College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Policies & Procedures

The documents below serve to provide more guidance on the policies and procedures of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. These documents are intended for faculty, staff and students. Listed below are the most frequently requested policies and procedures.

This page was last updated on October 28, 2009.

Academic

• Guidelines on Academic Appointments
• Advising Policy
• Guidelines for Faculty on Faculty Evaluation and Merit Salary Matters
• Grading System for CLAS Courses
• Graduate Curricular Change Form (Now online!)
• Graduate Program Change Form
• Committee on Graduate Studies Change Form Deadlines
• Guidelines for Employing Lecturers on Multi-Term Contracts
• Lecturer Salary Guidelines
• Promotion and Tenure Guidelines
  • Statement On Promotion and Tenure
  • Dean's memo on external reviewers, April 2009
  • Dean's memo on Information Regarding P&T
  • Promotion & Tenure Submission Preparation
  • Candidate Response to Negative Recommendation or Marginal/Poor Evaluation Rating from the Initial (Unit) Review Committee
  • Guidelines for Faculty on Progress Toward Tenure Review
  • Other promotion and tenure policies including third year review can be found on the Provost web site
• Research Intensive Semester for Junior Faculty
• Sabbatical Leave Information
• Student Academic Misconduct Policy

Administration

• Academic Journals and Journal Editors Support Policy
• Bylaws of the College Assembly
• Chair/Director Travel Funds
• College-Wide Instructional Commitments Policy
• Faculty Travel Fund
• Grant or Contract Related Redistribution of Effort
• General Research Fund Information
• Grievance Procedure
• Immigration Cost Estimates Allowable Expenses
• Nepotism Policy
• Supplemental Salary Fund (SSF) Policy Agreement Form
• Supplemental Salary Fund (SSF) Approved Agencies
• Teaching Assignment Policy
• Team Teaching Policy
• Time Limits on Appointments of GTAs
• University Support Staff - New Hire Guidelines

Personnel

• Domestic Partner Accommodation
• Guidelines for Faculty on Faculty Evaluation and Merit Salary Matters
• Faculty Retention Guidelines
• Guidelines for Employing Lecturers on Multi-Term Contracts
• Immigration Cost Estimates Allowable Expenses
• Nepotism Policy
• Phased-Retirement Guidelines
• University Support Staff - New Hire Guidelines