgment is central to general educational policy. Furthermore, scholars in a particular field or activity have the chief competence for judging the work of their colleagues; in such competence it is implicit that responsibility exists to make both adverse and favorable recommendations.
- selection of chairs/directors of academic units and certain academic administrators as designated by the president
Recommendations in these matters should originate with the appropriate faculty through established procedures and be reviewed by the president with the concurrence of the Board of Regents (as appropriate)
- discipline of members of the faculty and the formulation of rules and procedures for the discipline of students
- establishment of norms for teaching responsibilities and for evaluation of both faculty and student achievement
- policies and procedures governing salary increases
and
- the forms of faculty governance at the academic unit, college, and university levels.
Academic Professionals
Academic professionals may be expected to share the responsibilities and obligations of academic governance and administration of the university. These responsibilities include making recommendations concerning:
- establishment of norms for professional responsibilities
- policies and procedures governing salary adjustments
and
- participation in governance at the academic unit and/or university levels.
Academic professionals may also make recommendations concerning:
- appointment and promotion of academic professional members
These recommendations include reappointments, promotions, granting of continuing appointments, and dismissal. Responsibility in such matters shall be assumed when librarians and researchers in a particular field or activity have the chief competence for judging the work of their colleagues; in such competence it is implicit that responsibility exists to make both adverse and favorable recommendations
and
- selection of chairs/heads/directors of academic units and other academic administrators to whom they report.
Academic units with five or more academic professionals may have a standing committee on professional status, composed of academic professionals, to advise the head, director, chair, or other administrative authority on personnel policies, procedures, and actions affecting academic professionals in those units.
Cross-References
See also:
- ACD 111–01: “Faculty Voting Rights”
- ACD 123: “Misuse of University Assets”
- ACD 125: “Computer, Internet, and Electronic Communications Information Management Policy.”
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