Faculty/Administration Manual

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Faculty Organization And By-Laws

  • Preamble
  • Article I. Membership in the College Faculty
  • Article II. College Faculty Meetings
  • Article III. Officers
  • Article IV. Faculty Senate
  • Article V. Committees
  • Article VI. Meetings Held Electronically
  • Article VII. Amending Procedures

I. The College Of Charleston 

  • A. Approved College History
  • B. Accreditation
  • C. Statement of Institutional Purpose (Mission Statement)

II. Administrative Organization

  • A. Board of Trustees
  • B. Description of the Administrative Organization of the College and Duties of its Officers 
  • C. The Deans of the Schools
  • D. The Academic Department Chair
  • E. Organization and Operation of the Faculty
  • F. Institutional Committees

III. Faculty Appointments

  • A. The Instructional Faculty
  • B. Joint Appointments to the Instructional Faculty
  • C. Instructional Faculty Appointments Outside Academic Departments
  • D. Library Faculty
  • E. Courtesy Faculty Appointments
  • F. Emeriti Faculty Appointments

IV. Conduct Of Faculty And Administrators

  • A. Prohibition of Discrimination and Harassment
  • B. Code of Professional Conduct and Statement of Professional Ethics
  • C. Statement of Academic Freedom
  • D. Consensual Relations Policy

V. Terms And Records Of Faculty And Unclassified Administrator Appointments

  • A. The College Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Policies, Regulations and Procedures 
  • B. Contracts of Untenured Faculty and Unclassified Academic Administrators
  • C. Faculty and Unclassified Administrator Records
  • D. Probationary Appointments for Tenure-track Faculty and Instructors
  • E. Adjunct Faculty Appointments
  • F. Unclassified Administrators
  • H. Policy Concerning Outside Employment of Faculty
  • I. Nepotism Policy
  • J. Workload Policies of Schools
  • K. Modification of Duties Procedure

VI. Evaluation Of Faculty

  • A. Third-year Review, Tenure and Promotion of Tenure-Track and Tenured Instructional Faculty 
  • B. Third-Year Review and Promotion of Instructors and Renewal of Senior Instructors
  • C. Third-Year Review, Tenure and Promotion of the Library Faculty
  • D. Procedures for Third-Year Evaluation, Tenure and Promotion of Instructional and Library Faculty
  • E. Procedures for the Annual Evaluation of Instructional and Library Faculty
  • F. Merit Raises
  • G. Tenure-Clock Modification Policy
  • H. Post-Tenure Review
  • I. Review for Honorary Rank of University Professor or University Librarian IV

VII. Faculty Discipline, Misconduct, And Termination

  • A. Policy Governing Termination
  • B. Discipline of Faculty Members
  • C. Termination of Tenured Faculty Members “For Cause” and Termination Procedure 
  • D. Reduction In Force as it Applies to Faculty Members and Unclassified Administrators 
  • E. Policy For Misconduct In Research and Scholarship
  • F. Procedures for Misconduct in Research and Scholarship

VIII. Faculty Interaction With Students

  • A. Faculty Responsibilities to Students
  • C. Students With Disabilities

IX. Faculty Awards

  • A. Distinguished Teaching Award
  • B. Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Teaching Award
  • C. Distinguished Research Award
  • D. Distinguished Service Award
  • E. Distinguished Advising Award
  • F. William V. Moore Distinguished Teacher/Scholar Award
  • G. Distinguished Undergraduate Mentoring Award

X. Selected Administrative Policies For Faculty

  • A. Faculty Leave Policies
  • B. Faculty Research and Development
  • C. Policy Affecting Travel and Entertainment by Faculty and Academic Staff
  • D. Policy on Reimbursement for Approved Expenditures by Faculty Members and Administrative Officers
  • E. Purchases by Faculty and Staff
  • F. Legal Assistance
  • G. Faculty and Administrator’s Authority to Enter into Contractual Agreements on Behalf of the College of Charleston
  • H. Intellectual Property Policy
  • I. Grievances Before the Faculty Hearing Committee