Faculty Handbook - Lincoln University

Faculty Handbook

Effective October 23, 2009

Table of Contents

1.0 Preface

1.1 Code of Conduct

1.2 Mission Statement

1.3 Affirmative Action

1.4 Equal Employment Opportunity Revised October 15, 2010

1.5 Americans with Disabilities Act

1.6 Clery Act Revised Nov 26, 2012

1.7 Rules and Regulations

2.0 Time of Hire

2.1 Academic Appointment Notification

2.2 Visiting Human Resources

2.3 New Employee Orientation

2.4 Parking Revised August 13, 2011

2.5 E-mail Account Set-up

2.6 Computer Set-up

2.7 Telephone Set-Up

2.8 Identification Card

2.9 Datatel Colleague Identification Number

2.10 Departmental Administrative Support

2.11 Office Space

2.12 Building Access and Keys

3.0 Benefits

3.1 Annual Benefits Review

3.2 Health Insurance

3.3 Life Insurance

3.4 Long Term Disability

3.5 Retirement Plans

3.6 Assistance Program

3.7 Tuition Waiver Revised May 9, 2012

3.8 Unemployment Insurance

3.9 Workers Compensation

3.10 Vision and Dental Insurance

3.11 Sheltered Annuity Plans

3.12 Cafeteria Plan

3.13 Other Ancillary Benefits

4.0 Compensation

4.1 Salary Range

4.2 Faculty Salary Adjustments

4.3 Overload Faculty Salary Rate

4.4 Summer Faculty Pay Formulas

4.5 Salary Guidelines for Extramural Grant Awards

4.6 Payroll Administration

5.0 General Employment Policies

5.1 Position Classification

5.2 Job Description Policy

5.3 Employee Background Check and Disclosure

5.4 Disability Accommodation

5.5 Political Activity

5.6 Public Office

5.7 Children on Campus

5.8 Consensual Relationships

5.9 Conflict of Interest

5.10 Conflict of Commitment

5.11 Nepotism

5.12 Veterans Employment and Re-employment

5.13 Work Authorization

5.14 Performance Evaluation/Management

5.15 Social Security Number

6.0 Technology

6.1 Technological Resources

6.2 Internet Usage

6.3 Electronic Mail

6.4 Telephone System

6.5 Technology Equipment Purchases

6.6 Employee Laptop

6.7 Management Software

6.7.1 MOODLE Learning Management System Resived May 9, 2012

6.7.2 Datatel Colleague

6.7.3 Campus EA1 Content Management Resived May 9, 2012

6.7.4 Hyland OnBase Enterp Content Management System Resived May 9, 2012

6.7.5 Microsoft Office

6.7.6 Adobe Creative Suite

7.0 Academic Specific Policies

7.1 Academic Faculty
7.2 Appointment Policy
7.3 Initial Faculty Appointment
7.4 Conditions of Appointment
7.5 Special Appointments
7.6 Notification of Non-Reappointment of Faculty

