DOCUMENT RESUME ED 126 759 HE 007 389 the Faculty

DOCUMENT RESUME ED 126 759 HE 007 389 TITLE The Faculty Handbook: Information for the Academic Staff of Iowa State University. INSTITUTION Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology,Ames. PUB DATE 73 NOTE 74p. EDRS PRICE MF-$0.83 HC-$3.50'Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Academic Standards; Administrative Organization; Administrative Policy; *College Faculty; Faculty Promotion; *Governance; *Higher Education; *Job Tenure; *Personnel Policy; Research; *State Universities; Teacher Dismissal IDENTIFIERS *Faculty Handbooks; Iowa State University ABSTRACT Contents of the Iowa State University faculty handbook include (1) a chapter on the administrativestructure of the university describing functions of the variousoffices and committees illustrated with an organizational chart; (2)a chapter on faculty policies, responsibilities, and benefits, whichincludes statements on tenure, academic freedom, professional ethics, specificationsfor promotion, dismissal procedures and independentappeal channels, and rules of personal conduct; and (3) chapterson research and teaching policies. Constitution and bylaws for thefaculty council are appended. 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EDRS is not * responsible for the quality of the original document.Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS are the best thatcan be made from the original. *********************************************************************** INFORMATION FOR THE ACADEMIC OOKSTAFF Iowa State University U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF Ames, 1973 EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE QF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY 2 THE FACULTY HANDBOOK Information for the Academic Staff of Iowa State University Published by The Office of Academic Affairs IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY July, 1973 li CONTENTS The Academic Community The University 5 The FacultyPolicies, Responsibilities, Benefits 17 Research 38 Teaching Extension 50 Services for Faculty 53 Cultural and Recreational Activity 61 Organizations 65 Ames Community 66 Committee on Human Relatio s, 68 Faculty Council, Basic Document 69 Index 72 4 2 a INTRODUCTION The Academic Commtibity / , Perhaps more than any other attribute,any otherollaraeter- istic,I have sensed .and felt this institution's -quality ofbeing a genuine academic community. .One does n0t need to indulge in any kind of Rousseauian mysticism forsense that this is an academic .community composed ofso lething more than the mere total of various groups, eachrepro tinting a bloc of power, .which go to make Upa. university'. Rather, it is 9 composed of a sharing of commonconcerns, an/ability to focus_ upon common problems; a capacity for communication and discussion, a .general. willto move this University forward." So 'spoke President W. Robert Parks in a faculty convocation in September 1969. / This handbOok has been prepared with the hope that it willbehelpfultotheindividual. faculty memberas he or she \vorks in the large and dynamic academic community which is Iowa State. It represents an attempt to answer those questions which are most often raised by the faculty. At the same time it sets forth the commitments that the University makesto you as a member of this academic community. Naturally this handboOk does not- answer all the questions that will occur to you. It does identifysources where additional and more complete information can be obtained. 3 -.=.0,SnagESEett , 1r a , '1)g 41' e 9 -.....411111126da1a ea .r.:0470 kia .r."" ?P:' s'o - " - 4? 41: C'7:VZ?V17531j't, 1 '4 11S l'c>4, r"--, "e; 0 THE I. NIVERSITY to endow in each state at least otte college whose A Background of "Firsts" curriculum would include the traditional classical studies. but would emphasize subjects A lime41htfuettecutatreeless skyline. the related to the nation's agricultural and industrialdevelop porttcoed %foodacid buck College litulding csas mm. stillUnfinished IOW.,Agricultural College formallyopened Nlateli 17. 1869. -The following September 11, Iowa becan.ethe The day was statifc and warm. People began firststatetoaccept the terms of the Murrill Land Grant Act. On March 29. 