FACULTY MANUAL

FOREWORD

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. A Brief History of American University

2. The University and the United Methodist Church

3. Statement of Common Purpose

4. Academic Freedom at American University

UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION AND POLICY-MAKING

5. Administrative Organization of the University

6. Academic Policy-Making Bodies
     a. The Board of Trustees
     b. The Faculty Senate
     c. Educational Policy Committees and Teaching Unit Councils

7. Structure for Handling Faculty Appointments, Reappointments, Promotion, Tenure, and Grievances
    a. Teaching Unit Rank and Tenure Committees
    b. Department Chairs or Division Directors
    c. Deans
    d. The Committee on Faculty Relations
    e. The Dean of Academic Affairs
    f. The Committee on Faculty Equity and Grievances
    g. Faculty Hearing Committee

FACULTY REGULATIONS

8. Faculty Rank: General Conditions of Appointment
     a. Full-Time Faculty
     b. University Library Faculty Members
     c. Washington Semester Program Faculty
     d. Visiting Faculty
     e. In-Residence Faculty
     f. Emeriti/ae Faculty
     g. Temporary Faculty
     h. Adjunct Faculty
     i. Research Faculty
     j. Faculty Fellows
     k. Administrative Officers and Staff Members with Faculty Rank
     l. Affiliate Faculty

9. Qualifications for Specific Ranks
     a. Instructor
     b. Assistant Professor
     c. Associate Professor
     d. Professor
     e. University Professor
     f. Distinguished Professor
     g. Adjunct Faculty Ranks

10. General Criteria Used in Evaluation of Faculty Members
     a. Educational and Professional Background
     b. Effective Teaching
     c. Creative, Scholarly, and Professional Development
     d. Contribution to the University

11. Special Provisions and Procedures for Appointment, Reappointment, and Other Faculty Actions
     a. Limitation of Service in the Rank of Instructor
     b. Terms of Service
     c. Reappointment
     d. Promotion in Rank
     e. Designation of Special Titles other than Regular Faculty Ranks
     f. Documentary Support for Faculty Personnel Actions: Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty
     g. Right of a Current or Prospective Faculty Member to be Informed of Personnel Action Recommendations
     h. Schedule of Notice for Appointment or Termination
     i. Candidates who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents
     j. Faculty Action Procedures for Adjunct Faculty
     k. Resignations

12. Appointment with Tenure
     a. In General
     b. Eligibility for Tenure
     c. Leaves and Accrued Time for Tenure
     d. Accumulation of Service toward Tenure for Faculty Members with Less than Full-time Teaching Duties
     e. Prohibition against a Concurrent Tenured or Full-Time appointment at Another Higher Education Institution

13. Professional Obligations
     a. Teaching Responsibilities
     b. Overload Teaching

14. Voting Faculty

15. Leaves of Absence
     a. Justification for Leave
     b. Limitations and Conditions
     c. Types of Leave

16. Retirement

17. Faculty Grievances
     a. Scope
     b. Timeline
     c. Informal Resolution
     d. Handling of Grievances by the Committee on Faculty Equity and Grievances

18. Appeal Procedures for Recommendations or Final Action involving Non-Renewal, Non-Promotion or Denial of Tenure for Tenure-Track Appointments

19. Disciplinary Procedures
     a. Scope
     b. Concurrent Grievance Proceeding
     c. Timeline
     d. Informal Procedures
     e. Procedures for Hearing before the Faculty Hearing Committee for Termination with Cause and other major sanctions
     f. Appeal procedures for Dismissal Actions
     g. Procedures for Imposition of Sanctions other than Dismissal
     h. Terminal Salary or Notice

20. Termination for Reasons of Financial Exigency
     a. Procedures for Determination of Financial Exigency
     b. Financial Exigency Termination Review Procedures
     c. Appeal
     d. Terminal Salary or Notice
     e. Reinstatement Rights

21. Professional Standards
     a. Employment of Relatives
     b. Outside Professional Activities
     c. Use of University Facilities
     d. Sexual Harassment Policy
     e. Violations of Scholarly and Research Integrity

22. Miscellaneous Provisions
     a. Graduate Study by Faculty
     b. Summer Session Teaching Opportunities
     c. Death while on Active Service