MISSION

The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.

Regents of the University Jordan B. Acker, Huntington Woods Michael J. Behm, Grand Blanc Mark J. Bernstein, Ann Arbor Paul W. Brown, Ann Arbor Shauna Ryder Diggs, Grosse Pointe Denise Ilitch, Bingham Farms

Ron Weiser, Ann Arbor Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor Mark S. Schlissel (ex officio)

Nondiscrimination Policy Statement The University of Michigan, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University of Michigan is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions. Inquiries or complaints may be addressed to the Senior Director for Institutional Equity, and Title IX/Section 504/ADA Coordinator, Office of Institutional Equity, 2072 Administrative Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1432, 734-763-0235, TTY 734-647-1388. For other University of Michigan information, call 734-764-1817.

© 2020 Regents of the University of Michigan. Last Revised July 2020 Faculty Handbook

Ann Arbor Campus

2019-2021

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SECTION I- Unabridged Chapters

FUNDAMENTAL TENETS OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ...... 1

1.A FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION ...... 1 1.B FUNDAMENTAL TENETS STATEMENT ...... 1 1.C SENATE ASSEMBLY STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM ...... 2 1.D PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR FACULTY ...... 3 DIVERSITY AND NONDISCRIMINATION ...... 5

2.A GENERAL PRINCIPLES ...... 5 2.B UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND STATEMENTS ...... 5 2.B.1 REGENTAL STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ...... 5 2.B.2 VALUE OF DIVERSITY STATEMENT ...... 6 2.B.3 DISCRIMINATION AND HARASSMENT POLICY ...... 6 2.B.4 DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION POLICY ...... 6 2.B.5 POLICY REGARDING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ...... 6 2.B.6 RELIGIOUS ACADEMIC CONFLICTS POLICY ...... 6 2.B.7 SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY ...... 7 2.B.8 STANDARDS OF FACULTY CONDUCT ...... 7 2.C ANN ARBOR CAMPUS RESOURCES ...... 7 ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE ...... 9

3.A GENERAL PRINCIPLES ...... 9 3.B REGENTS ...... 9 3.C PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS ...... 9 3.D THE OFFICE OF THE PROVOST (ANN ARBOR CAMPUS) ...... 10 3.E CHANCELLORS (UM-FLINT AND UM-DEARBORN) ...... 10 3.F FACULTY/GOVERNING FACULTY ...... 10 3.G DEANS AND DIRECTORS (ANN ARBOR CAMPUS)...... 10 3.H EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES ...... 11 3.I ACADEMIC UNITS ...... 11 3.J HORACE H. RACKHAM SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES ...... 11 3.K UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS (ANN ARBOR CAMPUS) ...... 12 3.K.1 LIBRARIES ...... 12 3.K.2 MUSEUMS ...... 13 3.L INSTITUTES AND CENTERS ...... 13 FACULTY ROLES IN GOVERNANCE……………………………………………………………………………………………………..... 14

4.A GENERAL PRINCIPLES ...... 14 4.B PRINCIPLES FOR FACULTY PARTICIPATION IN INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE ...... 14

4 4.C UNIT-LEVEL FACULTY GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES ...... 16 4.D THE STRUCTURE OF CENTRAL FACULTY GOVERNANCE (BYLAWS 4.01-4.08) ...... 16 4.D.1 UNIVERSITY SENATE ...... 16 4.D.2 SENATE ASSEMBLY ...... 16 4.D.3 SENATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS (SACUA) ...... 16 4.E CENTRAL FACULTY GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES ...... 17 4.E.1 SENATE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES ADVISING EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND VICE PRESIDENTS ...... 17 4.E.2 SENATE ASSEMBLY STANDING AND SPECIAL FACULTY COMMITTEES ...... 17 4.E.3 Other University Committees with Faculty Members Recommended by SACUA………………… 18 APPOINTMENTS ...... 19

5.A GENERAL PRINCIPLES ...... 19 5.B CRITERIA FOR APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY ...... 20 5.C INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY: CLASSIFICATIONS ...... 21 5.C.1 TENURE TRACK FACULTY ...... 21 5.C.2 CLINICAL INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY ...... 22 5.C.3 LECTURERS ...... 22 5.C.4 LECTURERS COVERED UNDER A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ...... 23 5.C.5 ADJUNCT INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY COVERED UNDER A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ...... 23 5.C.6 ADJUNCT CLINICAL INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY ...... 23 5.C.7 VISITING INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY ...... 23 5.D RESEARCH FACULTY ...... 24 5.D.1 INTRODUCTION ...... 24 5.D.2 RESEARCH SCIENTIST TRACK ...... 24 5.D.3 RESEARCH PROFESSOR TRACK ...... 24 5.D.4 SUPPLEMENTAL RESEARCH FACULTY ("ADJUNCT" AND "VISITING") ...... 24 5.D.5 PROMOTIONS OF RESEARCH FACULTY ...... 25 5.E LIBRARIANS, ARCHIVISTS, AND CURATORS ...... 25 5.E.1 LIBRARIANS ...... 25 5.E.2 ARCHIVISTS ...... 25 5.E.3 CURATORS ...... 26 5.E.4 PROMOTIONS OF LIBRARIANS, ARCHIVISTS, AND CURATORS ...... 26 5.F TYPES OF APPOINTMENTS ...... 26 5.F.1 ACADEMIC-YEAR APPOINTMENTS ...... 26 5.F.2 ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS ...... 26 5.F.3 ANNUAL APPOINTMENTS...... 26 5.F.4 JOINT APPOINTMENTS ...... 26 5.F.5 MULTI-YEAR APPOINTMENTS ...... 26 5.F.6 OPEN-ENDED APPOINTMENTS ...... 26 5.F.7 PARTIAL APPOINTMENTS ...... 26 5.F.8 TERM APPOINTMENTS (CLOSED-ENDED APPOINTMENTS) ...... 26 5.F.9 UNIVERSITY-YEAR APPOINTMENTS (ACADEMIC-YEAR APPOINTMENTS) ...... 27 5.G APPOINTMENTS: OTHER CONSIDERATIONS ...... 27 5.G.1 CONFLICT OF COMMITMENT IN FACULTY APPOINTMENTS ...... 27 5.G.2 DUAL CAREER PROGRAM ...... 27 5.G.3 EMPLOYMENT OATH ...... 27 5.G.4 FAVORITISM/NEPOTISM ...... 27 5.G.5 FITNESS FOR DUTY ...... 27 5.G.6 INTERNATIONAL FACULTY...... 28 5.H TERMINATION OF APPOINTMENTS ...... 28 5.I RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS...... 28 5.I.1 RESEARCH FACULTY, LIBRARIANS, ARCHIVISTS, AND CURATORS ...... 28 5.J STATUS OF APPOINTMENTS WHEN ACADEMIC PROGRAMS ARE DISCONTINUED...... 28 5.J.1 INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY ...... 28 5.J.2 OTHER FACULTY ...... 28 5.K NON-REAPPOINTMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY ...... 28 5.L REDUCTION IN FORCE/TERMINATION ...... 29 5.L.1 RESEARCH FACULTY ...... 29 5.L.2 LIBRARIANS, ARCHIVISTS, AND CURATORS ...... 29 5.M CESSATION OF FUNDING FOR APPOINTMENTS SUPPORTED BY GRANTS AND CONTRACTS ...... 29 5.M.1 INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY ...... 29 5.M.2 RESEARCH PROFESSORS…………………………..……………………………………………………………………………… 29 5.M.3 RESEARCH SCIENTISTS ...... 29 5.N TERMINATION FOR CAUSE ...... 29 5.N.1 INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY ...... 29 5.N.2 RESEARCH FACULTY, LIBRARIANS, ARCHIVISTS, AND CURATORS ...... 29 TENURE ...... 30

6.A GENERAL PRINCIPLES ...... 30 6.B CRITERIA FOR TENURE ...... 31 6.C TENURE PROBATIONARY PERIOD ("TENURE CLOCK") ...... 31 6.D EXTENSIONS OF THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR CHILDBEARING, DEPENDENT CARE, OR MEDICAL LEAVE ...... 31 6.D.1 INTRODUCTION ...... 31 6.D.2 MODIFIED DUTIES FOR NEW PARENTS ...... 32 6.D.3 STOPPING THE TENURE CLOCK FOR CHILDBEARING OR DEPENDENT CARE ...... 32 6.D.4 MEDICAL LEAVE ...... 33 6.E PRE-TENURE REVIEWS FOR TENURE-TRACK FACULTY ...... 33 6.F NON-REAPPOINTMENT OF TENURE-TRACK FACULTY ...... 33 6.G GUIDELINES RELATED TO TENURE REVIEWS ...... 33 6.H JOINT APPOINTMENTS ...... 34 6.I PARTIAL APPOINTMENTS ...... 34 6.J TENURE: CAMPUS LOCATION ...... 34 6.K PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ...... 35 6.L TERMINATION FOR CAUSE ...... 35 6.M APPLICABILITY OF TENURE TO RESEARCH FACULTY, LIBRARIANS, CURATORS, ARCHIVISTS, AND CLINICAL FACULTY 35

SECTION II- abridged Chapters

CHAPTER 7. SCHOLARSHIP AND RESEARCH ...... 36 CHAPTER 8. TEACHING AND FACULTY INTERACTIONS WITH STUDENTS...... 36 CHAPTER 9. FACULTY AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY/SERVICE ...... 36 CHAPTER 10. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES ...... 37 CHAPTER 11. SEXUAL HARASSMENT ...... 37 CHAPTER 12. UNIVERSITY RECORDS, PRIVACY, AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION ...... 37 CHAPTER 13. FACULTY AWARDS ...... 37 CHAPTER 14. COMPENSATION AND BUDGETARY PROCEDURES ...... 38 CHAPTER 15. BENEFITS AND SERVICES ...... 38 CHAPTER 16. LEAVES, ABSENCES, HOLIDAYS, VACATIONS, AND UNIVERSITY CLOSURES ...... 38 CHAPTER 17. UNIVERSITY TRAVEL AND REIMBURSEMENT ...... 38 CHAPTER 18. CAMPUS HEALTH AND SAFETY ...... 39 CHAPTER 19. RETIREMENT, EMERITUS/EMERITA STATUS ...... 41 CHAPTER 20. TECHNOLOGY AND COMMINICATIONS ...... 41 CHAPTER 21. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ...... 41

APPENDIX 1: ACRONYMS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 42

SECTION I – UNABRIDGED CHAPTERS

Fundamental Tenets of Membership in the University 1 Community

1.A Freedom of Speech or position and then defend it, but would prevail on a university and Artistic also for those who hear and pass campus, sometimes falls within the Expression 1 judgment on that defense. The belief legitimate exercise of freedom of 1.B Fundamental Tenets that an opinion is pernicious, false, speech and, when it does, may not Statement 1 or in any other way detestable be suppressed. cannot be grounds for its 1.C Senate Assembly These guidelines apply to members suppression. Statement on of the University community Academic Freedom 2 When a speech or some form of (students, faculty, staff, and 1.D Professional artistic expression such as a play or administrators) and to their invited Standards for concert is prevented by disruptive guests. By following these guidelines Faculty 3 protest from taking place or we seek to maintain at the concluding, the effect is just as University an environment in which 1.A Freedom of Speech and surely an attack on freedom of the free exchange of opinions can Artistic Expression speech or artistic expression as the flourish, where the learning that deliberate suppression or such exchange makes possible can The University of Michigan prohibition of a speaker or artist by occur. We welcome members of the recognizes the free expression of authorities. At the same time, broader public to participate in this ideas as fundamental to its mission however, the rights of free free exchange, and we expect those of education and research. This expression enjoyed by speakers or who do to observe the limits of commitment is outlined in the performers do not negate the rights mutual tolerance embodied in these University’s Standard Practice Guide of free expression of those who guidelines. 601.01. The statement was adopted would protest the speech or by the Board of Regents in 1988 and With these qualifications in mind, performance. revised in 1993. the Committee on Civil Liberties and The guidelines that follow concern Civil Rights of the Senate Assembly Recent events at the University of how most fully to protect rights of recommends to the University Michigan and elsewhere emphasize free expression for speakers, community endorsement and the pressing need for members of performers, and protesters alike. adoption of the following guidelines the University community-- They apply to settings in which an pertaining to freedom of speech and including administrators, faculty, audience has been assembled for a artistic expression. The guidelines staff, and students--to reaffirm talk or performance, or in which a can be found here: formally their deep commitment to talk or performance takes place in a http://www.spg.umich.edu/policy/6 freedom of speech and artistic public setting at the University, but 01.01 expression and to clarify the do not apply to the classroom. They implications of that commitment. 1.B Fundamental Tenets are not general guidelines Freedom of speech in this context Statement concerning freedom of expression will be taken to encompass all forms among individuals or in other The statement below was adopted by of communication and artistic University settings where protest the Senate Assembly on June 18, expression as well as the freedom to might occur. Moreover, they do not 1990. listen, watch, protest, or otherwise cover acts of physical violence, or participate in such communication. The University of Michigan is a verbal harassment or threat directed It is hoped that this reaffirmation community devoted to learning. at individuals in which there is no will win the support, in spirit and in Members of our community intent to communicate publicly or letter, of people representing the advance, preserve, and transmit with a wider audience. Nor do these entire spectrum of opinion of the knowledge through study, teaching, guidelines in any way restrict the University community in order to artistic expression, research, and application of civil or criminal law. create a truly open forum, one which scholarship. As a public university, Finally, these are not guidelines diverse opinions can be expressed we have a special obligation to concerning appropriate or civil and heard. serve the public interest. conduct at speeches or artistic Expression of diverse points of view performances. Rude or offensive All who join the University is of the highest importance, not behavior, though inconsistent with community gain important rights only for those who espouse a cause the standards of civility that we hope and privileges and accept equally 1 important responsibilities. We advancing the sum of human because of their education and believe in free expression, free knowledge and understanding. their institutional knowledge, inquiry, intellectual honesty, and Although some aspects of academic play an indispensable role as respect for the rights and dignity of freedom are also protected by the independent participants in others. We respect the autonomy of First Amendment to the United University decision making. By each person’s conscience in matters States Constitution, academic virtue of this role, they are of conviction, religious faith, and freedom exists, independent of any entitled to comment on or political belief. We affirm the external protection, as a basic criticize University policies or importance of maintaining high prerequisite for universities to fulfill decisions, either individually or through institutions of faculty standards of academic and their mission to our society. governance. professional integrity. In defining Academic freedom is most the rights we enjoy and the commonly vindicated by individual • freedom of participation in responsibilities we bear, we must faculty members, but remains first public debate. Both within and keep those basic principles in mind. and foremost a professional beyond their areas of expertise, prerequisite of faculty members as faculty members are generally All members of the University have a group. entitled to participate as civil rights guaranteed by the Bill of citizens in public forums and Rights. Because the search for Academic freedom includes the debates without fear of knowledge is our most fundamental following specific freedoms: institutional discipline or purpose, the University has an restraint, so long as it is clear • freedom of research and especially strong commitment to that they are not acting or publication. Within the broad preserve and protect freedom of speaking for the University. standards of accountability thought and expression. Reasoned established by their profession Since academic freedom derives dissent plays a vital role in the and their individual disciplines, search for truth; and academic from the institutional structure of faculty members must enjoy the American universities, it is qualified freedom, including the right to fullest possible freedom in their express unpopular views, is a in various respects. However, when research and in circulating and academic freedom is so qualified, it cherished tradition of universities publishing their results. This everywhere. All members of the is of critical importance that freedom follows immediately restrictions be drawn up and University have the right to express from the University’s basic implemented with substantial their own views and hear the views commitment to advancing faculty input, in such a way as to of others expressed, but they must knowledge and understanding. minimize infringement of academic also take responsibility for Restrictions on research and according the same rights to others. publication should be minimal freedom. In large part, this goal We seek a University whose and unobtrusive. should be accomplished by ensuring members may express themselves that institutional discipline of • freedom of teaching. This vigorously while protecting and faculty members is in proportion to freedom is an outgrowth of the respecting the rights of others to the severity and persistence of previous one. Faculty members misconduct, and by insisting that learn, to do research, and to carry must be able not only to out the essential functions of the alleged offenses be handled with disseminate to their students appropriate standards of due University free from interference or the results of research by obstruction. process, including, wherever themselves and others in their possible, the judgment of competent 1.C Senate Assembly Statement profession, but also to train peers. For the rest, however, it must students to think about these on Academic Freedom be recognized that contemporary results for themselves, often in threats to academic freedom are In January 2010, the Senate an atmosphere of controversy Assembly endorsed a statement that that, so long as it remains in a constantly evolving. This University defines the standards of academic broad sense educationally — its faculty, administration, and freedom as follows. relevant, actively assists students alike — must exercise students in mastering the constant vigilance in resisting such Academic freedom is the liberty that subject and appreciating its threats, whether they arise within faculty members must have if they significance. the university or from outside. are to practice their scholarly • freedom of internal criticism. The statement on the faculty profession in accordance with the Universities promote the governance website also includes norms of that profession. Academic common good not through commentary. freedom is not a term or a condition individual decision or https://facultysenate.umich.edu/se of employment; rather, it is based bureaucratic calculation, but in the institutional structure of this through broad-based nate-assembly/ and other universities and is engagement in the scholarly fundamental to their common endeavor. Faculty members, mission of promoting inquiry and

