FACULTY PERSONNEL POLICIES
 

1/11/67
     Approved Faculty Personnel Policies.
 
3/14/68   (68-14)
     Revised Sec. 201.4: "Written notice of renewal or termination of a term appointment without tenure shall be given to members of faculty no later than 3/1 during the 1st year of academic service, and no later than 12/14 of the 2nd and 3rd years, and after the 3rd year service notice of termination of an appointment shall be given at least 12 months in advance."
 
5/8/69   (69-22)
     Amended:
        Sec. 202.3 a), b), c)    Appointment of Department Chair
        Sec. 202.4 a), b), c)    Appointment of Deans of Colleges
        Sec. 203.1  Right to demonstrate & protest on University property
        Sec. 204.5   Procedures for Disciplinary Action resulting from
                     demonstrations and protests on University property.
 
3/12/70  (70-17)
     Added the following provision concerning promotion/tenure:"Department Chairmen shall give their recommendations for promotion and conferment of tenure by 11/1. Approved promotions and decisions to confer tenure shall be communicated to individual faculty members by appropriate administrative officials by 1/15."
 
5/21/71  (71-26)
     Approved extending deadlines for decision in present Faculty Personnel Policies concerned with promotion, tenure and dismissal of C-M faculty members 1 calendar year beyond dates indicated in these policies.
 
12/22/71  (71-74)
     Paragraph 200. Definition, 201.1, 201.2, 201.3, 201.4, 202, 202.2 202.2.l, 204.1, 204.2, 210.1, amended.
 
4/17/74   (74-16)
     President authorized to develop a plan for professional leave for qualifying faculty members to be ratified by the Board of Trustees.
 
6/12/74   (74-25)
     Approved that professional leaves be provided for from non-State appropriated funds and be made part of benefits extended to faculty. (Policy nullified by Ohio State Attorney General's opinion to Ohio University, 9/11/74)
 
11/13/74  (74-52)
     Sec. 204.4(f) amended: "At request of either faculty member, Administration, or Committee and subject to discretion of chairman while hearing is in progress representatives of recognized educational associations shall be permitted to attend proceedings as observers."
 
     Sec. 204.4(h) amended: "...burden of proof that adequate cause exists rests with University and shall be satisfied by a preponderance of evidence in record considered as a whole,..."
 
4/21/76   (76-32)
     Sec. 204.1 on Probationary Periods and Tenure amended.
 
3/9/77   (77-12)
     Guidelines for Faculty Professional Leaves, approved.
 
6/22/77   (77-43)
     Revised Sections 8.1.2.b.1.f; 8.1.2.b.1.i; 8.1.1.g; 8.1.1.i.2.d; 8.1.3.c.2; and 8.1.3.d.2.
 
11/16/77   (77-54)
     Revised Sec. 8.2.6.a.1 - College Deans are members of Faculty Council; Sec. 8.2.7.f - staggered appointment of Deans on the Admissions & Standards Comm. and Sec. 8.1.1.d, 8.1.1.f, .
 
11/16/77   (77-55)
     Faculty Professional Leaves Guidelines revised.
 
1/10/79   (79-11)
     Revised 8.2.7.q  Sec. 17, establishing the University Curricular Review Committee.
 
6/18/79   (79-38)
     Sec.8.2.7(b) revised to provide means for replacements on the University Personnel Comm. and University Curricular Review Comm.
 
4/30/80   (80-18)
     Approved adding Sec. 8.1.5(c) and that current sections on dismissals 8.1.5(c) - (g) should be incremented one letter.
 
3/11/81   (81-18)
     Revisions approved:
        8.1.8(a)(3) & (c)(1)      Professional Leaves
        8.1.2(e)                  Conflict of Interest
        8.1.3(c)(3) & (d)(3)      Evaluation forms for Chairs and Deans
        8.1.3(b)                  Standards for Academic Rank
        8.3.1                     Adjunct & Visiting Instructors
        8.1.8.b.2                 Special Leaves
 
6/17/81   (81-39)
     Sec. 8.1.3(c) revised providing a 4-year term for departmental chairs and 1 successive 3-year term by vote of an absolute majority of departmental faculty approve.
 
6/29/82   (82-40)
     Revised in Sec. 8.1.3(d)(3) making more explicit the roles of both the University Personnel Committee and the Provost in the decanal evaluation process and place limitations on materials to be filed in the Dean's permanent records approved.
 
6/29/83   (83-45)
     Sec. 8.1.8(c)(1) revised to clarify the procedures and criteria to be applied in reviewing proposals for professional leaves approved.
 
3/12/86   (86-21)
     Sec. 8.3.1(d) & 8.3.6 regarding emeritus/emerita status amended.
 
5/14/86   (86-31)
     Sec. 8.1.8 - Leaves of Absences revised.
 
6/18/86   (86-46)
     Sec. 8.1.2 and 8.1.5 (probationary tenure and instructor rank) revised, allowing faculty hired without terminal degree to complete degree and then begin 6-year pre-tenure judgement period approved.
 
5/1/87   (87-19)
     Editorial reorganization of Sec. 8.1.

