Johnson School Administrative Service Center: Faculty By-laws Table of Contents

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Faculty By-Laws

Table of Contents

Section I.	Membership in the Faculty
	Voting Membership
	Nonvoting Members
	Faculty Members Elected to the Faculty
	Membership in the Graduate Field
Section II.	Meetings of the School's Faculty
	Meetings
	Items Controlled by Faculty Votes
	Meetings, Who May Attend
Section III.	Academic Appointments
Section IV.	Faculty Leaves and Buy-Out Policy
	A. Buyout Policy
	B. Faculty Leaves
	C. Pre-Sabbatical Review (aka: Post-Tenure Review), School's Policy Regarding
Section V.	Standing Committees
Section VI.	Student Council (SC): Course and Instructor Evaluations
Section VII.	Faculty Policy Committee
	A. Purposes
	B. Election Procedures for the Policy Committee
Section VIII.	Research Grants and Administration
Section IX.	Establishment of Institutes and/or Centers
Section X.	Grievances

Section I.	Tenure Criteria
	A. Introduction
	B. Tenure Criteria
Section II.	Tenure Track Appointment and Promotion Criteria
	A. Appointment as Acting Assistant Professor
	B. Criteria for Appointment as Assistant Professor
	C. Junior Faculty Hiring, Alternative Process for
	D. Reappointment as Assistant Professor
	E. Internal Promotion to Associate Professor without Indefinite Tenure
	F. Internal Promotion or External Appointment to Associate Professor with Indefinite Tenure
	G. Internal Promotion to Full Professor from Tenured Associate Professor
	H. External Appointment to Associate or Full Professor, Tenure Track
	I. External Appointment or Internal Promotion from Untenured Full Professor to Full Professor with Indefinite Tenure
	J. Appointment (Internal or External Candidates) to Endowed Professorships or Chairs
Section III.	Non-Tenured Track Appointment and Promotion Criteria
	A. Lecturer and Senior Lecturer
	B. Criteria for Appointment as Lecturer
	C. Criteria for Reappointment as Lecturer
	D. Criteria for Promotion to Senior Lecturer
	E. Criteria for Appointment of an External Candidate to Senior Lecturer

Section I.	Tenure Track Faculty Timing of Reviews and Terms of Appointments
	A. Promotion to Associate Professor without Indefinite Tenure
	B. Promotion to Associate Professor with Indefinite Tenure
	C. Promotion to Professor with Indefinite Tenure
Section II.	Measurement of Time of Service
Section III.	Voting Eligibility
Section IV.	Confidentiality
Section V.	Initiation of Review Processes
Section VI.	Appointment and Operation of the Ad Hoc Internal Review Committee
Section VII.	Advisory Vote by the Appropriate Faculty
Section VIII.	Dean's Action after the Advisory Vote
	A. Dean's Tentative Decision
	B. When an Ad Hoc External Review Committee is Required
	C. Candidate's "Negative Listing"
	D. Appointing the Ad Hoc External Review Committee
Section IX.	Operation of the Ad Hoc External Review Committee
Section X.	Recommendation of the Dean
Section XI.	Subsequent Action
Section XII.	Procedures for Appealing a Negative Tenure Decision
	A. Rights of Faculty Members Who are Denied Tenure
	B. Negative Decision by the Dean
	C. Appeal at the College Level
	D. Appeal at the University Level
	E. Disposition of Records and Files
Section XIII.	Lecturers and Senior Lecturers, Timing of Reviews and Terms of Appointments

Section I.	Core Curriculum
Section II.	Curriculum Changes: Adding, Deleting or Changing Elective Courses
Section III.	Professional Leadership Skills Courses
Section IV.	Scheduling of Examinations
Section V.	Reporting of Offerings, Enrollments and Staff
Section VI.	Course Maps

Section I.	Academic Standards Committee (ASC)
Section II.	Core Courses and Sequence
Section III.	Exemption and Substitution of Core Courses
Section IV.	Advanced Standing
Section V.	Credit and Residence Units for Summer Courses
Section VI.	Grading and Grade-Point Averages
	A. Letter Grades
	B. Grading System
	C. S/U Option
	D. Grade of Incomplete (INC)
	E. Grade-Point Averages
	F. Re-Taking a Course: Effect on Grade-Point Averages
Section VII.	Graduation Requirements
Section VIII.	Petitions for Exceptions to Academic Programs
Section IX.	Student Academic Performance
	A. Commendations
	B. Warnings
	C. Hearings
	D. Actions After a Hearing
	E. Appeals
	F. Correspondence

Section I.	Admissions Standards and Conditions
Section II.	Financial Aid
Section III.	Student Course Overloads
Section IV.	Course Add/Drop Procedure
Section V.	Class Sizes
Section VI.	Directed Readings and Research Courses
Section VII.	Student Leave of Absence
Section VIII.	Students from Other Colleges in the School's Courses

Section I.	Doctoral Program
Section II.	Five-Year Joint Degree Program
Section III.	Other Joint Degree Programs
	A. Twelve-Month Option
	B. Joint JD/MBA Program
	C. Six-Year Joint BS/MEng/MBA Degree
	D. Five-Semester Joint MEng/MBA Degree
	E. Joint MILR/MBA Program
	F. Joint MBA/MA in Asian Studies
Section IV.	International Exchange Programs
Section V.	Employee Degree Program

Section I.	Sexual Harassment
Section II.	Protests and Demonstrations of Campus Code of Conduct
Section III.	Fund Raising and Educational Policy Commitments