2 1.D Professional Standards for to model informed, rational pursuits, living environment, or Faculty discourse not only to students, but participation in a University The University of Michigan’s policy also to the university community activity. and the general public. The faculty on professional standards for faculty Some examples of conduct that may operates under an ethical imperative is applicable campus-wide. In violate this policy include, but are not to bring the University into addition, the schools and colleges not limited to: threatening disrepute and to conduct themselves may have their own policies, which behavior, actions, or comments; consistent with these obligations accord with and enhance this policy. bullying behavior (defined as a and responsibilities. The University policy, SPG 201.96, persistent pattern of negative was developed in 2013 and revised While this policy affirms the behavior based upon a real or in 2016. commitments set forth perceived power or status imbalance I. Policy in SPG 601.01, “Freedom of Speech which belittles another member of a and Artistic Expression,” the unit); undue interference with The University of Michigan strives University will not tolerate conduct functions or activities sponsored or to create and maintain a community that hinders other members of the authorized by the University; that enables all of its members to community in the exercise of their forcible detention, threats of reach their full potential. To do so professional responsibilities and physical harm to, or harassment of requires an environment of trust, academic freedoms. The University another member of the University openness, civility and respect. The is prepared to act to prevent or community; and behavior that University is firmly committed to a remedy behaviors that interfere results in a hostile working or policy of prohibiting behaviors that with, or adversely affect, a learning environment. This list is adversely impact a person’s ability to community member’s ability to not exhaustive, and faculty may be participate in the scholarly, learn or fulfill the individual’s subject to sanction and disciplinary research, educational, patient care, professional responsibilities. Efforts action for any type of conduct that, and service missions of the to ensure compliance with this and although not specifically University. other University/unit policies are enumerated, meets the standard for The University has a compelling consistent with the SPG. unacceptable faculty behavior set forth above under a) or b). interest in ensuring an environment The schools and colleges may in which productive work and supplement this policy with unit- III. Alleged Violations of this learning may thrive. At the same specific measures that enhance the Policy time, the University has an interest policies expressed in this SPG. All Alleged violations of this policy in respecting freedom of speech and such policies must be in accordance should be reported on a timely basis protecting academic freedom and in with all of the policies of the to an administrator (e.g., dean, chair preserving the widest University and with all applicable or director in an academic unit, possible dialogue within its federal and state laws and Academic Human Resources, or the instructional and research settings. regulations. As such, the University recognizes immediate supervisor of the person and expects there to be open II. Definitions alleged to be in violation of the policy). This administrator must discourse and exchanges that may The following types of behaviors ensure that appropriate action is cause some of its members to feel may be subject to professional taken to address the situation. If uncomfortable. It is through such sanction, including discipline up to warranted, a prompt inquiry shall be exchanges that the flow of ideas and and including dismissal in undertaken, and the faculty member countervailing thoughts and accordance with the appropriate shall be afforded an opportunity to experiences are expressed which can procedures. facilitate deeper understanding and respond to the allegations against learning. These behaviors include oral, him or her prior to a determination written, visual, or physical actions as to whether the policy has been However, the University also expects by a member of the faculty that, violated. Such responsive its members to engage each other in according to a reasonable person information will be considered prior a professional manner, with civility standard: to this determination. and respect. This is particularly true of its faculty, as the faculty has not a) Have the purpose or effect of Prior to the imposition of any only the obligations of all citizens in unreasonably interfering with an significant sanction or disciplinary the community at large but also the individual’s employment or action, to ensure that a level of peer obligations that derive from educational performance; and/or review has occurred, the administrator shall consult with a common membership in the b) Have the purpose or effect of community of scholars. The faculty relevant faculty executive or creating an intimidating, hostile, advisory committee. Each unit will has a particular responsibility in this offensive or abusive climate for an regard, since one of its obligations is determine the process by which peer individual’s employment, academic review can be effectively and

3 efficiently achieved and the appropriate sanction or sanctions recommended. Concerns regarding alleged unprofessional conduct may arise from a pattern of behavior and interactions, or from a single significant event. The faculty who provide the peer review should look at the totality of the circumstances and not just the precipitating event. The University will take appropriate steps to ensure that a person who, in good faith, reports or participates in a resolution of a concern brought forward under this policy is not subject to retaliation. In addition, subjecting such a person to retaliation is itself a violation of this policy. A person who knowingly and intentionally files a false complaint under this policy may be subject to University discipline. Violation of this policy may result in appropriate sanction or disciplinary action. If dismissal of a faculty member is proposed, the matter will be addressed through the appropriate procedure (e.g. Regents’ Bylaw 5.09, SPG 201.12). A faculty member who is sanctioned or disciplined under this policy has the right to appeal such action under the applicable procedure, typically the school/college faculty grievance procedure.

4 2 Diversity and Nondiscrimination

2.A General Principles 5 2.A General Principles thought and creativity so 2.B University Policies The University of Michigan has, as fundamental to academic inquiry, and Statements 5 one of its core values, an abiding discovery, and learning. 2.B.1 Senate Assembly commitment to sustaining a The principle of an open and Statement on community in which the dignity of accepting community was first Academic every individual is respected. Key to articulated in the statute Freedom 5 this value are efforts to foster and establishing the University, which 2.B.2 Value of Diversity nurture an environment of civility proclaimed in 1837 that “the Statement 6 and mutual respect. At the University shall be open to all 2.B.3 Interim Policy on University, we live and work in a persons who possess the requisite Discriminatory culture that defines itself in terms of literary and moral qualifications.” Harassment 6 intellectual exchange, appreciation Interpretation of this principle has 2.B.4 Discrimination of individual differences, and evolved over the generations. Based on Sexual respect for each individual’s Nevertheless, students and faculty Orientation personal dignity. The University’s continue to come to the University Policy 6 blend of students, faculty and staff of Michigan to learn the hard task of 2.B.5 Policy Regarding from many backgrounds is a great crossing the boundaries of race and Individuals with resource and we all benefit from the culture, to engage across what Disabilities 6 mix of perspectives that is enriched James B. Angell called the “artificial 2.B.6 Religious by the unique experiences and distinctions of conventional society.” Academic insight that each person brings to The University continues to strive to Conflicts Policy 6 our community. It is the make educational and professional 2.B.7 Sexual understanding and appreciation for opportunities available equally to all Harassment other points of view and richness of members of our richly diverse Policy 7 experiences that creates and society, and remains deeply sustains an environment that is 2.B.8 Standards of committed to the notion that Faculty Conduct 7 inclusive and respectful. diversity is central to the identity, 2.C Ann Arbor Campus As one of the world’s great public integrity, and mission of this Resources 7 institutions of higher education, the University. University of Michigan is committed 2.B University Policies and to being an inclusive, multicultural Statements Good learning is always catholic community where differences based The University has a number of and generous. It welcomes the on race, gender, gender identity, policies that relate to promoting humblest votary of science and bids gender expression, disability status, diversity and preventing him kindle his lamp freely at the color, national origin, age, marital discrimination. Through University common shrine. It frowns on caste status, veteran status, culture, socio- policies, as well as applicable state and bigotry. It spurns the artificial economic status, sexual orientation, and federal laws, the University distinctions of conventional society. height, weight, and religion are provides a supportive and inclusive It greets all comers whose welcomed, nurtured, and respected. environment in which members of intellectual gifts entitle them to This commitment to various forms this community can pursue their admission to the goodly fellowship of diversity is a long-standing one. educational and professional of cultivated minds. It is essentially The first African-American male objectives. democratic in the best sense of that students were admitted to the term. University in 1868; the first women 2.B.1 Regental Statement of “The Higher Education: A Plea for in 1870. This long-standing Nondiscrimination Making it Accessible to All” commitment to provide a pluralistic As the governing body of the (Commencement Address of and welcoming academic University of Michigan, the Regents University of Michigan President environment stems from many have adopted the following policy on James B. Angell, 1879). sources, including the conviction nondiscrimination, a version of that diversity is essential to creating which appears on all official an intellectual and social climate University documents: that promotes the freedom of

5 The University of Michigan is capital campaign, within the limits be taken by the University and its committed to a policy of equal defined by the state and federal employees concerning employment opportunity for all persons and Constitutions. opportunities for qualified does not discriminate on the basis individuals with disabilities and Get the remainder of this statement of race, color, national origin, age, provides for implementation and from SACUA’s website at: marital status, sex, sexual self-policing. See SPG 201.84. orientation, gender identity, gender http://facultysenate.umich.edu/wp- 2.B.6 Religious Academic expression, disability, religion, content/uploads/sites/22/2015/03/ Conflicts Policy height, weight, or veteran status. sa04-15-13.pdf The university also is committed to The University of Michigan as a compliance with all applicable laws 2.B.3 Discrimination and public institution does not observe regarding nondiscrimination and Harassment Policy religious holidays. However, it is the affirmative action. It is the policy of the University to University’s policy that every maintain an academic and work reasonable effort should be made to Bylaw 14.06 (revised April 2009). environment free of discrimination help faculty and students avoid 2.B.2 Value of Diversity and harassment for all students, negative academic consequences Statement faculty, and staff. Discrimination when academic requirements and harassment are contrary to the conflict with their religious Senate Assembly, representing the standards of the University obligations. The official University faculty of the University, adopted community. They diminish policy, which is available on the the following Statement on Diversity individual dignity and impede Office of the Provost website at and Inclusivity in April of 2013: educational opportunities, equal http://www.provost.umich.edu/cale The University of Michigan is a access to freedom of academic ndar/, states: great public institution. It is inquiry, and equal employment. Although the University of imperative that the University Discrimination and harassment are Michigan, as an institution, does continue to work strenuously to barriers to fulfilling the University’s not observe religious holidays, it create a learning community that scholarly, research, educational, has long been the University's reflects its aspirations to be a leader patient care, and service mission. policy that every reasonable effort for public education in our Discrimination and harassment should be made to help students increasingly diverse twenty-first based on race, sex, color, religion, avoid negative academic century society. Therefore, it is national origin, age, marital status, consequences when their religious resolved that we request the sexual orientation, gender identity, obligations conflict with academic administration to: 1) seek to gender expression, disability, or requirements. Absence from classes determine the cause(s) of the now veteran status will not be tolerated or examinations for religious decades-long lack of progress in at the University of Michigan. See reasons does not relieve students improving campus diversity; 2) SPG 201.89-1. from responsibility for any part of redirect University resources and the course work required during the strengthen leadership where 2.B.4 Discrimination Based on period of absence. Students who necessary to achieve this goal of a Sexual Orientation Policy expect to miss classes, more diverse and inclusive campus, It is the policy of the University that examinations, or other assignments supplementing any existing educational and employment as a consequence of their religious institutionalized programs with decisions should be based on an observance shall be provided with a new creative approaches; 3) individual’s abilities and reasonable alternative opportunity broaden the scope of qualifications and should not be to complete such academic efforts to include modern based on irrelevant factors or responsibilities. It is the obligation definitions of diversity (not only personal characteristics that have no of students to provide faculty with race, color, and national origin, but connection with academic abilities reasonable notice of the dates of also age, marital status, sex, sexual or job performance. An individual’s religious holidays on which they orientation, gender identity, gender sexual orientation is among the will be absent. Such notice must be expression, disability, religion, factors which should be irrelevant to given by the drop/add deadline of veteran status, and economic educational and employment the given term. Students who are class); and 4) support initiatives decisions. See SPG 601.06. absent on days of examinations or such as the UM Alumni Association class assignments shall be offered Leadership, Excellence, 2.B.5 Policy Regarding an opportunity to make up the Achievement, Diversity (LEAD) Individuals with Disabilities work, without penalty, unless it can scholarship program for under- The University is committed to the be demonstrated that a make-up represented minority students, principle of equal employment opportunity would interfere including, to the extent possible, opportunities for individuals with unreasonably with the delivery of making such programs a high disabilities. Towards that goal, it has the course. Should disagreement priority in the next University a policy that sets forth the action to arise over any aspect of this policy,

