Handbook

Please find below an up-to-date version of the Faculty Handbook as well as the approved revisions for previous academic years.

• Faculty Handbook August 2009

• Faculty Handbook August 2008

• Faculty Handbook August 2007

• Faculty Handbook September 2006

• Faculty Handbook November 2005

• Faculty Handbook August 2004

• Faculty Handbook September 2003

• 2009 Approved Revisions

• 2007-2008 Approved Revisions

• 2006-2007 Approved Revisions

• 2005-2006 Approved Revisions

• 2004-2005 Approved Revisions

• 2003-2004 Approved Revisions

• 2002-2003 Approved Revisions

• 2001-2003 Approved Revisions

 

The below sectional excerpts of the faculty handbook will be available by 9/1/09

Part I: Mission, Values, Governance, and By-Laws

• 1.0 Introduction
• 1.1 Mission and Values
• 1.2 Institutional Structure
• 1.3 Governance and Bylaws
• 1.4 Faculty Role in Governance
• 1.5 Administration

Part II: Contractual Policies and Procedures

• 2.0 Introduction
• 2.1 Faculty Rank
• 2.2 Faculty Contracts
• 2.3 Recruitment and Appointment
• 2.4 Employment Records
• 2.5 Faculty Evaluation: Policy, Criteria, and Evidence
• 2.6 Tenure Policy and Procedures
• 2.7 Promotion Policies and Procedures
• 2.8 Post-tenure Faculty Development Program
• 2.9 Faculty Development
• 2.10 Faculty Rights and Obligations
• 2.11 Nonprofessional Leaves
• 2.12 Compensation
• 2.13 Separation
• 2.14 Academic Program Reduction, Impaction, Merger, and Closure
• 2.15 Grievance Procedure
• 2.16 Procedures for Revision of the Faculty Handbook
• Appendix A:  Joint Human Rights Policy
• Appendix B:  Joint Sexual Assault Policy
• Appendix C:  Policy on Consensual Romantic or Sexual Relationships Between Faculty Members
• Appendix D:  Policy on Consensual Romantic or Sexual Relationships Between Faculty and Students or Staff Members

Part III: Administrative Procedures

• 3.0 Introduction
• 3.1 Hiring Procedures for Benedictines
• 3.2 Hiring and Recruitment Procedures for Faculty
• 3.3 Description of Working Conditions
• 3.4 Employment Benefits

Part IV: Faculty Procedures

• 4.0 Introduction
• 4.1 Grievance Procedure
• 4.2 Further Procedures for Faculty Review
• 4.3 Summative Student Opinion Data

Part V: Faculty Governance

• 5.0 Faculty Role in the Governance of the Institutions
• 5.1 The Joint Faculty Assembly
• 5.2 Officers
• 5.3 Standing Faculty Committees
• 5.4. Constitution of the Joint Faculty Senate