8.0 Complaint Policy and Procedures

8.1 Faculty Grievance Policy

8.2 Compliant and Grievance Policy and Procedure

82 Discrimination Complaint Policy and Procedures

8.3 Sexual Harassment Complaint Policy and Procedures Revised Nov 11, 2011

8.4 Title IX Sexual Harassment, Sex Equity and Gender Discrimination Revised Nov 11, 2011

9.0 Health and Safety

9.1 Drug Free Workplace

9.2 Communicable Disease

9.3 Clery Act and Crime Reporting

9.4 Personal Safety

9.5 Emergency Preparedness Plan

9.6 On the Job Injury

9.7 Violence in the Workplace

9.8 Sexual Assault and Victims 'Rights'

9.9 No Trespassing

9.10 Animals on Campus

9.11 Tobacco Free Campus Added May 2012

10.0 Termination

10.1 Termination of Employment for Cause

10.2 Employment Withdrawal Process

10.3 Withholding Leave Pay for Indebtedness to the University

11.0 Time Off

11.1 Faculty Absence and Leave

11.2 Personal Leave

11.3 Sick Leave

11.4 Requesting and Reporting Leave

11.5 Vacation for Academic Faculty on Academic Year Contract

11.6 Annual Leave for Academic Faculty on Twelve Month Appointments

11.7 Leave of Absence

11.8 Sabbatical Leave

11.6 Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

11.7 Medical Leave Not Under FMLA

11.8 Military Leave

11.9 Time off to Vote

11.10 Jury Duty and Court Witness Leave

11.11 Inclement Weather

11.12 Academic Holiday Schedule

11.13 Religious Holiday Accommodation

11.14 University Business

12.0 University Resources

12.1 Professional Development Training

12.2 Lincoln University Website

12.3 SunGard Higher Education Technology

12.4 Listserve

12.5 Lincoln University Enterprise Resource Systems

12.6 University Print Services

12.7 Mail Room

12.8 Food Services

13.0 Business Operations Information

13.1 Fall Institute

13.2 Form Usage

13.3 Rules and Regulations

13.4 Travel

13.5 Purchasing Office Supplies

13.6 Accounts Payable

13.7 Budget Process

14.0 Promotion and Tenure

14.1 Principles and Amendments to the Report

14.2 Grandfather Clause Amendment

14.3 Procedure for Changes to Promotion and Tenure Policies Amendment

14.4 Annual Performance Evaluations

14.5 Promotion and Tenure Criteria: Percentage of Work Effort

14.6 Promotion and Tenure Criteria and the Evaluation Process

14.7 Minimum Eligibility Requirements for Promotion

14.8 Eligibility for Promotion to the Rank of Assistant Professor

14.9 Eligibility for Promotion to the Rank of Associate Professor

14.10 Eligibility for Promotion to the Rank of Professor

14.11 Minimum Eligibility Requirements for Tenure

14.12 Terminal Degree of Faculty by Area

14.13 Probationary Service for Tenure

14.14 Credit Toward Probationary Period

14.15 Three-Year Pre-Tenure Review

14.16 Stopping the Tenure Clock

14.16.1 Faculty Guidance to Promotion and Tenure Criteria

14.17 Non-Reappointment

14.18 Procedures for Promotion and Tenure Evaluation

14.19 Components of Promotion and Tenure Application

14.20 Promotion and Tenure Appeal

14.20.2 Policy on Reassignment of Administrators to Faculty Appointments

14.20.3 Workload Policy for Undergraduate Faculty

14.20.4 Overload Policies

14.20.5 Below Minimum Enrollments

14.20.6 Summer Session

14.20.7 Selection of Faculty for the Summer Session

14.20.8 Summer Workload Policy

14.20.9 Grant Reassigned Time and Salary Adjustment

14.20.10 Intersession

14.20.11 Reporting of Grades

14.20.12 Review of the Undergraduate Curricula

14.20.13 Conflict of Interest Policy

14.20.14 Teaching Dual Credit Courses

14.20.15 Misconduct in Science

14.20.16 Financial Exigency

14.20.17 Commencement Attendance

15.0 Instruction and Advisement

15.1 Course Syllabus

15.2 Web Advisor

15.3 ANGEL Learning Management System

15.4 Schedule of Courses

16.0 Student Matriculation: Policies and Programs

16.1 Academic Policies and Regulations

16.2 Classification of Students

16.3 System of Course Numbering

16.4 Semester Credit Hour

16.5 Student Load

16.6 System of Grading

16.7 Grade Re-evaluation

16.8 Auditing Courses (“Hearer”)

16.9 Grade Point Average

16.10 Repeated Courses

16.11 Class Attendance Policy

16.12 University-Approved Absences

16.13 Academic Status Policies

16.14 Alternative Course Credit

16.15 Upper Division Transfer Credit

16.16 Date of Bulletin for Satisfying Undergraduate Degree Requirements

16.17 Degrees Offered

16.18 Requirements for the Various Degree Programs

16.19 Policy on Modifying Programs for Students with Disabilities

16.20 Residence Requirements

16.21 Summary Check of Undergraduate Degree Requirements

16.22 Academic Honors

16.23 Second Bachelor’s Degree

16.24 Graduate Enrollment Prior to Admission into a Graduate Program

16.25 Admission as a Graduate Student

16.26 Undergraduate Admission into the Graduate Program

16.27 Dismissal from the Graduate Program

16.28 Graduate Academic Appeal Process

16.29 Filing for a Degree

16.30 Commencement

17.0 The Faculty Senate

17.1 Faculty Senate

17.2 Leadership of the Faculty Senate

17.3 Duties of the Officers of the Faculty Senate

17.4 Faculty Senate Meetings

17.5 Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate

17.6 Duties of the Executive Committee

17.7 Meetings of the Executive Committee

17.8 Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate

17.9 Faculty Membership on Standing University Committees

17.10 Recommendations and Proposals

17.11 Amendments to the Faculty Senate Bylaws

University Human Resource Services

Revised July 9, 2009

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