6 the parties involved should contact The Office of Institutional Equity Additional Ann Arbor Campus the department chair, the dean of (OIE) within University Human Resources the school, or the faculty Resources works to ensure all Academic Women's Caucus (AWC): ombudsperson. Final appeals will students, faculty, and staff have Works to promote the status of be resolved by the Provost. equal opportunities and receive the academic women within the support they need to help them be 2.B.7 Sexual Harassment Policy University. effective and successful. OIE is the It is the policy of the University to primary resource for policies on Center for the Education of Women maintain an academic and work nondiscrimination, harassment, (CEW+): Offers numerous programs environment free of sexual accommodations for persons with of service, research, and advocacy to harassment for students, faculty, disabilities, and programs to women, regardless of whether they and staff. Sexual harassment is promote diverse and qualified are affiliated with the University; contrary to the standards of the applicant pools during the hiring provides support to faculty through University community. It diminishes process. OIE promotes a diverse, the Junior Women Faculty Network individual dignity and impedes inclusive, supportive, and and the Women of Color in the equal employment and educational welcoming environment for faculty, Academy Project. For more opportunities and equal access to students, staff, and other members information, visit the CEW website freedom of academic inquiry. Sexual of our community. at http://www.cew.umich.edu/, harassment is a barrier to fulfilling e-mail CEW at the University’s scholarly, research, OIE staff address questions and [email protected] educational, patient care, and issues regarding: race, sex, color, service missions. It will not be religion, national origin, age, marital Center for Research on Learning tolerated at the University of status, sexual orientation, gender and Teaching (CRLT): Helps faculty Michigan. See SPG 201.89-0 and identity, gender expression, better meet the needs of a diverse Chapter 11 “Sexual Harassment.” disability, veteran status, height and student body through its programs weight. Staff also provides a wide and resources on multicultural 2.B.8 Standards of Faculty variety of training and educational teaching and learning. See section Conduct programs to faculty, staff and 8.B.1 "Center for Research on This item has been superseded by students with respect to diversity, Learning and Teaching” in the SPG 201.96 (Professional Standards inclusion and respect. In addition, online version. the Office supports various for Faculty) Council for Disability Concerns: constituency groups throughout the Works to identify and to remove 2.C Ann Arbor Campus University. Resources architectural and attitudinal barriers to equal opportunity for individuals “The University of Michigan For more information, contact OIE with disabilities. For more recognizes that it cannot be excellent https://hr.umich.edu/working-u- information, visit the Council’s without being diverse in the m/workplace-improvement/office- website at http://ability.umich.edu/ broadest sense of that word. We institutional-equity. also must ensure that our Other campus offices and programs Institute for Research on Women community allows all individuals an also provide information, programs, and Gender (IRWG): Serves as an equal opportunity to thrive.” With advocacy, service, and various forms institutional umbrella for on-going these words, President Mark of support to advance the University disciplinary and interdisciplinary Schlissel reaffirmed U-M’s of Michigan’s goal of inclusiveness. research efforts focusing on women commitment to diversity, equity and Some of these are listed below. In and gender, encourages and inclusion, and launched a campus- addition, most of the schools and supports increasing those research wide diversity strategic planning colleges have offices, programs, or efforts, and heightens the presence process. The office of the Vice administrators designated to work and impact of the University on Provost for Equity and Inclusion is with these issues. Check with the women and gender scholarship. For committed to creating an inclusive appropriate dean or director’s office more information, visit the and equitable climate that fully for more information. Finally, many Institute’s website at utilizes diversity at the University, academic departments offer courses http://irwg.umich.edu/, e-mail the while engaging surrounding that integrate multicultural content Institute at [email protected]. communities as it pertains to issues and perspectives into the curriculum International Institute: Responsible related to diversity, equity and or explore gender issues. Check the for the coordination of research and inclusion. websites of the various schools and training in international, colleges or the schedule of courses Information about current, comparative, and area studies within for information on courses and historical, and forward-looking the College of Literature, Science, curriculum. activities related to diversity, equity, and the Arts (LSA), as well as and inclusion can be found at: between LSA and schools and https://diversity.umich.edu/ colleges across the University. For

7 more information, see the Institute’s University policy and procedures. For more information, see website at https://ii.umich.edu/ii. Members are appointed by the http://advance.umich.edu/. president and include faculty, staff, Martin Luther King, Jr./Cesar Undergraduate Research and students. Chavez/Rosa Parks Visiting Opportunity Program (UROP): Professors Program: Contributes to Program on Intergroup Relations: Creates research partnerships the intellectual diversity of the Brings together faculty who wish to between faculty and first- and curriculum and co-curriculum by address issues of intergroup second-year students and provides a providing students with the relations in their classes. Faculty variety of support services to opportunity to interact with adapt instructional techniques tied facilitate successful experiences for distinguished guest faculty with to intergroup dialogue pedagogies both faculty and students. While diverse points of view and and discuss content areas across admission is open to all U-M experiences. Sponsoring disciplinary areas. For more students, UROP continues to work departments are encouraged to information, visit the website at toward improving the retention and include as part of a visit activities https://igr.umich.edu/. academic achievement of with local K-12 schools and other underrepresented students and to Services for Students with area institutions of higher support women in science and Disabilities: Provides an online education. For more information engineering. For more information, faculty handbook to assist faculty in and nomination forms, contact the see the UROP website at understanding the disabilities that Office of the Senior Vice Provost for https://lsa.umich.edu/urop/. can affect learning and the various Academic Affairs. adjustments that can be made in the Women in Science and Engineering National Center for Institutional learning environment to (WISE): Designed to increase the Diversity (NCID): The National accommodate students with number of girls and women Center for Institutional Diversity disabilities; offers services to pursuing degrees and careers in (NCID) catalyzes innovative students; promotes awareness of science, technology, engineering, approaches to diversity challenges disability issues on campus. For and mathematics while fostering and opportunities within the more information, see the website at their future success, the program University, other major social https://ssd.umich.edu/. also contributes to research and institutions, the nation, and the evaluation of WISE issues and Spectrum Center: (previously the world. Addressing diversity in its initiatives. While WISE programs Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and richest, broadest sense, the NCID are open to all students, they are Transgender Affairs) promotes, launches, and advances designed to encourage and support Provides a comprehensive range of national exemplars that foster women and girls. For more education, information, and concrete, lasting social change. information, see the WISE website advocacy services; works to create Contact (734) 764-6497, at http://lsa.umich.edu/wise/. and maintain an open, safe, and [email protected], or see the inclusive environment for students, Women of Color in the Academy NCID website at faculty, and staff, their families and Project: Highlights the contributions https://lsa.umich.edu/ncid. friends, and the campus community of women of color to the University Office of Academic Multicultural at large. For more information, see and works to build a network of Initiatives (OAMI): Sponsors many the office website at women of color instructional faculty programs and initiatives, including https://spectrumcenter.umich.edu/ in order to promote career student academic multicultural development, satisfaction, and UM ADVANCE: The UM ADVANCE initiatives, pre-college academic retention. For more information, Program began as a grant-funded programs, and the Reverend Dr. visit the website at project promoting institutional Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium http://www.cew.umich.edu/leaders transformation with respect to programming. For more hip/wocap , or contact the Center for women faculty in science and information, see the website at the Education of Women (CEW). engineering fields. Now supported http://oami.umich.edu/. by the university, the program is See also sections 5.G.2 "Dual Career President's Advisory Commission on expanding to promote other kinds of Program"; 5.G.6 "International Women's Issues (PACWI): Advises diversity among faculty and students Faculty";13.B "University-wide the president, provost and executive in all fields. The program aims to Awards" - Harold R. Johnson vice president for academic affairs, improve the University of Diversity Service Award;; 21.K and other executive officers on Michigan's campus environment in “International Center"; and Chapter issues of concern to women and four general areas: recruitment, 11 “Sexual Harassment " in the makes recommendations concerning retention, climate, and leadership. online version.

8 3 Administrative Structure

3.A General Principles 9 granted constitutional autonomy by at 3.B Regents 9 the state constitution. The http://www.regents.umich.edu/mee 3.C President and University of Michigan has tings/publform.html or by e- Executive Officers 9 campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, mailing 3.D The Office of the and Flint, each with its own schools [email protected]. Provost and and colleges. Although faculty and staff members may communicate in writing with Executive Vice 3.B Regents President for the Regents at any time, Academic Affairs The University of Michigan is communications regarding (Ann Arbor governed by an eight-member Board academic matters should generally Campus) 10 of Regents. Candidates for the board go through the dean or director of are elected for staggered terms in 3.E Chancellors (Flint the unit to which the staff member and Dearborn) 10 statewide November elections. Every belongs or through the chancellors, two years two Regents are elected to 3.F Faculty/Governing president, provost and executive vice eight-year terms. In the event that a Faculty 10 president for academic affairs, or Regent cannot fulfill his or her other executive officers. The Senate 3.G Deans and Directors elected term, the governor fills the (Ann Arbor Advisory Committee on University board vacancy by appointment Campus) 11 Affairs (SACUA) traditionally (Article VIII, Section 5, Constitution reports to the Regents at least once a 3.H Executive of the State of Michigan of 1963). year. See section 4.D.3 "Senate Committees 11 The Regents appoint the president, Advisory Committee on University 3.I Academic Units 11 who serves as an ex officio member Affairs (SACUA)." 3.J Horace H. Rackham of the board, and they establish School of Graduate general policies, oversee the budget, All formal meetings of the Board of Studies 11 and approve the appointments of Regents are open to the public. 3.K University of some instructional and Regents' committee meetings Michigan Libraries administrative staff, including all (Finance Committee, Audit and and Museums (Ann tenured faculty. Investment Committee and Arbor Campus) 12 Personnel and Compensation 3.K.1 Libraries 12 The Regents, who serve without Committee) are held in informal financial compensation, meet 3.K.2 Museums 13 session. according to the schedule posted on 3.L Institutes and their website, usually on the third For more information about the Centers 13 Thursday of the month. Meeting Regents, including their names, agendas are prepared by the Office terms of service, and biographical sketches, see the Regents' website 3.A General Principles of the Vice President and Secretary of the University in consultation home page at Founded in 1817 as one of the with the chair of the board and the http://www.regents.umich.edu/. nation's first public universities, the president. They are available in the University of Michigan's mission is 3.C President and Executive Office of the Vice President and Officers "to serve the people of Michigan and Secretary of the University and on As the University's chief executive the world through preeminence in the Regents' website at officer, the president is responsible creating, communicating, http://www.regents.umich.edu/mee for providing general oversight of preserving, and applying knowledge, tings/schedules.html the Monday the University's teaching and art, and academic values, and in before the meeting. Meeting dates research programs; its libraries, developing leaders and citizens who and schedules are available on the museums, and other supporting will challenge the present and enrich Regents' website. the future." The Mission Statement services; the welfare of the faculty and information about the The public comments session is an and supporting staff; the business University's vision and goals are important part of each monthly and financial welfare of the available online at meeting. The Office of the Vice University; and for "the https://president.umich.edu/about/ President and Secretary of the maintenance of health, diligence, mission/. University schedules speakers for and order among the students" the public comments session. (bylaw 2.01). The University of Michigan is a Speakers can sign up for public state-supported University that is comments on the Regents' website

9 The president, who is a member of • Vice president for government • Deans of the schools and the University Senate, represents the relations colleges on the Ann Arbor University at ceremonies and public http://www.govrel.umich.edu/ campus events and plays a major role in (see section 9.B “Government 3.E Chancellors (UM-Flint and fund raising. The president also Relations” in the online UM-Dearborn) recommends the appointment of version). executive officers who perform their Both the UM-Dearborn and UM- • Vice president for research duties under the president's general Flint campuses have a chancellor http://www.research.umich.ed who is the highest ranking academic direction. For more information, u/ (see section 7.B.5 “Office of and budget officer on that campus visit the president's website at the Vice President for Research and reports directly to the president https://president.umich.edu/. (UMOR)” in the online version). of the University. See section 3.C Other executive officers are the • Vice president for student "President and Executive Officers." chancellors of the UM-Dearborn affairs https://umdearborn.edu/about/lead https://studentlife.umich.edu/ 3.F Faculty/Governing Faculty ership/office-chancellor and UM- The faculty at the University of Flint 3.D The Office of the Provost Michigan includes members of the http://www.umflint.edu/chancellor (Ann Arbor Campus) teaching and research staff; the and the ten vice presidents. The provost and executive vice executive officers; the directors of president for academic affairs is the various teaching, research, and • Provost and executive vice chief academic and budgetary officer library units; librarians, curators, president for academic affairs of the University and has and archivists (bylaw 5.01). See http://www.provost.umich.edu responsibility for the University's sections 5.C "Instructional Faculty: / (see section 3.D “The Office of academic and budgetary affairs. The the Provost (Ann Arbor Classifications"; 5.D "Research provost and executive vice president Campus”) Faculty"; 5.E "Librarians, Archivists, for academic affairs establishes and Curators." • Executive vice president and overall academic priorities for the chief financial officer University and allocates funds to The term "governing faculty," when http://www.bf.umich.edu/inde carry these priorities forward. used in connection with a school, x.php college, or degree-granting division, The following positions report to the includes those members of the • Executive vice president for provost and executive vice president school, college, or degree-granting medical affairs and dean of the for academic affairs: division who are professors, medical school associate professors, and assistant • Vice provost for academic and http://www.med.umich.edu/ev professors, and where authorized by budgetary affairs pma/ that unit's bylaws, certain clinical • Vice president and general • Vice provost for equity and , faculty, certain research faculty, and counsel http://ogc.umich.edu/ inclusion instructors and lecturers who hold appointments of half-time or more. • • Vice president and secretary of Vice provost for academic and In the Medical School, the governing faculty affairs the University faculty is called the Executive http://www.regents.umich.edu/ • Vice provost for academic Faculty. For more information about ovp.html (see section 3.B affairs - graduate studies and policies regarding voting rights in a “Regents”) dean of the Horace H. Rackham given unit, contact the dean, • Vice president for vice president School of Graduate Studies department chair, or director. for communications Management of the educational • Vice provost for academic http://vpcomm.umich.edu/abo affairs of individual units is innovation ; university librarian ut/ (see section 9.C “President delegated to the governing faculties, and dean of libraries and Executive Officers” in the executive committees, and deans of online version). • Vice provost for enrollment the schools and colleges, and to the management directors of the University's libraries • Vice president for development and institutes (bylaws 5.01, 5.02). https://leadersandbest.umich.e • Vice provost for global For more information on faculty du/careers/aboutdev/oud (see engagement and participation in governance, see section 9.H “Fundraising and interdisciplinary academic Chapter 4 "Faculty Roles in Gifts to the University” in the affairs online version). Governance. • Director of the Life Sciences 3.G Deans and Directors (Ann • Vice president for information Institute technology and chief Arbor Campus) information officer: • Director of the Institute for Deans of the schools and colleges http://cio.umich.edu/ Social Research and the University librarian and

