Faculty Handbook

PDF version (Updated: October 29, 2018)

Table of Contents

Preamble

Chapter 1 - Organization and Governance

1. Mission Statement
2. Institutional Priorities and Goals
3. Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education
4. Board of Regents
5. Administrative Organization of the University
1. Executive Officers
2. Administrative Organization Chart
3. The President: Role, Responsibility, Review, and Selection
4. The Provost: Role, Responsibility, Review, and Selection
5. Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success
6. Vice President for Finance and Administration
7. Vice President for University Advancement and Executive Director of the University Foundation
6. Academic Administrative Organization
1. Administrative Positions
2. Dean of Academic Information Services and Director of Kent Library
3. Assistant Provost of Extended Learning
4. Dean of the Graduate School
5. Dean of the General Education
6. Director, Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning
7. Dean of Students
8. The College Dean: Role, Responsibility, and Review
9. Department Chairs
10. Academic Departments
7. University Governance
1. The Principles of Collegiality
2. The Department and the Department Chairperson.
3. The College and the College Dean
4. Faculty Senate
5. University Standing Committees and Councils
1. Administrative Council
2. University Athletic Committee
3. University Equity Issues Committee
4. Academic Advising Council
5. Council of Deans
6. Funding for Results Team
7. Information Technology Committee
8. International Council
9. Native American Culture Committee
10. Research Involving Human Subjects Committee
11. University Academic Council
12. University Assessment Review Committee
13. University Planning Committee
14. University Promotion and Sabbatical Leave Committee
15. University Student Affairs Committee
16. Campus Planning and Beautification Committee
17. University Commencement Committee
18. Administrative Professional Job Evaluation Committee
19. Clerical/Service Job Evaluation Committee
20. Traffic/Textbook Appeals Committee
21. University Budget Review Committee
22. College Council/School of Polytechnic Studies Council
23. Graduate Council
24. General Education Council
25. Review Committees

Chapter 2 - Faculty Policies and Procedures

1. Sick Leave Policy
2. Merit Pay Guidelines
3. Faculty Merit Pay Policy
4. Faculty Designations
1. Continuing Faculty Appointments
2. Non Tenure-Track Faculty Appointments
3. Faculty Status of Librarians
4. Non-Continuing Faculty Appointments
5. Emeritus Status
6. Graduate Faculty Status
1. Graduate Faculty Assignments
2. Graduate Faculty Responsibilities, Expectations, and Appointment Procedures
7. Honors Faculty
5. Academic Freedom
6. Faculty Tenure and Promotion Policy
1. Tenure and Promotion Eligibility Standards
2. Tenure and Promotion Criteria
3. Development of Criteria
4. The Dossier
5. Guides for Collecting Evidence
6. Faculty Tenure and Promotion Advisory Committees
7. Evaluation of Probationary Faculty Members
8. Procedures
9. Calendar
10. Appeals
11. Rewards for Promotion and Post-Professorial Merit
12. Summary Form
7. Grievance Policy
8. Termination of Faculty Employment
1. Termination During the Probationary Period
2. Academic Due Process
3. Termination Initiated by a Faculty Member
4. Retrenchment

Chapter 3 - Faculty Professional Responsibilities

1. Professional Ethics
2. Southeast Missouri State University Conflict of Interests Policy
3. Teaching Classroom Practices
1. Teaching Responsibilities
2. Eight-Week Midterm Grades
3. Advisement of Students
4. Class Attendance Policy
5. Office Hours
6. Examinations and Grade Policy
7. Incomplete Grades
8. Grade Appeals
9. Repeating Courses
10. Student Evaluation of Instruction
11. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act/Buckley Amendment
12. Guidelines for Classroom Copying; Photocopying Copyrighted Material for Teaching
13. Textbook Policies
14. Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of Academic Internship Programs
4. Research
1. Policy Regarding the Role of Research on Campus
2. Policy Regarding the Role of the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
3. Research Funds
4. Patents and Copyrights
5. Research Corporation
6. Additional Information Regarding Copyrights
7. Photocopying Copyrighted Materials for Research
8. Process for Handling Allegations of Scientific Misconduct
9. Research Involving Human Subjects
5. Service
1. Commencement
6. Academic Distinction in the Department of Major
7. Jane Stephens Honors Program

Chapter 4 - Professional Development Opportunities

1. Professional Development Program
2. Professional Travel Provisions
3. College Level Professional Development Policy
4. Sabbatical Leave: Policies and Procedures
5. Funding for Results

Chapter 5 - Academic Policies

1. Student Credit Hour Definition
2. Course and Curricular Approval Process
1. Review Committees
2. Approval Process
3. College Council: College of Education
4. Graduate Council
3. Process for Academic Restructuring
4. Policy on Academic Honesty
5. Academic Fresh Start Policy

Chapter 6 - Information Technology

1. Computer Use on Campus

Chapter 7 - Other Areas of Interest to Faculty

1. Guidelines for Partisan Political Action on Campus
2. University No Smoking Policy
3. Other Areas of Interest to Faculty
1. Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity
2. Sexual Harassment Policy
3. Notice of Nondiscrimination
4. Tobacco Use in the Workplace Policy
5. University Communications & Marketing
6. Guidelines for Users of the Copy Center
7. Guidelines for On-Campus Promotion of Events
8. University Travel Policies and Procedures
9. Policy and Procedures for Prevention of Alcohol/Drug Abuse

Chapter 8 - Appendix

1. Faculty Senate Constitution
1. Articles
2. Faculty Senate Bylaws
3. Johnson Faculty Centre
1. Bylaws