Minutes of a Regular Meeting, June 22-23, 2004 - Digital Collections

REGENTS’ POLICY MANUALSECTION 2—ACADEMICSFor simplicity, the term “regular faculty appointment” refers to those appointments that are tenure-trackappointments, tenured appointments, or renewable term appointments at the academic ranks of assistantprofessor, associate professor, or professor.(a) All other academic appointments are temporary (non-regular) and shall be indicated by such titles asinstructor, lecturer or preceptor or by the use of such adjectives as visiting, adjunct, affiliate, or acting.On the Norman Campus, temporary faculty may be appointed with either modified or unmodified titles asrecommended by the academic unit in conformance with the Senior Vice President and Provost’sRecommended Faculty Title Usage policy. Persons holding temporary appointments are not eligible fortenure and their contract shall so specify.(b) Renewable term faculty with the rank of assistant professor, associate professor, or professor areregular faculty but are not are tenure-track or tenured. Any academic unit may request such facultyappointments, if the unit has dean and Senior Vice President and Provost approved requirements forevaluation and promotion of these faculty. Ranked (assistant, associate, professor) renewable termfaculty participate fully in all aspects of faculty governance except deliberations regarding tenure.At no time may the number of renewable term faculty exceed ten percent of the number of tenure-trackand tenured faculty on the Norman Campus.Split Appointments - Appointments between two or more academic units or colleges are not only possiblebut are encouraged when they benefit the University, provided they (a) do not total more than 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) and (b) are approved by all the units and colleges involved. Such appointmentsmust have the approval of the appropriate administrative officials of all units involved.Before a faculty member receives a split appointment, the appropriate academic units must first mutuallydetermine, record in writing, and secure administrative approval for all conditions of the appointmentpertaining to such matters as probationary period, criteria for tenure and promotion, and procedures forrecommending salary increases and reappointment or non-reappointment. The appointee shall receive acopy of this agreement.In the case of faculty members holding a split appointment, it is expected that the chair/directors andCommittees A from both units shall collaborate on one annual evaluation, one progress-towards-tenureletter, and one record for any other form of review and evaluation. In the case wherein there isdisagreement between the academic units as to the appropriate evaluation, the next higher academicadministrator shall resolve the conflict. For split appointments wherein both academic units are withinthe same college, this person shall be the academic dean of the college; for split appointments across twocolleges or provost-direct academic units, this person shall be the Senior Vice President and Provost.Part-Time Faculty Appointments - A part-time faculty appointment is one at less than 1.0 FTE. At thetime of any part-time faculty appointment, the appointee and the University must reach a clearunderstanding of the terms of the appointment. This understanding shall be in writing and signed by theparties, and the appointee shall be given a copy. A non-regular appointee shall have no voice or vote infaculty or department meetings and is not entitled to achievement of academic tenure within thedepartment in which the appointee holds such appointment. The term of appointment shall be temporary.(RM, 12-6-60, pp. 6704-05, edited; 3-29-00, p. 26909; 1-27-2004, p. 28924)Faculty appointments may be tenure-track, tenured, consecutive term, temporary or volunteer. The typeof appointment will be determined by the academic unit in consultation with the appointee and with theapproval of the dean, the Senior Vice President and Provost and the University administration.THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA 20