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dean of libraries, the heads of and UM-Flint campuses provide an University of Michigan-Dearborn departments and research units, and overview of the breadth of Academic Units the directors of the William L. scholarship and teaching College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters Clements Library, the Bentley represented at the University of http://umdearborn.edu/casl/ Historical Library, and the Museum Michigan. College of Business of Art are appointed by the Regents Ann Arbor Campus Academic Units https://umdearborn.edu/cob on the recommendation of the provost and executive vice president A. Alfred Taubman College of School of Education for academic affairs to act as the Architecture and Urban Planning https://umdearborn.edu/cehhs executive officers of their respective http://taubmancollege.umich.edu/ College of Engineering and units and ex officio chairs of their Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Computer Science respective executive committees. Design https://umdearborn.edu/cecs (See bylaw 5.06.) Heads of other http://stamps.umich.edu/ University of Michigan-UM-Flint libraries are appointed by the dean Academic Units or director of the school, college, or Stephen M. Ross School of Business institute to which the library http://michiganross.umich.edu/ College of Arts and Sciences belongs. http://www.umflint.edu/cas School of Dentistry 3.H Executive Committees http://www.dent.umich.edu/ School of Education and Human Services The executive committees of the School of Education http://www.umflint.edu/sehs schools, colleges, or departments http://www.soe.umich.edu/ assist the dean or director in School of Health Professions and College of Engineering Studies formulating educational, http://www.engin.umich.edu/ instructional, and research policies http://www.umflint.edu/shps for consideration of the faculty and School of Environment & School of Management act on the behalf of the governing Sustainability https://www.umflint.edu/som/scho faculty in matters of budget, http://seas.umich.edu/Horace H. ol-management appointments, and promotions. Rackham School of Graduate 3.J Horace H. Rackham School They also assist with administrative Studies of Graduate Studies functions. In some units, the dean or http://www.rackham.umich.edu/ director performs executive duties The Horace H. Rackham School of School of Information without an executive committee Graduate Studies is an academic and http://www.si.umich.edu/ (bylaws 5.02 and 5.06). administrative unit. Graduate School of Kinesiology degree programs leading to the Rules for the composition of the http://www.kines.umich.edu/ master's, doctoral, and related executive committee, the ways in degrees, and graduate certificates Law School which governing faculty members are offered by the schools and http://www.law.umich.edu/Pages/d vote for executive committee colleges on all three campuses efault.aspx members, and the specific through the agency of the Horace H. responsibilities and operating College of Literature, Science, and Rackham School of Graduate procedures of the executive the Arts (LSA) Studies. (Other University of committee vary in individual units http://www.lsa.umich.edu/ Michigan schools and colleges offer and are typically set forth in that Medical School graduate professional programs and unit's bylaws. Most academic units https://medicine.umich.edu/medsc first professional degrees.) See also have other standing hool/home Regents bylaw 6.02. committees, such as a curriculum committee and a tenure and School of Music, Theatre & Dance In its oversight of post- promotion committee. It is https://smtd.umich.edu/ baccalaureate academic programs, the Graduate School and its faculty important for faculty members to be School of Nursing executive board have a range of aware of their units' policies and https://nursing.umich.edu/ procedures concerning the responsibilities including the College of Pharmacy functioning of all of its committees establishment of policies regarding https://pharmacy.umich.edu/ and to participate as is appropriate graduate education, the formation of in unit level committees. For more School of Public Health new graduate programs, and information on faculty participation http://www.sph.umich.edu/ oversight of student-related services in governance, see Chapter 4 (including admissions, course Gerald R. Ford School of Public “Faculty Roles in Governance.” approvals, academic petitions, Policy maintenance of the student 3.I Academic Units http://www.fordschool.umich.edu/ academic record, program review, The following lists of academic units School of Social Work and the conferral of degrees). Of on the Ann Arbor, UM-Dearborn, http://www.ssw.umich.edu/ special interest is the variety of

11 resources Rackham provides to and breadth. Libraries, museums, The University Library, which has faculty. These resources include: and collections serve the academic direct oversight over these libraries community as a bridge to ideas, past and collections • Support for faculty research and present; research resources https://www.lib.umich.edu/libraries projects (aimed primarily at generated over centuries; posts information about each of new faculty in the early stages information in a variety of formats them on its website (e.g., about the of their research careers) and delivery systems; and innovative library, the collections, contact • Discretionary funds for faculty applications of new technologies. information and location, staff work listings, and news and events). 3.K.1 Libraries • A faculty mentoring handbook Within the purview of the provost In addition, four major library units are maintained and administered • Interdisciplinary initiatives and executive vice president for academic affairs, the University of separately from the University • Advice on questions of student Michigan Ann Arbor campus library Library. They are: academic and professional system is administered centrally • The Kresge Business integrity through the University librarian and Administration Library, dean of libraries and is composed of • Advice and support with regard reporting to the dean of the to international education the following locations: Stephen R. Ross School of Business Faculty may also refer students to • Biological Station Library • The Law Library, reporting to Rackham for various types of • Buhr Shelving Facility, also the dean of the Law School support such as, fellowships and includes Michigan Publishing other financial assistance, writing • The Bentley Historical Library, • Duderstadt Center, including and other workshops, diversity which houses the Michigan initiatives, and social events; and  Art, Architecture and Historical Collections and the may nominate students for Engineering Library University Archives, reporting Rackham teaching and dissertation to the provost and executive awards. In addition, Rackham  Digital Media Commons vice president for academic promotes a sense of community in  Imageworks affairs graduate education by bringing people together for presentations,  Fine Arts Library • The William L. Clements Library of Americana, reporting discussions, and debate. The dean of  MLibrary @ North the Graduate School also holds the to the provost and executive Campus Research vice president for academic appointment of vice provost for Complex affairs academic affairs-graduate studies. The dean ensures that the Graduate  Museums Library Bylaw 12.05 establishes a Libraries School meets its mission and  Music Library Advisory Committee to serve as a represents the interests of graduate medium for discussion and advice education in the Office of the • Hatcher Graduate Library, also concerning matters of common Provost, throughout the University, includes: interest to the University library and and in national and international  Area Programs to the Clements, Bentley, Law, and venues where graduate education Business libraries. policy and practice are discussed  Asia Library The following independent libraries and debated. Faculty oversight of  Clark Library are also found on the Ann Arbor the Graduate School is provided by campus: an elected Rackham Executive  Faculty Exploratory Board made up of the dean, a  Knowledge Navigation • Lemuel Johnson Library representative from each of the two Center (Center for Afroamerican and regional campuses, and 12 Ann African Studies) Arbor campus faculty members.  Papyrology Collection • Center for the Education of More information about Rackham is  Special Collections Library available online at Women Library http://www.rackham.umich.edu/. • Shapiro Library, includes • Foster Library (LSA, 3.K University of Michigan  Askwith Media Library Economics) Libraries and Museums (Ann  Science Library • University of Michigan Arbor Campus)  Tech Deck Transportation Research The University is privileged to house Institute Library library, museum, and archival  Undergraduate Library collections of enormous importance The librarians, curators, and archivists in these units usually

12 report to the director of their • Museum of Natural History and Galleries"; section 21.Q "Natural particular University facility or the Areas"; section 21.Q.1 "Matthaei chair of their college department. • Herbarium Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum"; section 21.Q.2 Independent libraries are located on • Kelsey Museum of Archaeology "Forests/Reserves"; and section 21.R the University's UM-Dearborn and • Museum of Anthropology "Observatories and Planetariums" in UM-Flint campuses. The director of the online version. the Mardigian Library on the UM- • Museum of Paleontology Dearborn campus reports to the 3.L Institutes and Centers • Museum of Zoology UM-Dearborn provost and vice The University supports more than chancellor for academic affairs. The The directors of these museums are 100 centers and institutes, all of director of the Frances Willson faculty members and are appointed which have research, service, and in Thompson Library on the UM-Flint by the dean of LSA. The museum some cases, teaching missions, and campus reports to the UM-Flint curators are also faculty members are typically run by a director and an provost and vice chancellor for and usually hold joint appointments executive committee. As a general academic affairs. as both curators and faculty within rule, institutes are separate an academic department. The In addition, the Gerald R. Ford administrative units reporting to a Herbarium and the Museums of major University unit, whereas Library, a presidential library Anthropology, Paleontology, and operated by the National Archives centers are units within a school or Zoology are research museums; the college or sometimes spanning and Records Administration (an Kelsey is both a research and an agency of the United States several departments within a school exhibit museum, and the exhibit or college. Most centers and Government), is located on the Museum of Natural History serves University's North Campus. institutes are established by the the public as an exhibit museum. Regents on recommendation of the For more information on libraries, The Museum of Art, also on the Ann president (bylaw 6.03). see section 21.L "Libraries" in the Arbor campus, is primarily an online version or For more information, visit the exhibit museum and reports to the provost office Best Practices for http://www.lib.umich.edu/libraries- provost and executive vice president and-departments. Centers and Institutes Task Force for academic affairs. web page at: 3.K.2 Museums There are many other museums and http://provost.umich.edu/programs The following six museums on the similar services on the Ann Arbor /bpci/bpci.html. Ann Arbor campus are campus associated with the various administratively part of LSA: units. See section 21.P "Museums

13 4 Faculty Roles in Governance

4.A General Principles 14 faculty governance, check with the methods of instruction, 4.B Principles for departmental or collegiate unit. For research, faculty status, Faculty further details on central faculty standards and procedures for admission of students, and Participation in governance, which includes the those aspects of student life Institutional University Senate, Senate Assembly, Governance 14 and the Senate Advisory Committee which relate to the educational process. 4.C Unit-Level Faculty on University Affairs (SACUA), see Governance the SACUA home page at 2. The faculty sets the degree Structures 16 www.umich.edu/~sacua. requirements, determines when the requirements have been 4.D The Structure of 4.B Principles for Faculty met, and otherwise qualifies Central Faculty Participation in Institutional students and recommends them Governance (Bylaws Governance 4.01-4.08) 16 to the president and Board of These principles were unanimously Regents to grant the degrees 4.D.1 University endorsed by the Senate Assembly on thus achieved. Senate 16 April 21, 1997, and were 3. Considerations of faculty status 4.D.2 Senate Assembly 16 subsequently distributed to all and related matters are 4.D.3 Senate Advisory members of the faculty by the Committee on primarily a faculty provost and executive vice president responsibility; this area University for academic affairs and the chair of Affairs (SACUA) 16 includes matters relating to SACUA. These principles are based, academic titles, appointments, 4.E Central Faculty in part, on Regents bylaws 5.02, Governance reappointments, decisions not 5.03, 5.04, and 5.06, and to reappoint, promotions, the Committees 17 recommendations for the recommending of tenure and 4.E.1 Senate Assembly government of colleges and dismissal. Policies and Committees universities as set forth by the procedures shall be developed Advising American Council on Education, the for the implementation of these Executive Association of Governing Boards of faculty responsibilities. Officers and Vice Universities and Colleges, and the Presidents 17 4. The faculty shall participate in American Association of University the determination of policies 4.E.2 Senate Assembly Professors. The faculty is Standing and and procedures governing encouraged to use these principles compensation of faculty. Special Faculty as a basis for the development of a Committees 17 means for participation in 5. Agencies for faculty 4.E.3 Other University governance in all units. In participation in the Committees with accordance with the Regents’ government of the Faculty bylaws, any policies and procedures college/school or university Members that are proposed pursuant to these shall be established at each Recommended principles must be consistent with level where faculty by SACUA 18 responsibility is to be met. A the bylaws and are subject to the faculty-elected campus-wide ultimate authority of the Board of body shall exist for the Regents. See section 3.F 4.A General Principles presentation of the views of the “Faculty/Governing Faculty.” Faculty participation in governance whole faculty. The agencies promotes and encourages diversity Principles of Faculty Involvement may consist of meetings of all of ideas, a sense of shared in Institutional and Academic Unit faculty members of a responsibility, collaboration, Governance at the University of department, school, college, or collegiality, and institutional Michigan university system, or they may take the form of faculty-elected excellence, and is essential to the A. General Principles for Faculty well-being of the University. This executive committees in Participation in Institutional departments and chapter sets forth the principles for Governance colleges/schools, and a faculty- faculty governance at the University elected body for larger of Michigan and provides 1. The faculty has primary responsibility for such divisions or for the institution information about participation at as a whole. both the unit and central levels. For fundamental areas as further information on unit level curriculum, subject matter and

