Faculty Handbook
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About This Handbook Faculty Handbook 14th Edition Edited by the Faculty Senate Handbook Committee Recommended by the Faculty Senate and Adopted by the Faculty Assembly March 2022 Approved by the Board of Trustees June 22, 2022 About This Document The Faculty Senate may make mechanical, grammatical, format,…

Faculty Handbook
14th Edition
Edited by the
Faculty Senate Handbook Committee
Recommended by the Faculty Senate
and Adopted by the Faculty Assembly
March 2022
Approved by the Board of Trustees
June 22, 2022
About This Document
The Faculty Senate may make mechanical, grammatical, format, and consistency corrections to the SAU Faculty Handbook with simple approval by the Senate, rather than presenting those corrections to the General Faculty. Substantive changes to the Faculty Handbook are subject to approval by the Faculty Assembly and by the Board of Trustees, with the exception of amendments to Chapters V (Standing Committees), VI (Academic Policies), and X (Search Policy for Faculty and Administration), which are final with the approval of the University President. Electronic versions of all forms are preferable and will be available via hyperlink within the Handbook. Whenever hyperlinks are unavailable, materials shall appear in an appendix. Forms are not considered part of the Handbook itself and may be updated with the approval of the President.
12 sections · 76 policies
General Information about Southern Arkansas University
Organization within the University
Faculty Assembly
Constitution of the Faculty Senate
Standing Committees of the University
Executive Council, Quality Leadership Team, and Quality Control
Academic Policies
Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Tenure
Evaluation of Faculty and Administrators
- Evaluation of Faculty and Administrators (Overview)
- 1992 Institutional Plan
- Faculty Evaluation
- Course Survey Procedures
- Institutional Monitoring of the Annual Faculty Performance Review
- Institutional Evaluation of the Annual Faculty Performance Review System
- General Procedures for Administrator Evaluation
Faculty Appointment, Tenure, and Promotion Guidelines
Search Policy for Faculty and Academic Administrators
Appendixes
- Appendix A: Faculty Forms
- Appendix B: Supervisor Forms
- Appendix C: Faculty Request for Approval of Class Absence
- Appendix D: Promotion, Tenure, and Administrative Evaluation
- Appendix E: Student Survey Form
- Appendix F: Administrator Rating Form
- Appendix G: Example Faculty Contract
- Appendix H: Student Complaint Policy
- Appendix I: Student Survey Form