1864. arrivin.4calk- 11: (Ill' the Iowa morning. They came in General li,ambly voted to .award Iowa's agotts.tathor,eback.to.tail.Local nxrs grant (ribbed shouldecs cc ith stall' dignitaries to the Agricultural College. in a crowd The College was the first Land Grant of2.11)31guests that taxed the College chapel institu- 1.0t1 timing hall %%el; hecol,c1 tical opened on a coeducational !fasts. Initially Cia,. it offered degrees in agriculture and Walked .1 beginning not only of a mchanics." From the Mechanics newinstitution butalief.,kind atinstitution. course it began In those crude surtounding,. hyefac tilts almost immediately to developprograms in the num- several branches of engineering. bers. 93 college'boleti.,and 811 prectillege A "Ladies Course" was introduced students Wel' tol'Sla(111,11all in 1871. IIIM:11.11n011, which 'Flit following year the College became %%Iliadpill the iaritter .mid_ mechanic on .111 ed the first ucational level Si ith the processional Land Grant institution to offera course in home titan. economics.In 1875 l'hat day had beenalong time coming. it established a department Iii 1848 the Eirst of cookery and household- arts.one of the nation's I-nu-a General .kssembh.. had first four state college prograinsin home propttsed to Congrechs that abandoned Fort Atkinson echnomies. be used as the site of a state agricultural college. Front its early work in agriculture,the College Notintig rattle of that. ui 1879 deVeloped the nation's firststate college program in veterinary medicine. Bin advocate, of the'people., colleg per sistutl. Their charteract passed in the Seventh The engineering programs, which had had General stattis since the College opened.were and on \larch 22. 1858. the recognized in charter became law.I %co years later. rconomy title when the institutionwas r- minded legislators sought named "Iowa State College of Agriculture and to repealthist charter Mechanic Arts in 18%. act.C/nly a partiamentarsmaneuver szccedit. The 4-barter act appropriated $10000 toward Organization of Iowa State's academicstruc tore alongits establishment tutthe(:ollegt:.Story and Rowe present lines Was completed in coulity. resident, added contributions totaling 1913. when the Dcpartmeht of HomeEconomics $21..355.as and the graduate program were elevatedto divi an inducement to location of the santal status. CollegeinwesternStory t:ounty Anticipated Experimental work was already under federal support did nut materialize until the Civil way at Iowa State whenit opened. The CollegeIttl \Var removed Southern opposition. in the development of state-federal cooperation t)iiJuly2.181)2.I'resitientLincoln signed in agricultural research, and established the nation's intoI.uo a meastire submitted bs justin Morrill first collegebased researchprograms ins engineering of %criliOnt. providing that federal lands he used and home economics. 5 It'alsopioneered the service aspect of the representatives of the school involved, approves Land Grant idea.It was thefirst Land-Grant staff appointments and. establishes guidelines for, schoO1to conduct oft.campirs institutes: andit staff salaries. organized the nation's first statewide county The Board reports to the Governor concern- cooperative extension system. ing budgets and on important educational. matters. I ir'actuate study .was- offered almost soon astheCollegebegan. and thefirst graduate dearer was conferred in 1877, THE PRESIDENT Adapting land-grant philosophy to the chang- The Presidentis the principal administrative ing needs ofthe twentieth century, Iowa ,State officer of the University_lle is directly responsible has maintaineditspre-eminenceinthe areas to the State Board of Regents for the operation of agriculture, h011ie fq; OTIOnliCS. engineering and of the University. veterinary medicine, but has broadened its work Ileattends meetings of the Board, reports . to other areas.to the point: that its largest en- onuniversity affairs and participates in policy rollment nowisin the sciences and humanities. discussions.liepresents the university budget, fig ceasing anunhers of students find in the broad- recommends policy changes, expenditures not pro- based curriculum of Iowa 'State opportunities to videdbythe budget, construction of new specialize in excellent programs of science and _changesincurricula:establishment of technology. and to acquire a broachgeneral back- new. courses.towel all types of personnel actions, ground of education in thc- "liberal arts- tradition. The President is the person who is held finally Since 1959. the institution has been known-.responsiblefor the administration of university AS Iowa StateI.tik:ersitvof Science and Tech- affairs. He serves as the' presiding officer of the nologV. General Faculty and of the Administrative Board, In 1973.. Iowa State had an enrollment in Ileissues diplomas conferring degrees, upon the excess

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