14 6. Budgetary policies and not to reappoint; faculty programs and decisions directly affecting promotion and tenure; and departments, to those areas for which the policies concerning make the faculty has primary reviews of faculty for merit executive responsibility-such as, but not salary increases. committee limited to, curriculum, subject representative of matter and methods of 4. The governing faculty of the governing instruction, research, faculty each academic unit shall faculty of the unit. status, admission of students establish the operating and those aspects of student life procedures of its academic d. The governing which relate to the educational unit governance entities faculty shall process-shall be made in including, but not limited establish criteria concert with the faculty. to: procedures for agenda for those eligible setting, establishment of a to serve on the 7. The preceding faculty quorum, determination of executive responsibilities remain in effect membership and voting committee, e.g., when there is a delegation of rights, qualification of membership in faculty governance to agencies attendance by persons the governing or administrative officers. other than members, faculty or in the Faculty must exercise diligence appointment of a faculty professional and provide oversight to ensure secretary, distribution of faculty, fraction that its agencies act in keeping minutes, and the of appointment, with its policies and retention/filing of minutes. and holding of recommendations, and that administrative they are implemented in an 5. For those academic units positions. appropriate manner. where the faculty delegates authority to an executive e. The governing B. Academic Unit Level Governance committee the following faculty shall Principles principles apply: establish policies and procedures 1. Although the principles of a. Procedures for by which a vote governance apply to all nomination and by secret ballot academic units the forms election of among nominees of faculty governance may executive for membership vary among units. committee on the executive members shall be committee will be 2. Every academic unit at the determined by the University of Michigan conducted, and governing faculty for the shall have a set of written of the unit. rules and procedures for transmission of its governance, copies of b. All the names of those which are to be available recommendations elected to the to each faculty member. to the Regents Regents. concerning a unit 3. The governing faculty of f. The governing executive faculty shall each academic unit shall committee or establish the establish policies other unit and procedures to responsibilities and governance entity authority of each academic be used to fill a shall be based on vacancy if a unit governance entity and a vote of the each administrative entity member of the governing faculty executive within that unit. This of the unit. applies to the lines of committee must decision-making authority c. The governing take a leave of of these entities in relation faculty shall absence or is to: curriculum; admission establish the otherwise unable requirements; graduation membership to complete the requirements; major criteria for the original term of operating procedures such executive office. as departmental committee with g. The governing organization, committee consideration for faculty shall organization, committee balance among establish policies appointments; budget; various and procedures faculty appointments, components of the regarding the reappointments, decisions unit, such as unit term of office of

15 elected members in University-wide committees. considers important, central, and and any other Broad-based faculty participation in controversial issues of general restrictions on central faculty governance activities interest to the University terms of office. is essential to the health of the community. The Assembly has Endorsed by the Senate Assembly University and the protection of power to consider and advise April 21, 1997. faculty prerogatives. Organizations regarding all matters within the at the core of central faculty jurisdiction of the Senate that affect 4.C Unit-Level Faculty governance at the University of the functioning of the University as Governance Structures Michigan are the University Senate, an institution of higher education, The most immediate way by which the Senate Assembly, and SACUA that concern its obligations to the faculty participate in the governance (Senate Assembly Committee on community at large, and that relate of the University is within University Affairs). to its internal organization and involve general questions of appointment units. Faculty 4.D.1 University Senate involvement in departmental, educational policy (bylaw 4.04). The school, or college governance The University Senate consists of all Assembly meets eight times a year activities is essential to the members of the professorial staff, on a monthly basis. Its meetings are University’s teaching, research, and the executive officers of the open to all faculty members. service missions. University, the deans of the schools and colleges, and those members of See In degree-granting units, the the research and library staff https://facultysenate.umich.edu/se governing faculty is in charge of the designated in accordance with nate-assembly/ affairs of that unit, except as standards and procedures approved 4.D.3 Senate Advisory delegated to executive committees, if by the Senate Assembly (bylaw Committee on University any. The governing faculty, subject 4.01). The Senate may adopt rules Affairs (SACUA) to the ultimate authority of the concerning its own government and The Senate Advisory Committee on Regents, determines the unit’s procedure and concerning its University Affairs (SACUA) is the organizational structure and major officers and committees (bylaw executive arm of the Senate and of operating procedures, such as 4.02). The Senate is authorized to the Assembly. SACUA meets on a departmental organization and consider any subject pertaining to weekly basis and consists of nine committee structure, requirements the interests of the University and to members elected by the Senate for admission and graduation, and make recommendations to the Assembly for staggered three-year other educational matters, including executive officers and to the Board terms. On behalf of the Assembly, grading regulations and class of Regents. Decisions of the Senate SACUA advises and consults with attendance (bylaws 5.01; 5.02; with respect to matters within its the president, the provost and 5.03). jurisdiction constitute the binding executive vice president for action of the University faculties. Each unit has somewhat different academic affairs, and the executive Generally, jurisdiction over procedures for its operations and officers of the University on matters academic policies resides in the vehicles for faculty participation, of University policy. SACUA also faculties of the various schools and although the same principles of coordinates and initiates governance colleges. However, when actions by faculty participation in governance activities and serves as an the several faculties affect University apply to all academic units. Consult instrument for implementing the policy as a whole, or schools and the departmental chair, dean, or actions of the Senate and the colleges other than the one in which unit head for information about that Assembly (bylaws 4.06, 4.07 and they originate, the University Senate unit’s written rules and procedures 4.08). has jurisdiction. The Senate meets at for its governance and about least once a year. participation opportunities. For The Chair of SACUA is also the Chair of the Assembly and the further information about governing 4.D.2 Senate Assembly faculties, deans, and executive presiding officer of the Senate. In The Senate Assembly is a central addition to responsibility as leader committees, see, Chapter 3 forum for representatives from all “Administrative Structure.” of the faculty, the Chair of SACUA schools and colleges. It consists of meets regularly with the executive 4.D The Structure of Central members elected by the various officers and serves as the faculty Faculty Governance (Bylaws schools and colleges on the Ann representative in their deliberations. 4.01-4.08) Arbor campus and the UM- Other SACUA members provide Dearborn and UM-Flint campuses, There are many ways in which the additional leadership for faculty apportioned according to the faculty can exercise its governance activities and serve as number of Senate members in each responsibilities to the larger liaisons with the various Assembly unit (bylaws 4.03 and 4.05). University community, both by committees. serving as elected members of The Senate Assembly serves as the various bodies and by participating legislative arm of the Senate. It

16 Under the provisions of bylaw 5.09, nomination procedure. For further mail the committee at SACUA, together with the Faculty information about these [email protected]. Judicial Committee (Standing), committees, check the central General Counsel's Advisory exercises certain designated faculty governance website Committee: Advises and consults responsibilities in cases of dismissal, www.umich.edu/~sacua or e-mail with the vice president and general demotion, or terminal appointment the specific committee at the counsel on legal issues confronting of tenured and tenure-track address listed in sections 4.E.1 the University. For more members of the faculty. Senate Assembly Committees information, e-mail the committee Advising Executive Officers and Vice See at [email protected]. Presidents and 4.E.2 Other Senate https://facultysenate.umich.edu/ Assembly Standing and Special Medical Affairs Advisory sacua/ Faculty Committees. Committee: Advises and consults with the executive vice president for for more information. 4.E.1 Senate Assembly medical affairs on relevant issues Committees Advising Executive and fosters better communication 4.E Central Faculty Governance Officers and Vice Presidents Committees among the Medical School, the The following committees advise The Senate Assembly established medical center, and the executive executive officers and vice vice president. For more several kinds of standing committees presidents. to carry out its responsibilities for information, e-mail the committee oversight and advice on areas of Academic Affairs Advisory at [email protected]. University policies and operations. Committee (AAAC): Identifies, Research Policies Committee: These committees report to the advises, and consults with the Advises and consults with the vice Senate Assembly on a regular basis provost and executive vice president president for research on matters of and, as needed, propose actions to for academic affairs on academic research and research personnel. the Assembly. One kind of Senate issues of importance to the entire For more information, e-mail the Assembly committee advises and University in conjunction with committee at [email protected]. consults with the vice presidents, SACUA and Senate Assembly. For vice provosts, and executive officers more information, e-mail the Secretary of the University Advisory of the Ann Arbor campus on matters committee at [email protected]. Committee: Advises and consults within the areas of their respective with the vice president and secretary Communications and External responsibilities; these committees of the university on matters Relations Advisory Committee: also advise SACUA and the Assembly involving the Board of Regents. For in these areas. The other main kind • Advises and consults with the more information, e-mail the of Senate Assembly committee Vice President for Government committee at: SA- advises other University officials Relations regarding state and [email protected]. and/or assists SACUA and the community relations, state Student Relations Advisory Assembly in carrying out their outreach activities, government Committee: Advises and consults relations at the local, state, & responsibilities. From time to time, with the vice president for student federal levels, and long-range special Senate Assembly committees affairs and serves as a medium of planning. are created to assist the Assembly communication between the with its work. • Advisory to the Vice President Assembly and the agencies of The members of all Senate Assembly for Development. The student government. For more committees are nominated by committee identifies, advises, information, e-mail the committee SACUA and approved by the Senate and consults on development at [email protected]. issues of importance to the Assembly. Some of these committees entire University in conjunction 4.E.2 Senate Assembly also have student members, with SACUA and Senate Standing and Special Faculty appointed by appropriate units of Assembly. Committees student governments. SACUA also Administration Evaluation appoints or nominates faculty • Advises and consults with the Committee: Advises and consults on members to a number of other Vice President for policy and procedure issues related University committees that are not Communications regarding to the broad range of University committees of the Senate Assembly. public relations, internal and external communications, and activities. The committee’s advice All members of the University long-range planning. shall be sought and given in a timely Senate are solicited on an annual manner so that the advice could basis to nominate themselves or Financial Affairs Advisory affect the decision-making outcome. their colleagues for these various Committee: Advises and consults Building, Facilities, and kinds of committees. All faculty are with the executive vice president Infrastructure: Advises and consults encouraged to participate in this and chief financial officer on matters of finance. For more information, e- with the University community

17 regarding policy, planning and Three members of the committee and recommendations to SACUA procedure issues related to the will be appointed to the hearing and Senate Assembly. For more broad range of university activities committee assembled to hear and information, e-mail the committee involving building, facilities, and evaluate the evidence in a complaint at [email protected]. infrastructure. For more brought against a faculty member University Undergraduate information, e-mail the committee under Regents' Bylaw 5.09. Scholarship Committee: Manages at [email protected]. Information Technology the Faculty Undergraduate Committee for an Inclusive Committee: The Information Scholarship (FUS) that provides University: Advises and consults Technology Committee (ITC) need-based support to outstanding with the University community advises and consults with the U-M applicants from all three regarding policy, planning and University community regarding campuses. For more information, procedure issues related to the policy, planning and procedure see broad range of university activities issues related to the broad range of http://facultysenate.umich.edu/sen involving multiculturalism and university activities involving ate- inclusivity. For more information, e- information technology. For more assembly/committees/university- mail the committee at information, e-mail the committee undergraduate-scholarship- [email protected] at [email protected]. committee/ Committee on the Economic Status Rules, Practice and Policies 4.E.3 Other University of the Faculty (CESF): Advises and Committee: At the request of the Committees with Faculty consults with the Regents and the Senate, Senate Assembly, SACUA, or Members Recommended by University administration on another committee of Senate SACUA budgetary matters as they pertain to Assembly, the Rules Committee the economic status of the faculty; reviews and suggests modifications, University Advisory Committees formulates specific requests if appropriate, in the “Rules of the regarding salaries and fringe University Senate, the Senate • Advisory Board on benefits for faculty members; Assembly, and the Senate Advisory Intercollegiate Athletics presents detailed results of its Committee on University Affairs” or • Military Officer Education findings and recommendations to other Senate Assembly legislation. Program Senate Assembly. For more For more information, e-mail the information, e-mail the committee committee at • Residency Appeals Panel at [email protected]. [email protected]. • Honorary Degrees Faculty Judicial Committee Tenure, Promotions, and (Standing): The Faculty Judicial Professional Development Committee consists of twelve Committee: Advises Senate For more information about faculty tenured faculty members, appointed Assembly on questions regarding awards, see Chapter 13, “Faculty by SACUA to three-year terms, tenure policy; initiates studies of Awards.” which may be renewable (four tenure questions; reports findings positions turn over each year).

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5 Appointments

5.A General Principles 19 5.E.4 Promotions of 5.J Status of 5.B Criteria for Librarians, Appointments Appointment and Archivists, and When Academic Promotion of Curators 26 Programs Are Instructional 5.F Types of Discontinued 28 Faculty 20 Appointments 26 5.J.1 Instructional 5.C Instructional 5.F.1 Academic Year Faculty 28 Faculty: Appointments 26 5.J.2 Other Faculty 28 Classifications 21 5.F.2 Additional 26 5.K Non- 5.C.1 Tenure Track Appointments 26 Reappointment of Faculty 21 5.F.3 Annual Instructional 5.C.2 Clinical Appointments 26 Faculty 28 Instructional 5.F.4 Joint 5.L Reduction in Force/ Faculty 22 Appointments 26 Termination 29 5.C.3 Lecturers 22 5.F.5 Multi-year 5.L.1 Research 5.C.4 Lecturers Appointments 26 Faculty 29 Covered Under a 5.F.6 Open-ended 5.L.2 Librarians, Collective Appointments 26 Archivists, and Bargaining 5.F.7 Partial Curators 29 Agreement 23 Appointments 26 5.M Cessation of 5.C5 Adjunct 5.F.8 Term Funding for Instructional Appointments Appointments Faculty Covered (Closed-ended Supported by Under a Appointments) 26 Grants and Contracts 29 Collective 5.F.9 University-year Bargaining Appointments 5.M.1 Instructional Agreement 23 (Academic-year Faculty 29 5.C.6 Adjunct Clinical Appointments) 27 5.M.2 Research Instructional 5.G Appointments: Professors 29 Faculty 23 Other 5.M.3 Research 5.C.7 Visiting Considerations 27 Scientists 29 Instructional 5.G.1 Conflict of 5.N Termination for Faculty 23 Commitment in Cause 29 5.D Research Faculty 24 Faculty 5.N.1 Instructional 5.D.1 Introduction 24 Appointments 27 Faculty 29 5.D.2 Research 5.G.2 Dual Career 5.N.2 Research Scientist Track 24 Program 27 Faculty, 5.D.3 Research 5.G.3 Employment Librarians, Professor Track 24 Oath 27 Archivists, and 5.D.4 Supplemental 5.G.4 Favoritism/ Curators 29 Research Nepotism 27 Faculty 5.G.5 Fitness for Duty 27 5.A General Principles (“Adjunct” and 5.G.6 International At the heart of a great university is “Visiting”) 24 Faculty 28 an outstanding faculty. Individuals 5.D.5 Promotions of 5.H Termination of join the faculty through rigorous Research Appointments 28 appointment procedures. Many of Faculty 25 5.I Resignations the most important aspects of 5E Librarians, and Retirements 28 appointment procedures are unit Archivists, and specific (e.g., outlined at the school, Curators 25 5.I.1 Research Faculty, college, or departmental level) and 5.E.1 Librarians 25 Librarians, may also differ for instructional 5.E.2 Archivists 25 Archivists, and faculty and other types of faculty, as 5.E.3 Curators 26 Curators 28 described in sections 5.B “Criteria

