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Board of Regents Faculty Personnel Policies

Board of Regents Faculty Personnel Policy PDF

  • 3. Academic Affairs
    • 3.1 Faculty Personnel Policy
      • 3.1.1 Membership
      • 3.1.2 Types of Appointments to Faculty
      • 3.1.3 Length of Appointments
      • 3.1.4 Initial Appointments to the Regular Faculty
      • 3.1.5 Appointments to the Supplemental Faculty
      • 3.1.6 Appointments to the Summer Teaching Faculty
      • 3.1.7 Full- and Part-Time Appointments
    • 3.2 Academic Rank and Promotion of Faculty
      • 3.2.1 Rank or Promotion Granted by Board of Regents
      • 3.2.2 Principal Academic Ranks of the University
      • 3.2.3 Education Requirements
      • 3.2.4 Experience Requirements
      • 3.2.5 Educational and Experience Requirements
      • 3.2.6 Other Criteria
      • 3.2.7 Reduction in Rank
      • 3.2.8 Appeal
      • 3.2.9 Exceptions
    • 3.3 Academic Freedom, Academic Responsibility, Tenure, and Dismissal of Faculty
      • 3.3.1 Academic Freedom
      • 3.3.2 Academic Responsibility
      • 3.3.3 Academic Tenure
      • 3.3.4 Periods of Appointment and Tenure
      • 3.3.5 Procedure for Granting Tenure and Reviewing of Tenured Faculty
      • 3.3.6 Causes for Dismissal or Suspension of Tenured Faculty
      • 3.3.7 Suspension of a Tenured Faculty Member
      • 3.3.8 Dismissal of a Tenured Faculty Member for Cause
      • 3.3.9 Disciplinary Action Other than Dismissal or Suspension
      • 3.3.10 Dismissal of Tenured Faculty for Program Discontinuance or Financial Retrenchment
      • 3.3.11 Appellate Committee on Dismissal of Tenured Faculty Members
      • 3.3.12 Appeal Procedures for Tenured Faculty
      • 3.3.13 Nontenured Faculty
  • 5. General Policies
    • 5.5 Leave Policies
      • 5.5.1 Sabbatical Leave
      • 5.5.2 Leave of Absence Without Pay
      • 5.5.3 Sick Leave
      • 5.5.4 Special Leave/Personal Leave
      • 5.5.5 Annual Leave
      • 5.5.6 Family and Medical Leave
      • 5.5.7 Paid Holidays Regents' Administration Office
      • 5.5.8 Military Leave