1/15/88   (88-2)
     Sec. 8.1.2 (f) (4) prohibiting dual status as a faculty member and student in the same degree program added.
 
2/17/88   (88-10)
     Sec. 8.1.5 (a)(4) and 8.1.5 (b)(3) revised to clarify the role of administrators in evalauting deans and department chairs.
 
5/24/88   (88-30)
     Sec. 8.1.1 and 8.1.2 amended to replace the incorrect phrase "termination for adequate cause" with the correct term "dismissal".
 
9/20/89  (89-62)
     Sec. 8.1.4(a) amended to provide a method of dealing with serious, but early-stage misconduct without jeopardizing the entire career of the offender.
 
6/22/93   (93-59)
     Sec 8.1.2(f)(1.i) amended regarding faculty support during the promotion and tenure process.
 
6/22/93   (93-60)
     Sec. 8.1.8(a)(3.d.4) amended to clarify current policy requiring faculty to return after completing a professional leave of absence.
 
3/16/95   (95-12)
     Sec. 8.2.7(1) amended to expand membership and increase responsibilities of the Graduation & Assembly Committee.
 
3/16/95   (95-12)
     Sec. 8.2.7(n) amended to change structure of the Computational Services Committee.
 
10/9/97  (97-34)
     Approved revisions aligning the policies with the AAUP agreement, compliance with government regulations since the last revision, adding gender neutral language, and linguistic corrections.

2/21/01  (01-04)
     Sec. 8.1.2.F amended: "On or before April 15, every candidate shall be notified of the decision with respect to his or her promotion and/or tenure by appropriate administrative officials."

10/24/01 (01-56)
	Sec. 8.2.2. Art. II.F)4), Sec. 8.2.2. Art. II.I)4, Sec. 8.2.3 Art.III, Sec. 8.2.3.G)I), and Sec. 8.2.3.0) amended.  

2/2/7/02  (02-04)
     Amended Sec. 8.2.2. Art.II.C) and D) to provide non-voting representation for the bargaining and non-bargaining professional staff organizations, and the Retired Faculty Association to Faculty Senate.

6/25/03  (03-27)
     Amended Sec. 8.1.1(Q) Department Chairperson/Director of School. 

4/28/04   (04-18)
     Amended Sec. 8.1.5A)4)g Appointment of Chairpersons (added language to avoid possible impasse regarding appointments).

9/20/07   (07-64)
     Amended Bylaws to conform to current practice, improve functioning of committees, and enable retiring Law college clinical professors and legal writing professor to become eligible for emeritus faculty status.
	 
4/11/08  (08-20)
	 Amended Sec.2.3, Art. III. N concerning committee Faculty Senate commitee membership approved.

9/12/08   (08-66)
	Approved changes to the Faculty Personnel Policies and Bylaws pertaining to Leaves of Absence, 8.1.8 C) for Non-Bargaining Unit Members Only that were approved by the Faculty Senate on April 16, 2008.

9/12/08   (08-67)
	Approved revisions to Section 8.2.3 P) of the Faculty Personnel Policies and Bylaws pertaining to the Environmental Safety and Health Advisory Committee that were approved by the Faculty Senate on April 16, 2008.

10/23/08   (08-80)
	Approved revisions to Section 8.1.10 of the Faculty Personnel Policies and Bylaws to ensure that the policy for consulting and other extramural employment applicable to non-bargaining unit faculty will be substantially similar to that for bargaining unit faculty.

6/22/09   (09-30)
	Amended Secction 8.2.1 Article 1A Membership and Bylaws.

6/22/09   (09-31)
	Amending Section 8.2.3 Article III D Academic Steering Committee

6/22/09   (09-31)
	Amended Section 8.1.5 A Appointment of Department Chairpersons
	
4/11/12  (12-12)
	Revised Section 8.4.6 Article VI. Graduate Council
	
5/20/13 (13-25)
	Approved By-Laws revisions
		8.3.1 A. - definitions of faculty
		Appendices of all material removed from Collective Bargaining Agreement and converted into standalone policies
		Corrected crediting years of service as a visitor towards the probationary period
		Added research faculty promotion criteria and procedures
		Incorporated committee structure revisions of 3/16/13 (Faculty Senate Report No.60)
		
3/25/14  (14-2)
	Approved format changes to the Faculty Personnel Policies and Bylaws to comply with state requirements.
		
7/10/15  (15-40)
	Revision allowing full-time non-tenure track and part-time faculty to apply for Graduate Faculty membership.
	
7/10/15  (15-41)
	Revised Professional Leave of Absence for Dr/ Heidi Meier and Dr. Kristine Lynn Still.
	
1/30/17  (17-01)
	Approved revisions related to emeriti faculty. 
	
1/17/09  (19-03)
	Approved revising Faculty Personnel Policies and By-Laws 3344-11-07 pertaining to appointment of Department Chairs and Deans moving oversight to the University from the Colleges.
	
1/17/19  (19-04)
	Approved revising Faculty Personnel Policies and By-Laws 3344-16-14 establishing the University Teaching Council