19 for Appointment and Promotion of procedures whereby the governing however, these statements reflect Instructional Faculty” through 5.E faculties, executive committees, and and amplify the following general “Librarians, Archivists, and deans or directors decide on principles adopted by the Board of Curators.” Nonetheless, some recommendations for offers of Regents: general principles are important, faculty appointments. On the Ann Qualifications for Appointment including the following: Arbor campus, unit and Promotion in the Several recommendations for the faculty Openness: Tenured, tenure-track, Faculties of the University of appointments included in the list and certain other faculty positions Michigan provided below are forwarded to the for which units are seeking provost and executive vice president Since the University of Michigan is appointees must be posted and for academic affairs for responsible for maintaining high advertised or—in very special recommendation of approval, and standards of teaching, research, circumstances—a waiver of that then to the president: and service to the people of the state posting and advertising must be in a wide variety of fields, it is obtained from the Office of • Professor (with or without essential that its faculties be University Human Resources. tenure), composed of men and women with superior personal and professional Faculty Participation: University- • Associate professor (with or qualifications. The following wide faculty committees regularly without tenure), statement is issued for the guidance advise the president and the provost • of administrative officers and of and executive vice president for Clinical professor, other members of the staff who are academic affairs on personnel • Clinical associate professor, responsible for ensuring that all matters, as do the deans and persons appointed or promoted in executive committees of the schools • Research professor, and the several faculties are thoroughly and colleges. Searches to fill open • Research associate professor. qualified to discharge the duties of faculty positions are usually their respective positions. conducted by faculty committees. A For research scientists and associate close working relationship between research scientists, 1. Teaching. Essential qualifications faculty members and the recommendations approved by the for appointment or promotion are administration on matters dean or director and executive character and the ability to teach, concerning faculty appointments is committee are forwarded to the vice whether at the undergraduate or encouraged. president for research for approval. the graduate level. Some of the At the UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint elements to be evaluated are Diversity: Merely meeting minimum campuses, appointments are sent by experience, knowledge of subject affirmative action requirements is the deans to that campus’ provost matter, skill in presentation, not sufficient to produce equal and vice chancellor for academic interest in students, ability to employment opportunity and a affairs, then to the chancellor, and stimulate youthful minds, capacity faculty of the highest quality. To finally to the president. The Board of for cooperation, and enthusiastic achieve the heterogeneous pool of Regents approves and appoints devotion to teaching. The highly qualified, intellectually members of the instructional faculty responsibility of the teacher as a diverse candidates needed for with the rank of associate or full guide and friend properly extends faculty and academic administrative professor. Appointments of other beyond the walls of the classroom positions, the University engages in members of the instructional faculty into other phases of the life of the broad searches and vigorous are reported to the board (bylaw student as a member of the recruiting. Through the Provost’s 5.08). University community. It also Faculty Initiatives Program (PFIP), involves the duty of initiating and the provost’s office assists the 5.B Criteria for Appointment improving educational methods schools, colleges, and other and Promotion of Instructional both within and outside the academic units in their efforts to Faculty departments. recruit and retain a world-class Specific appointment procedures as faculty. See the website at well as promotion schedules and 2. Research. All members of the http://www.provost.umich.edu/pro standards vary from unit to unit, faculties must be persons of grams/pfip.html. See Chapter 2, and many academic units have scholarly ability and attainments. “Diversity and Nondiscrimination.” prepared statements about Their qualifications are to be evaluated on the quality of their Authority: Offers of employment of professional responsibilities, qualifications, and the criteria for published and other creative work, any faculty position can be made the range and variety of their only by persons authorized by the appointment and promotion of instructional faculty. It is essential intellectual interests, their success University in accordance with the in training graduate and Bylaws of the Board of Regents. that all faculty members familiarize themselves with their unit-level professional students in scholarly Typically, each school, college, or statements. For the most part, methods, and their participation other academic unit has specific

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and leadership in professional factors to be taken into "supplemental instructional faculty" associations and in the editing of consideration in the timing of a in the University’s Standard Practice professional journals. Attainment promotion. Guide, the term "regular may be in the realm of scientific instructional faculty" includes It is assumed that, as members of investigation, in the realm of tenure track faculty (5.C.1 “Tenure the [instructional faculty] mature in constructive contributions, or in the Track Faculty”), clinical experience, they will become more realm of the creative arts. instructional faculty (5.C.2 “Clinical effective teachers and scholars. To Instructional Faculty”), lecturers 3. Service. The scope of the that extent the qualifications for (5.C.3 “Lecturers”), and lecturers University’s activities makes it appointment and promotion will be covered under a collective appropriate for members of the progressively more exacting at each bargaining agreement (5.C.4 [instructional faculty] to engage in successive rank. In particular, “Lecturers Covered Under a many activities outside of the fields promotion to the rank of associate Collective Bargaining Agreement”). of teaching and research. These professor, which entails In addition, the term "supplemental may include participation in indeterminate tenure, will be instructional faculty" includes committee work and other approved only when a person has adjunct instructional faculty covered administrative tasks, counseling, given such clear evidence of ability under a collective bargaining clinical duties, and special training that they may be expected, in due agreement (5.C.5 “Adjunct programs. The University also season, to attain a professorship. Instructional Faculty Covered Under expects many of its [instructional Adopted by the Board of Regents a Collective Bargaining faculty] to render extramural April 1935 Agreement”), adjunct clinical services to schools, to industry, to Revised April 1954 instructional faculty (5.C.6 “Adjunct local, state, and national agencies, Clinical Instructional Faculty”), and and to the public at large. For more information about visiting instructional faculty (5.C.7 Appointment and Promotion promotions for instructional faculty, “Visiting Instructional Faculty”). see Chapter 6 "Tenure." In making their recommendation 5.C.1 Tenure Track Faculty for either appointment or 5.C Instructional Faculty: Classifications The tenure track faculty promotion, the responsible classifications are described below. departments and colleges will study The instructional faculty of the Note: Tenure track professorial the whole record of each candidate. University are classified as tenure faculty may also hold additional To warrant recommendation for track faculty, clinical instructional appointments, such as adjunct initial appointment, candidates faculty, lecturers, lecturers covered instructional faculty, adjunct must have given evidence either under a collective bargaining professor, adjunct associate here or elsewhere of their ability to agreement, adjunct instructional professor, adjunct assistant handle satisfactorily the duties of faculty covered under a collective professor, adjunct instructor, or the positions in question. To bargaining agreement, adjunct adjunct lecturer. warrant recommendation for clinical instructional faculty, and promotions, candidates must have visiting instructional faculty, as Professor and Associate Professor shown superior ability in at least explained below (bylaw 5.01; bylaw The title of professor or associate one phase of their activities and 5.23; SPG 201.34-1). The bargained professor is given only to persons of substantial contribution in other for instructional faculty are established professional position phases. Naturally, persons who represented by the Lecturers' and demonstrated scholarly or make a distinguished contribution Employee Organization-American creative ability. The difference in all aspects of their work may Federation of Teachers, Local 6244 between the two ranks is primarily expect more rapid promotion than (LEO). These instructional faculty one of achievement. Unless persons of more limited are defined in the collective otherwise specified, appointments achievement. bargaining agreement between the with these titles are with tenure. An University and LEO. The agreement appointment with either title may be Promotion is not automatic nor can be found on Academic Human does it simply depend on length of made without tenure. Members of Resources’ website at the tenured professorial faculty are service. All promotions are https://hr.umich.edu/working-u- recommended and made on the appointed by the Board of Regents m/my-employment/faculty-human- on recommendation of: basis of demonstrated merit. The resources-services/contracts. Please University endeavors to recognize contact Academic Human Resources • the appropriate dean or distinguished performance by at 763-8938, for questions regarding executive committee, and adequate increases in salary and which instructional titles are • at the Ann Arbor campus by the early promotion. For this reason, a covered by the Agreement. call to another position is not by provost and executive vice itself considered a sufficient reason With respect to the use of the terms president for academic affairs, for promotion but may be one of the "regular instructional faculty" and or

21 • at the UM-Dearborn or UM- Regental approval is required for all tenure-track appointments (bylaw Flint campus by the chancellor, tenured appointments and for non- 5.23). and tenured appointments of professors An academic unit may be authorized and associate professors. Only the • on all campuses, by the to appoint clinical instructional Regents have authority to grant president. faculty to support its instructional tenure and thus no one except the program only if the school or college Assistant Professor Board of Regents has authority to has adopted a policy authorizing promise tenure (bylaw 5.08). On the The title of assistant professor is such appointments in accordance Ann Arbor campus, all promotions given to persons of proven ability with its bylaws and the policy has of regular instructional faculty who have acceptable experience (a) been approved by the appropriate require approval by the provost and at the rank of instructor at the provost, chancellor (UM-Flint and executive vice president for University, instructor or higher at UM-Dearborn), president, and the academic affairs. At UM-Flint and another institution, or (b) in Board of Regents. UM-Dearborn campuses, the professional work. Appointments chancellor takes tenure are without tenure but are tenure- Appointments to the clinical track recommendations to the president. track. They are appointed by the are for a fixed term, cannot exceed See Chapter 6 "Tenure." president and chancellor (UM- seven years in duration, and may be renewed. The appropriate school or Dearborn and UM-Flint campuses) 5.C.2 Clinical Instructional college will establish appointment on recommendation of the dean and Faculty and promotion criteria. The school the executive committee of the The following titles may be used for appropriate school or college. or college bylaws may further define clinical instructional appointments: the rights and responsibilities of Instructor clinical professor, clinical associate clinical faculty, consistent with the professor, clinical assistant Regents’ bylaws. The title of instructor is given to professor, clinical instructor, or persons who hold a doctorate or its clinical lecturer. Clinical Clinical assistant professors, clinical equivalent in professional instructional appointments are at instructors, and clinical lecturers are experience, or who have completed a appointment fractions of 50 percent appointed by the president and major part of the work toward a or greater, and are without tenure. chancellor (UM-Dearborn and UM- doctorate, and have shown evidence Flint campuses) on recommendation of special ability as a teacher or The emphasis on these of the chair or director of the scholar. Appointments are made appointments is on clinical/practice appropriate academic department or either for one term or, in the case of and teaching skills. Criteria for program and the dean of the persons with proven ability, for not clinical appointments should be appropriate school or college. more than four years. Appointments consistent with those for regular are without tenure but are tenure- instructional faculty to the extent Clinical professors and clinical track. They are appointed by the applicable. Standards for promotion associate professors are appointed president (Ann Arbor campus) or within the clinical track should by the president and chancellor chancellor (UM-Dearborn and UM- follow the same protocols used for (UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint Flint campuses) on recommendation promotion of instructional-track campuses), on recommendation of of the dean and executive committee faculty. the chair or director of the of the appropriate school or college. appropriate academic department or Appointments to the clinical faculty program; the dean of the Appointments to the regular track are based on recommend- appropriate school or college; and instructional faculty with the title of ations by the dean to the president the appropriate provost. professor and associate professor for reporting to the Board of are made with tenure unless Regents. On the Ann Arbor campus, 5.C.3 Lecturers otherwise specified. Appointments all appointments of clinical associate Under some circumstances, the as assistant professor or instructor professors and clinical professors University appoints lecturers who may be for terms of up to four years and all promotions to those ranks are not covered by the collective and are without tenure. If the term require the approval of the provost bargaining agreement between the of appointment is not specified, it is and executive vice president for University and the Lecturers’ for one year. Instructor, assistant academic affairs. Within the Medical Employee Organization (LEO). For professor, associate professor, and School, approval of the executive such appointments, the title of professor appointments are tenure- vice president for medical affairs lecturer is given to persons who do track appointments. Tenure-track and dean is also required. At UM- not appropriately fall in the other appointments of at least 80% effort Flint and UM-Dearborn campuses, ranks this policy describes. accumulate time on the tenure clock. the chancellor must approve See section 6.C "Tenure appointments at the associate or full Appointments are made either for Probationary Period" (bylaw 5.08; rank. Clinical appointments are not one term or, in the case of persons of SPG 201.13; SPG 201.34-1). proven ability, for not more than

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four years, and are without tenure. professors, adjunct clinical Professions and Studies and the They are appointed by the president instructors, or adjunct clinical School of Education and Human and chancellor (UM-Dearborn and lecturers. Services have established a clinical UM-Flint campuses) on track. Criteria and terms for clinical Appointments as adjunct clinical recommendation of the dean and appointments are determined by the instructional faculty are on an executive committee of the units and must be approved by the annual or shorter basis and are appropriate school or college. Regents. without tenure. The school or Lecturer appointments are not college will establish appointment 5.C.7 Visiting Instructional tenure track, are always of a fixed and/or promotion criteria. Faculty duration, and are usually temporary They are appointed by the president To supplement the instructional appointments for one or two terms. and chancellor (UM-Dearborn and program at the University, In some cases, lecturer UM-Flint) on recommendation of individuals whose ongoing appointments may be for a longer the dean and executive committee of employment responsibilities lie period, not to exceed four years, and the appropriate school or college. outside the University at another may be renewed. institution of higher education may Criteria for appointment to these 5.C.4 Lecturers Covered Under be appointed as visiting professors, ranks should be consistent with a Collective Bargaining visiting associate professors, visiting those for regular instructional Agreement assistant professors, visiting faculty to the extent applicable. The instructors, visiting lecturers, This group of instructional faculty specific conditions of these visiting clinical professors, visiting are lecturers who are covered by the appointments, including the degree clinical associate professors, visiting collective bargaining agreement of participation in departmental clinical assistant professors, visiting between the University and the affairs, are unit-specific. See SPG clinical instructors, or visiting Lecturers’ Employee Organization 201.34-1. clinical lecturers. (LEO, which can be found on the University Human Resources' The term "adjunct" is assigned to Appointments as visiting website at https://hr.umich.edu/, instructional faculty members in any instructional faculty are for one year under Academic Human Resources rank whose primary employment or less, may be extended only under (see Contracts). responsibilities lie outside the unusual circumstances, and are University or in another capacity without tenure. Visiting 5.C.5 Adjunct Instructional within the University. Appointments instructional appointments may be Faculty Covered Under a as adjunct instructional faculty are made at any rank but must be Collective Bargaining part-time, on an annual or shorter consistent with the individual's Agreement basis, and are not tenured professional stature. The school or Adjunct instructional faculty are appointments (bylaw 5.22). college will establish appointment covered by the collective bargaining The term "adjunct clinical faculty” is criteria for this set of titles. agreement between the University assigned to professional and the Lecturers’ Employee They are appointed by the president practitioners in the community or Organization (LEO) unless they also and chancellor (UM-Dearborn and within the University who assume hold a tenure track professorial UM-Flint) on recommendation of teaching responsibilities in the faculty appointment (see section the dean and executive committee of regular curriculum (bylaw 5.23). 5.C.1 “Tenure Track Faculty”). the appropriate school or college. As of January 1, 2008, 16 academic Please refer to the Agreement Criteria for appointment to these units on the Ann Arbor campus have between the University of Michigan ranks should be consistent with established clinical tracks: A. Alfred and LEO, which can be found on the those for regular instructional Taubman College of Architecture University Human Resources' faculty to the extent applicable. The and Urban Planning, Penny W. website at https://hr.umich.edu/. specific conditions of these Stamps School of Art & Design, appointments, including the degree 5.C.6 Adjunct Clinical Stephen M. Ross School of Business, of participation in departmental Instructional Faculty School of Dentistry, School of affairs, are unit-specific. See SPG To supplement the University’s Education, School of Information, 201.34-1. instructional program, any academic School of Kinesiology, Law School, The term "visiting" is used for unit may appoint professional College of Literature, Science and persons primarily identified with practitioners in the community or the Arts, Medical School, School of another institution of higher within the University at Music, Theatre & Dance, School of education who assume some appointment fractions below 50 Nursing, College of Pharmacy, teaching responsibility at the percent as adjunct clinical School of Public Health, Gerald R. University of Michigan and for professors, adjunct clinical associate Ford School of Public Policy, and persons whose employment with the professors, adjunct clinical assistant School of Social Work. On the UM- Flint campus, the School of Health University will be explicitly

