Policies

Promotion, Tenure, and Long-Term Contracts

Academic Specialist

• Criteria for Long-Term Contract for Academic Specialists (10.35R)

Adjunct Faculty

• Adjunct Faculty Appointment & Promotion (13.33) (2013 document)
• Adjunct Faculty Appointment & Promotion (97.16) (1997 document)

Clinical Faculty

• Clinical Appointments (02.34)
• Transition to Clinical Rank (00.21) 
• Clinical Faculty Ranks (99.18R)  
• Clinical Faculty Third Year Review (11.22R)
• Long-Term Contract and Promotion Criteria for Clinical Faculty (05.14R)

Lecturers

• Lecturer Appointments (18.45)
• Promotion Criteria for Lecturer Ranks (17.46)

Research Scientists

• Promotion Criteria for Research Ranks (16.46R)- effective after May 2017
• Promotion Criteria for Research Scientists (08.29) Pre-May 2017

Tenure-Track Faculty

• Promotion and Tenure Criteria for Tenure-Track Faculty (11.53R)
• Participation of Associate Faculty Members on the P&T Committee (09.48)
• Unsolicited Letters in Promotion and Tenure Dossiers by Faculty (09.38R)
• Promotion and Tenure Committee (05.45R)
• Third-Year Review (Tenure Track)
• Chair's Letter in Promotion and Tenure Cases (09.39R)

Annual Reviews

• Annual Performance Review (14.19R)

Sabbatical & Professional Leaves

• Professional Leave Procedures (Clinical Faculty) (05.38)
• Sabbatical Leave Procedures (Tenured Faculty) (rev. 2012)

Department Chairperson

• Departmental Chairperson's Position, Duties, & Responsibilities (78.69R)
• Selection of Departmental Chairpersons (83.34)
• Guidelines for Selection of IST Department Chair (18.22)
• Guidelines for LCLE Department Chair Selection (18.23) 
• Guidelines for Selection of C&I Department Chair (13.08) 
• Guidelines for Selection of ELPS Department Chair (17.43) 
• Guidelines for CEP Department Chair Selection (18.21)

Faculty Affairs

Diversity

• Resolution on Demographics Data Collection (16.29)
• Periodic Review of Award Recipients (18.41)

Graduate Studies

• Mission Statement and Policies for Review of PhD/EdD Requirements (91.13)
• Graduate Program Review Process (13.11R)
• Faculty Qualified to Teach Graduate Programs (16.28)

Other

• Review of Academic Administrators (03.28R)
• Conflicts of Commitment (07.28R)
• Departmental Voting Eligibility for Split Appointed Faculty (09.25)
• Allocation of Faculty Time (13.48)
• Ratio of Courses Taught by Faculty (17.26R)
• Faculty Workload (rev 2001)
• Mentoring Program (17.48)
• Operating Procedures for Teacher Ed Council (02.23)
• Visiting Scholars Program Policy (18.64)
• Armstrong Distinguished Awards Criteria (97.13)

Courses

• Policy on Experimental Courses (72.30)
• Modification to the Experiemental Course Policy (72.55)
• Policy on 600 Level Courses at Regional Campuses (73.34a)

Research & Development

• Review of Centers (16.42)
• Policy on Centers and Institutions (80.29)

Grading

• Guidelines for Grades in Graduate Education Courses (14.39)
• Undergraduate Grading Policy (16.43)

Students

General Student Policies

• Policy on Student Work Requirements for the Awarding of Credit (79.45)
• Grievance Procedures (04.17)
• Proposal for Re-validation of Non-licensure Coursework (15.12)
• Students in Online Prgrams Taking Courses on Campus (18.08)
• Students in Residential Programs Taking Online Courses (18.09)

Undergraduate Student Policies

• Professional Expectations Student Agreement (06.22R)
• Grade Point Average (06.27R)
• Academic Probation (17.35)
• GPA Requirements for School of Education (91.11)
• Gradpact (95.24)
• Undergraduate Policy on Academic Minors (18.33)
• Teacher Education Course Minimum Grades (97.27)
• Teacher Education Program Minimum Grades in Content Courses (15.07)

Graduate Student Policies

• Admissions
  • Revision of Minimum GRE Scores (12.25)
  • Policy on Re-application (16.19)
  • IAET Waiver Policy (17.15)
  • IELTS Exam for Graduate Admission (17.27)
  • Admission Requirements for International Students (87.27)
  • Graduate Admissions Procedure (96.23)
  • Change in Admission Policy (99.32)
•  Certificate
  • Transfer Hours for a Certificate (17.39)
• Doctoral
  • Proposal for Minor Qualifying Exam (15.13)
  • Six Months to Submit Dissertation After Defense (18.06)
  • Procedures Responding to Doctoral Program Self-Studies (74.8)
  • Qualifying Exam Policy (81.38)
  • GPC Change in Doctoral Research Committee Membership ((84.23R)
  • Qualifying Examinations for School Admin EdD Program (97.28)
•  IRB
  • Changes to IRB Review- Human Subjects- EdD (18.17)
  • Changes to IRB Review- Human Subjects- PhD (18.18)
•  Leaves
  • FMLA for Graduate Students (11.29R)
  • Graduate Student Leave Policy (13.07)
• Masters
  • Policy for the MS in Education Degree (79.70)
  • Procedures for Students Pursuing an MS Degree in Education with Thesis (84.21R)
  • Policy on Masters & Specialist Degrees while Enrolled in Higher Degree Program (88.29)
• Residency
  • School of Education Policy on Residence for Advance Graduate Degree Programs (77.38)
  • Residence Requirements for EdD in School Administration Degree (79.30)
  • Revised Residence Policy (88.29)
• Other Graduate Student Policies
  • Policies on Grades and Course Revalidation (84.22R)
  • Monthly Conferral of Degrees and Certificates (18.07)
  • Courses Counted in Programs (15.06)