OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK

1 OKLAHOMA city UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK (Replacing 2008 FACULTY HANDBOOK ) Effective November 1, 2016 i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PREFACE ..1 2. VISION AND MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY Vision Mission 3. ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY ..2 UNIVERSITY Bylaws Shared Governance Administrative Structure Trustees President Provost/VPAA Fiscal Year Academic Organization of the UNIVERSITY Academic Units Modifications to Academic Units ..3 FACULTY Senate Purpose Representation Promotions and Tenure Committee of the FACULTY Senate UNIVERSITY Councils ..4 Purposes Council Structure Changes in Administrator Membership Changes in FACULTY Membership Roster of Membership Meetings Summary Report Academic Council.

2 5 Assessment Council ..6 Deans Council on Diversity and Inclusion ..8 Graduate Council ..9 Leadership Council ..10 Standing UNIVERSITY Committees ..11 Purposes ii Jurisdiction Membership Appointments Chairs Secretaries ..12 Terms Meetings Summary Report Protocol Process Committee Structure Changes in Administrator Membership ..13 Changes in FACULTY Membership Roster of Membership Academic Programs and Standards Committee ..14 Admissions Committee ..15 Athletics Committee Benefits Committee ..16 Budget Committee ..17 General Education Committee ..18 FACULTY Scholarship Committee.

3 19 Learning Technology Committee Strategic Planning Committee ..20 Student Probation and Petitions Committee ..21 Student Retention Committee 4. SHARED GOVERNANCE ..22 FACULTY Consent Academic Matters Student Admissions and Academic Retention Academic Courses and Degree Programs Hiring of Full-Time FACULTY FACULTY Consultation Administrative Matters Awarding of Honorary Degrees Budget Development and Approval Intercollegiate Athletics ..23 Termination or Reorganization of Existing Academic Programs Adjunct FACULTY Search for and Selection of the President iii Search for and Selectin of the Provost/VPAA Search for and Selection of Academic Deans and Directors of Academic Units Amendments to the FACULTY Proposed Amendments Notice Requirement Emergency Amendments Effective Date HANDBOOK Supersedes Other Policy Five-Year Review Appendix Documents Additional Criteria Appendices Effective Date Probationary FACULTY Evaluation Tenured FACULTY Evaluation Criteria FACULTY Evaluation Criteria

4 Evaluation Best Practices Peer Consultations Promotion and Tenure Committee Ad Hoc Committee Consideration Sabbatical Protocol Amendments Supremacy of the HANDBOOK Applicability of Appendix 5. ACADEMIC STATUS, INITIAL APPOINTMENTS, ACADEMIC RANK, AND LETTERS OF CONTRACT AND APPOINTMENT Academic Status and Rank Defined Full-Time FACULTY Tenured FACULTY Status Probationary (Tenure Track) FACULTY Status Non-Tenure-Track FACULTY Status Multi-year Contract Position One-year Contract Position Part-Time Emeritus Status Non-Employees Voting Initial Appointment FACULTY Hiring Non-Unanimous Hiring Decisions iv Law School FACULTY Hiring National Searches Concurrent Administrative Initial Academic Rank Equivalency Initial Appointment as Professor Initial Appointment as Associate Professor Initial Appointment as Assistant Professor Initial Appointment as Instructor.

5 29 Initial Appointment as Artist in Residence Clinical FACULTY Legal Research and Writing Professor Visiting Titles Terminal Degree Defined Letters of Contract and Appointment ..30 Date Contents Relation to HANDBOOK Relation to Appendices Additional Contents Effective Date Declining Letter of Contract Adjunct FACULTY 6. PERFORMANCE OF FACULTY Conflict of Commitment Outside Employment Not Allowed in Certain Circumstances Individual Capacity Conflict of Interest Scholarship and Publication Scholarship Disclaimer Additional FACULTY FACULTY Standards of Conduct Mandatory Reporting Abuse or Neglect of Minors Mandatory Reporting Title IX Failure to Comply with Mandatory Reporting v 7.

6 RENEWAL, PROMOTION AND TENURE Academic Freedom and Tenure 1940 Statement Academic Freedom and Tenure Supplemental UNIVERSITY Policy ..34 General Promotion and Tenure Policy Authority FACULTY Representatives Personnel Needs Renewal, Promotion and Tenure of Probationary FACULTY Members and Tenured FACULTY Members Criteria ..35 Teaching Effectiveness Scholarship and Professional Growth Service to the UNIVERSITY and Professional Communities Promotion Requirements ..36 Equivalency in Promotion Promotion Granted Promotion from Instructor to Assistant Professor Promotion to Associate Professor Promotion to Professor Tenure Requirements.

7 37 Equivalency in Tenure Tenure Granted Tenure Consideration Timelines for Promotion and Tenure ..38 FACULTY Eligibility List Recommendations FACULTY Senate Comments vi Provost/VPAA and President Recommendations Final Authority Voluntary Withdrawal from Consideration for Promotion or Evaluation Procedures Probationary FACULTY Members Evaluation for Renewal Evaluation for Promotion ..40 Evaluation Procedures Tenured FACULTY Members Post Tenure Review Sexennial Review Out-of-Sequence Review Review Outcomes Satisfactory Review Review Outcomes Unsatisfactory Review Promotion Abbreviated Non-Tenure-Track FACULTY Members Elevation in Status Elevation to Longer Contract Term Elevation to Probationary Appointment Promotion in Rank Evaluation Procedures One-Year Contract Appointments Multi-Year Contract

8 Appointments Continued Employment Not Adjunct FACULTY Members Elevation in Status Promotion in Rank Evaluation Procedures vii Reports 8. NON-RENEWAL, TERMINATION, OR SUSPENSION OF FACULTY APPOINTMENTS Non-Renewal Tenured FACULTY Members Probationary FACULTY Non-Tenure-Track FACULTY Members Adjunct FACULTY Members Termination Generally Tenured FACULTY Members Probationary FACULTY Members Non-Tenure-Track FACULTY Members Adjunct FACULTY Members Termination Proceedings Termination Institutional Financial Exigency of the UNIVERSITY Educational Considerations Terminations After Program Review

9 Program Review Periodic Review Program Review Panel Information, Recommendations and Data Considered Program Review Recommendations Program Review Recommendations Approval Procedures for Termination for Institutional Cause Termination of an Entire Academic Unit Termination of FACULTY Members Not Resulting from Termination of an Entire Academic FACULTY Meeting Ad hoc Termination Committee Meeting Priority Process Governing Purpose Voting Reporting Recommendations Final Other Employment within the UNIVERSITY Notice and Severance Pay

10 For Termination for Institutional Cause Tenured FACULTY Members Probationary FACULTY Members Termination or Suspension Without Pay for Individual Cause viii Grounds Health Health conditions and termination or suspension Tenured FACULTY and unsatisfactory sexennial evaluation Moral turpitude Academic dishonesty Willful neglect Disruptive conduct Gross personal misconduct Employment application misrepresentation Assignment refusal Failure to comply Academic Freedom Procedures for Termination or Suspension Without Pay for Individual Cause Initiation of Informal Procedures Initiation of Formal Termination or Suspension Action Interim Suspension Right to FSEC Review Process for FSEC Review of Termination or Suspension Without Pay for Individual Cause Initiation of Challenge Initial Provost/VPAA Review Initial Actions by Designation and Duties of Hearing Officer.