23 temporary. The specific conditions On September 1, 2009, the Office of before an offer may be extended. of all these appointments are the Provost and the Office of the The administration of the research determined by each school and Vice President for Research jointly scientist track is the responsibility of college, but usually these adopted a University-wide set of the vice president for research, and appointments are for one year or guidelines appointment materials, promotion less and may be extended only under http://research.umich.edu/appoint dossiers, and inquiries should be unusual circumstances. They are not ments-promotions for the routed accordingly (bylaw 5.24). tenured appointments. See SPG appointment and promotion of 5.D.3 Research Professor Track 201.34-1. research faculty. Key changes to the guidelines include revised criteria The research professor 5.D Research Faculty for appointing and promoting classifications are research 5.D.1 Introduction research faculty, a time-in-rank limit professor, research associate professor and research assistant The term “research faculty" refers to of four years for research professor. The provost and executive persons appointed to titles in the investigators, a required third-year vice president for academic affairs research scientist and research review by the appointing school, and the vice president for research college, or unit for assistant research professor tracks. Research faculty have delegated authority to the scientists and research assistant are members of the faculty whose deans and major unit directors to primary effort is in research rather professors, and a required six-year appoint and promote individuals to than instruction. Research faculty review by the appropriate central the rank of research assistant appointments are not tenure track office(s) for assistant research professor. Appointments at the appointments. The Institute for scientists and research assistant associate research professor and Social Research (ISR) is authorized professors. Contingent on approval research professor ranks require to award "ISR Tenure," offered at from the Office of the Provost and approval by the provost and and secured by the resources of ISR. the Office of the Vice President for executive vice president for See Proceedings of the Board of Research, the schools, colleges, and academic affairs (Ann Arbor Regents, November, 1968. However, other appointing units may add campus) and by the vice president a close correspondence is intended unit-specific procedures and for research before an offer may be between the instructional ranks and processes to their appointment and extended. The administration of the the research faculty ranks, in both promotion guidelines in an appendix research professor track is the the criteria of competence and to the required guidelines. responsibility of the provost and achievement and in the mechanics executive vice president for 5.D.2 Research Scientist Track and procedures for applying these academic affairs, and appointment requests, promotion dossiers, and criteria in appointments and The research scientist classifications inquiries should be routed promotions (bylaw 5.24). are research scientist, associate research scientist, assistant research accordingly (bylaw 5.24). Research faculty are encouraged to scientist, and research investigator. 5.D.4 Supplemental Research participate in educational activities Faculty in these ranks carry out Faculty ("Adjunct" and to the degree consistent with their research in an academic "Visiting") research responsibilities. When environment and may participate in Supplemental research faculty appropriate, they may contribute to instructional activities. Each school, consist of all ranks of adjunct an seminars, classes and symposia as college, and research unit that visiting research faculty. The term may be arranged with the employs individuals on the research "adjunct" is used in conjunction with instructional department. In many scientist track is required to have research faculty appointees whose cases, research faculty can assist in written guidelines, approved by the primary employment the research training of dissertation vice president for research, that responsibilities lie outside the candidates or post-doctoral trainees. outline the criteria for the University or in another capacity The manner in which instructional appointment and promotion of within the University. The specific activities are included in research scientists. Appointment to conditions appropriate for the use of determining promotion and all ranks of research scientist must adjunct titles are determined by advancement depends upon the follow the unit’s guidelines. The vice each school, college and unit. policies of the individual units. See president for research has delegated Continuation of appointments of section 5.D.5 "Promotions of authority to the deans and major adjunct research faculty is reviewed Research Faculty" for additional unit directors to appoint research by the dean or director and the information about promotion. investigators and to appoint or executive committee, if any, each promote individuals to the rank of Depending on the unit, research year. faculty appointments may be made assistant research scientist. in two separate tracks, the research Appointments at the associate The term "visiting" is used in professor track and the research research scientist and research conjunction with research faculty scientist track. scientist ranks require approval by ranks for appointees who participate the vice president for research in the research function and are

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identified primarily with another 5.E Librarians, Archivists, and in the University library and the Law institution of higher learning. The Curators Library through classification specific conditions appropriate for 5.E.1 Librarians committees which make the use of visiting titles are recommendations to their respective Librarians at the University of determined by each school, college directors. In the Business Michigan hold academic or unit. The criteria applied in initial Administration Library, the appointments and are part of the appointment recommendations classification committee makes faculty of the University (bylaw conform to the criteria used in recommendations in consultation 5.01). In recognition of the changing determining appointments to with the dean. The classification of intellectual and technical regular ranks. librarian positions in other information environment, libraries independent libraries and units on 5.D.5 Promotions of Research and archives are no longer viewed as the Ann Arbor campus is done by Faculty only the physical repositories of the University Library Classification knowledge but have evolved into As mentioned in 5.D.1 , the Office of Evaluation Committee. Through intellectual learning centers. the Provost and the Office of the these processes, all new positions in Librarians therefore have important Vice President for Research have the respective units are evaluated to educational, research, and service jointly adopted a University-wide set determine the appropriate roles at the University. They provide of guidelines classification and to review positions bibliographic access and http://research.umich.edu/appoint periodically for possible information services needed to ments-promotions for the reclassification. appointment and promotion of support the programs of the research faculty. Contingent on University and to maintain the Some administrative positions, such approval from the Office of the University's libraries as a resource; as university librarian and dean of Provost and the Office of the Vice sustain an active interest in libraries, are outside this President for Research, the schools, developments in librarianship; classification scheme and are colleges, and other appointing units participate in appropriate appointed by and report to the may add unit-specific procedures professional meetings; and serve on Office of the Provost. library, University, and professional and processes to their appointment 5.E.2 Archivists and promotion guidelines in an association committees. See section Archivists within the University of appendix to the required guidelines. 3.K “University of Michigan Michigan hold academic Libraries and Museums (Ann Arbor appointments and are part of the Each employing unit provides a Campus) for an overview of libraries faculty of the University (bylaw system of peer review prior to initial and section 21.L "Libraries" in the 5.01). Because of the changing appointment and in awarding online version. intellectual and technical promotions. A promotion may be On the Ann Arbor campus, the information environment, archives initiated by the employing unit or appointment of librarians in the are no longer viewed as only the result from a request by a research University library is handled physical repositories of research faculty member. (SPG 201.03) In the through the University Library materials but have evolved into research scientist track, promotions Office of Human Resources. The intellectual learning centers. are approved by the vice president supervisor interviews applicants and Archivists therefore perform a for research on recommendation by recommends appointment, subject number of functions at the the chair of the department and the to the approval of the department University, including educational, dean or director, and the executive head, the appropriate deputy or research and service roles. They committee where applicable. assistant director or manager and provide research resources to Promotions of individuals on the the University Librarian and Dean of students and faculty (as well as to research professor track also require the Libraries. Similar appointment the broader scholarly public), the approval of the provost and procedures are followed within the introduce users to the process of executive vice president for administrative structure of other archive-based research, sustain an academic affairs (Ann Arbor independent libraries on the Ann active interest in developments in campus). In the Medical School, Arbor campus. related professional organizations, approval of the executive vice and serve on appropriate University president for medical affairs and Librarians are classified as: and professional association dean is also required. • librarian committees.

• senior associate librarian Archivists are classified as: • associate librarian • archivist • assistant librarian • associate archivist Classification of librarian positions • assistant archivist in the four basic ranks is determined

25 Classification of positions in the positions, such as director of the academic unit and a research unit, three basic ranks is determined by Museum of Art, are outside this or in an academic unit and an the appropriate archival unit and classification scheme and report to administrative unit; this is known as University Human Resources. the Office of the Provost. a joint appointment. See section 6.H Because the Bentley Historical "Joint Appointments." 5.E.4 Promotions of Library has the greatest number of Librarians, Archivists, and 5.F.5 Multi-year Appointments archivists of any unit on the campus, Curators its classification scheme is taken as a Multi-year appointments are term model. New positions within the Promotion may be obtained by appointments for more than one archival ranks are usually defined in transferring to a position classified year. Instructors and assistant conjunction with the interested unit, at a higher level or after a period of professors, and associate and full the Bentley Library, and University years of meritorious service in the professors when appointed without Human Resources. Some same position. Specific procedures tenure, may be appointed for terms administrative positions such as for promotion may vary among the of up to four years within the director of the Bentley Historical units. Librarians, archivists, and probationary period. Under the Library, fall outside the curators should consult their terms of the collective bargaining classification scheme and are immediate supervisors for more agreement with LEO, some Lecturer appointed by and report to the information. IVs may be appointed for up to five years. The term of appointment is Office of the Provost. 5.F Types of Appointments established by the dean and 5.E.3 Curators The terms of appointments can vary executive committee in most schools Curators within the University of according to a number of factors, and colleges. See also section 6.D Michigan hold academic including duration and location. The "Extensions of the Probationary appointments and are part of the most commonly used types of Period for Childbearing, Dependent faculty of the University (bylaw appointment are defined as follows. Care, or Medical Leave." 5.01). Though sometimes separately 5.F.1 Academic-year 5.F.6 Open-ended administered, the collections of the Appointments Appointments University are seen as an integral part of the academic mission of These are commonly referred to as Open-ended appointments are specific units on the campus, in University-year appointments. See appointments that do not have a education, research, and service. section 5.F.9 "University-year specified ending date. Tenured They provide materials considered Appointments (Academic-year instructional faculty and most integral to teaching and research. Appointments.)" research faculty (including research Curators convey a knowledge of 5.F.2 Additional Appointments scientists and research professors), specific collections that is essential librarians, curators, and archivists Additional appointments are to the processes by which these hold open-ended appointments. An appointments that extend the term materials can be used. Curators open-ended appointment continues of service of faculty on University- sustain an active interest in until the head of the employing unit year appointments. Instructional developments in their respective requests a change. faculty who are on University-year professional roles. They participate appointments may receive 5.F.7 Partial Appointments in appropriate professional meetings additional appointments not to and serve on University and A faculty member with less than exceed two months beyond the professional associations. 80% effort may wish to consider the University-year appointment in Ann impact of appointment level changes Curators are classified as: Arbor and UM-Flint or three on benefits See additional months in UM-Dearborn. • curator https://hr.umich.edu/benefits- Exceptions may be allowed by the wellness and SPG 201.13 and section • associate curator appropriate dean. (SPG 201.04) 6.I "Partial Appointments." • assistant curator 5.F.3 Annual Appointments Classification of positions in the Annual appointments are twelve- 5.F.8 Term Appointments three basic ranks is determined by month appointments. Instructional (Closed-ended Appointments) faculty members on annual the particular unit in consultation Term appointments are appointment perform academic with University Human Resources. appointments for a fixed period of duties for eleven months and receive Recommendations are made to the time. Adjunct and visiting one month of paid vacation. particular unit head or chair. In the instructional faculty appointments cases of academic units, a dean may 5.F.4 Joint Appointments are always closed-ended be involved. New positions are appointments. Term appointments determined by a similar set of A faculty member may hold vary in length of time but are often consultations. Some administrative concurrent appointments in more for one or two years. Most lecturer than one academic unit, in both an

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appointments (and some adjunct assistance to dual career partners of person employed by the University, appointments) are governed by the tenure-track and tenured faculty hereafter in this section referred to provisions of the collective members. For more information “relative” (SPG 201.03). If a faculty bargaining agreement with LEO. A about the program, faculty members or staff member is to be assigned to term appointment carries with it the should contact the appropriate a position that is under the same benefits and obligations as an department chair, program director, supervision or control of a relative open-ended appointment. or dean, or see the Office of the who has or may have a direct effect Provost website at on the individual's progress or 5.F.9 University-year www.provost.umich.edu/programs/ performance, or an individual is to Appointments (Academic-year dual_career . be assigned to a position with the Appointments) same immediate supervisor as a In addition, the College of The University conducts three full relative, a management plan must Engineering, the College of academic terms each year: fall be devised and approved by the head Literature, Science, and the Arts, (Term I), winter (Term II) and the of the unit (e.g. dean or director) and the Medical School have created spring and summer half terms and that of the unit's senior Human school/college dual career offices. (Terms III-A and III-B). A Resources officer. A management University-year appointment is College of Engineering: plan is also required when an composed of two of the three full http://adaa.engin.umich.edu/ individual already assigned to a terms. On the Ann Arbor and UM- position becomes a “relative” or a Flint campuses, a University-year College of LSA: supervisor, subordinate, or someone appointment is for nine months; on https://lsa.umich.edu/lsa/faculty- who works for the same immediate the UM-Dearborn campus, it is for staff/academic-affairs/dual-career- supervisor. eight months. A University-year program.html For the purposes of this rule, the salary is paid in twelve equal Medical School: monthly installments. See section term “relative,” when used with http://faculty.medicine.umich.edu/ regard to family members is defined 14.C "Salary Payments" in the online work-life-benefits/dual-career- version. as a staff member's spouse or program partner, daughter or son, 5.G Appointments: Other The staff for these school/college grandparent, brother or sister, Considerations programs and the dual career staff grandchild, aunt or uncle, niece or 5.G.1 Conflict of Commitment in the Office of the Provost work nephew (or the spouse of any of in Faculty Appointments collaboratively. these) of either the staff member or the staff member's spouse, or any A faculty member who accepts a 5.G.3 Employment Oath tenure track or tenured position at other related person who is part of the University of Michigan must Faculty at the University of the staff member's household. resign from any tenure track or Michigan, by virtue of being Relationship to a staff member tenured position held at another employees of the State of Michigan, constitutes neither an advantage nor institution of higher education prior are required by law to subscribe to a deterrent to appointment by the to the start date of the U-M the following constitutional oath of University. It is only required that appointment(s). Exceptions to this office before beginning work: "I do the individual meet and fulfill the policy must be approved by the dean solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will standards appropriate to a and by the provost and executive support the Constitution of the University appointment. See SPG vice president for academic affairs. United States of America and the 201.23, which includes procedures Constitution of the State of and section 9.G, "Conflicts of 5.G.2 Dual Career Program Michigan, and that I will discharge Interest and Conflicts of Many faculty members have the duties of my position according Commitment.” to the best of my ability." (SPG partners who are accomplished 5.G.5 Fitness for Duty professionals in their own right. 201.17) A Fitness for Duty policy was Therefore, the University's ability to 5.G.4 Favoritism/Nepotism recruit and retain faculty often adopted to help assure the safety hinges on dual career partners' At the University there shall be and health of individuals in the ability to find suitable employment neither favoritism toward nor University community and others or other career opportunities. In discrimination against any with whom they come in contact response, the University created the individual in appointment, while performing their duties; to Dual Career Program, a promotion, wages, hours, or other establish procedures by which the collaborative effort that involves conditions of employment based University can evaluate an academic departments and upon that individual’s being a employee's ability to safely and programs, the school and college “relative” of or having a close competently perform his or her deans' offices, and the Office of the personal relationship or external duties when a health or safety Provost. The program provides business relationship to another problem arises; and to comply with the Federal Drug Free Workplace

27 Act. Safety is the primary objective and ask to speak to an international 5.J.1 Instructional Faculty of this policy. Therefore, a faculty or student and scholar advisor. See also • Existing procedures for notice staff member may be asked to have a section 21.K "International Center.” of non-reappointment for non- fitness for duty evaluation only if it 5.H Termination of tenured instructional faculty is determined that his or her Appointments should be followed when a behavior poses an imminent and program is scheduled for serious safety threat to self or Faculty appointments can terminate termination. The procedures others. The policy spells out the for a variety of reasons. Whatever are the same as those followed procedures that must be followed the situation, the University seeks to in the case of non- when an individual is asked to have conclude the employment reappointment for any other an evaluation. For additional relationship in a way that fairly and reason. information, see SPG 201.15. appropriately recognizes the needs of both the faculty member and the • The maintenance of tenured 5.G.6 International Faculty University. faculty and of essential The University provides assistance instructional and supporting See section 5.I "Resignations"; in obtaining Temporary Work Visas services remains the highest section 5.J "Status of Appointments (H-1) for international instructional priority of the University. If, When Academic Programs are faculty and will consult on however, at some future time, it Discontinued"; section 5.K "Non- should become necessary to procedures for obtaining permanent reappointment of Instructional release tenured faculty residency status. Hiring units are Faculty "; section 5.L "Reduction in members within a program to urged to contact the International Forces/Termination"; section 5.M be discontinued, every effort Center before making an offer of "Cessation of Funding for will be made to place tenured employment to a non-U.S. citizen, Appointments Supported by Grants instructional faculty members but potential employees may also and Contracts"; section 5.N in other suitable positions. This contact the International Center "Termination for Cause"; and could include retraining if a directly to discuss their current visa Chapter 19 "Retirement, reasonable period of retraining status and options that are available of the affected faculty member Emeritus/Emerita Status." to them. (SPG 402.01) The would qualify him or her for International Center charges the 5.I Resignations and another position within the unit a flat fee for processing H-1B Retirements University. In cases where it is not possible to continue the and permanent resident visas. The 5.I.1 Research Faculty, appointment of a tenured U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Librarians, Archivists, and faculty member, the procedures Services also charges a fee, which is Curators typically paid by the individual. of bylaw 5.09 are available and It is requested that any individual in severance pay will be provided It is important to address visa issues a research faculty (research if required under bylaw 5.10. promptly in order to avoid situations professor or research scientist), 5.J.2 Other Faculty where individuals cannot secure librarian, archivist, or curator necessary immigration documents appointment (all ranks) who is Existing procedures for reduction in in time to teach, conduct research, resigning will give at least one- the work force will be followed for or fulfill other responsibilities month’s notice to the employing non-instructional faculty who are because immigration status does not unit. Because of required processing affected by the decision to close a permit employment. For more time, the University requests any program. See section 5.L “Reduction information, see the Center's individual in this group who is in Force/Termination.” website at planning to retire to give at least 5.K Non-reappointment of https://www.internationalcenter.u three months' notice. Instructional Faculty mich.edu/ . The International Center has offices on both central 5.J Status of Appointments When a decision is made not to campus and north campus, and can When Academic Programs are reappoint a member of the regular be contacted at [email protected]. Discontinued instructional faculty, the faculty In the unlikely event of the member is notified as soon as The University also has a large discontinuance of an academic possible, but in any event, not later number of international students (F- program, every effort will be made than the minimum time period set 1 and J-1 visas) and exchange to assist in relocation and retraining forth in SPG 201.88. These visitors (J-1 visas), many of whom of affected faculty. The guidelines also apply in the case of a may be employed under certain recommended procedures are set decision not to recommend tenure. conditions. For information about forth below (bylaws 5.09 and 5.10; Teaching appointments for immigration status and employment SPG 201.88 and 601.02). supplemental instructional faculty eligibility of international students (defined in section 5.C.3 and visitors, contact the “Lecturers”) are considered terminal International Center main number appointments and notice of non-

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reappointment is not required. See 5.M Cessation of Funding for 5.M.3 Research Scientists also section 6.F "Non- Appointments Supported by Research scientists may be eligible reappointment of Tenure-Track Grants and Contracts to apply to their appointing unit or Faculty." 5.M.1 Instructional Faculty the Office of the Vice President for 5.L Reduction in Appointments of instructional Research for bridging support Force/Termination faculty to positions paid in whole or should their sponsored funding lapse. The decision to provide 5.L.1 Research Faculty in part from grants or limited term contracts are subject to the following bridging support is at the discretion When a school, college, center, or specific provisions in the event that of the appointing unit or the Office institute decides that it is necessary these funds cease. Those who were of the Vice President for Research. to terminate the appointment of a tenured before the funding ceased The provision of bridging support research faculty member (research are restored to their tenured assumes the resumption of funding professor and research scientist appointment status (including rank at the end of the bridging period. tracks) during the term of and appointment fraction) within Other criteria for support include appointment, a minimum notice of the department. Those who held full length of service at the University, 90 calendar days is required or part-time positions paid from the importance of the research to the regardless of length of service at the general University funds before the unit, endorsement of the dean or University. In such instances, the outside funding ceased are restored director, and availability of funds. layoff procedures detailed in SPG to their previous status in the See the website at 201.72 must be followed. These department for the remainder of the http://research.umich.edu/bridging procedures cover reduction in the term of appointment at the -support-research-faculty and work force, transfers after appropriate departmental salary. section 7.F "Intellectual Property notification of layoff, layoff and The appointments of individuals and Technology Transfer/Office of recall. For any such changes in brought to the University to perform Technology Transfer" for additional employment status, the hiring unit duties paid for from limited-term information. In the case of a layoff, a must notify the research faculty funds terminate when the funding minimum notice of 90 days must be member prior to taking any action, ceases unless they receive other given and the procedures detailed in preferably as early as possible. This appointments (bylaw 5.08). SPG 201.72 must be followed. should be accompanied or followed by a written explanation. The 5.M.2 Research Professors 5.N Termination for Cause notification is the responsibility of 5.N.1 Instructional Faculty Research professors are eligible to the administrative head of the unit apply to their appointing unit or the See section 6.L "Termination for in which the decision is made. In Office of the Vice President for Cause." some instances, bridge funding may Research for bridging support be available to cover temporary 5.N.2 Research Faculty, should their sponsored funding lapses in funded research. See Librarians, Archivists, and lapse. The decision to provide sections 5.M.2 "Research Curators bridging support is at the discretion Professors"; and 5.M.3 "Research of the appointing unit or the Office Research faculty (research professor Scientists." of the Vice President for Research. and research scientist tracks), librarians, archivists, and curators Supplemental (adjunct or visiting) The provision of bridging support may be dismissed for failure to meet research faculty appointments are assumes the resumption of funding the requirements of their position or considered terminal appointments, at the end of the bridging period. for conduct that violates University and notice of non-reappointment is Other criteria for support include policy or criminal law, or which not required. length of service at the University, importance of the research to the interferes with the orderly and 5.L.2 Librarians, Archivists, unit, endorsement of the dean or efficient operation of the University. and Curators director, and availability of funds. The University expects that, when The University endeavors to provide See the website at appropriate, these faculty members stable employment for all its faculty http://research.umich.edu/bridging will be given an opportunity to members, including librarians, -support-research-faculty and change their conduct or attitude to archivists, and curators. However, section 7.F "Intellectual Property avoid termination. (SPG 201.12) In the University may find it necessary and Technology Transfer/Office of situations of incompetence, they in certain situations to reduce its Technology Transfer" for additional should be provided a full and faculty for an indefinite period. If so, information. In the case of a layoff, a complete understanding of the notice of at least 90 days should be minimum notice of 90 days must be requirements and responsibilities of provided. (SPG 201.72) given and the procedures detailed in the position and an adequate SPG 201.72 must be followed. opportunity, when appropriate, to reach the acceptable level of performance.

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6.A General Principles 30 receive this investment do so only research, teaching, and service at the 6.B Criteria for Tenure 31 after rigorous review which University of Michigan. establishes that their scholarship, 6.C Tenure The Privilege and Responsibilities of research, teaching, and service meet Probationary Period Tenure: Faculty members who come the highest standards and are (“Tenure Clock”) 31 to the University without tenure are congruent with the needs of the 6.D Extensions of the not automatically entitled to tenure University. Probationary Period or to a review for tenure. Those who for Childbearing, Tenure is awarded only to faculty are offered tenured positions at the Dependent Care, or with appointments in the University, however, are entitled to Medical Leave 31 instructional track. Faculty on the its protections immediately upon 6.D.1 Introduction 31 clinical and research tracks are not arrival and must also assume the 6.D.2 Modified Duties eligible for tenure. Faculty members responsibilities of tenure. These for New Parents 32 must hold their tenured positions in responsibilities include the 6.D.3 Stopping the full recognition of the obligation to maintain high Tenure Clock for responsibilities they owe the standards of teaching, scholarship, Childbearing or University, as well as the research, service, and professional Dependent Care 32 responsibilities the University owes conduct and to perform their 6.D.4 Medical Leave 33 them. responsibilities in accordance with University and other applicable 6.E Pre-tenure Reviews Tenure for the instructional faculty policies and procedures. for Tenure-track at the University is defined and Faculty 33 governed by bylaws 5.08 and 5.09. The Protection of Tenure: The 6.F Non-reappointment On the Ann Arbor campus, the University safeguards academic of Tenure-track administrative supervision of these freedom through its policy that no Faculty 33 bylaws rests in the Office of the person who has been awarded 6.G Guidelines Related Provost. At the UM-Flint and UM- tenure by the Regents or who has to Tenure Reviews 33 Dearborn campuses, the chancellors been employed by the University for 6.H Joint Appointments 34 oversee the tenure process on their a total of ten years at the rank of a 6.I Partial respective campuses. However, full-time instructor or higher may, Appointments 34 procedures for review for tenure are thereafter, be dismissed, demoted or 6.J Geographic among the most unit-specific of all recommended for terminal Limitation of the procedures affecting faculty appointment without adequate Tenure 34 members. Those who come to the cause and an opportunity for a 6.K Professional University without tenure must review in accordance with bylaw Responsibilities 34 recognize that the tenure procedures 5.09, except pursuant to the 6.L Termination for of their department, school or Program Discontinuance Guidelines. Cause 35 college, or other unit are the crucial See section 5.J “Status of 6.M Applicability of starting point in this process. Appointments When Academic Tenure to Research Accordingly, faculty should Programs are Discontinued,” and Faculty, Librarians, familiarize themselves with those SPG 601.02. procedures and obtain a copy of Curators, Authority: Tenure is awarded only their unit’s written tenure guidelines Archivists, and by the Board of Regents upon from the dean. Some general Clinical Faculty 35 recommendation by the appropriate principles and procedures, set forth dean (and executive committee below, do apply. (SPG 201.13) See when applicable), by the provost and 6.A General Principles also section 5.B “Criteria for executive vice president for The University of Michigan believes Appointment and Promotion of academic affairs (Ann Arbor campus that tenure is an essential part of the Instructional Faculty.” guarantee of academic freedom that only), by the chancellor (UM- is necessary for University-based Excellence: Faculty members are Dearborn and UM-Flint campuses intellectual life to flourish. The grant awarded tenure because they have only), and by the president. A of indeterminate tenure to faculty distinguished themselves as scholars decision to award tenure is not members represents an enormous and teachers and show evidence that official unless and until it has been investment of University—and they will continue contributing at a approved by the Board of Regents societal—resources, and those who very high level to scholarship, (bylaw 5.08). The authority for

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periodic reviews and tenure reviews in the case of childbearing or probationary period and therefore resides with the individual schools, dependent care. See also section do not stop the tenure clock. colleges, and departments. 16.C.4 “Family and Medical Leave Changes in Appointment. Any Act” in the online version. Tenure 6.B Criteria for Tenure change in title, rank, appointment may be conferred after a shorter fraction, or service that stops or After the appropriate probationary period than specified above, starts the tenure clock requires the period (see section 6.C "Tenure depending on the policies of the prior written approval of the Office Probationary Period"), tenure may individual schools and colleges. It is of the Provost. See SPG 201.13. be granted to those instructional possible for faculty to be hired with faculty members whose professional tenure depending on the credentials To clarify University policies that accomplishments indicate that they of the individual. govern the timing of the tenure will continue to serve with review, the provost’s office has In determining how many years of distinction in their appointed roles. created, "Guidelines Regarding service count toward the Tenure is awarded to those who University of Michigan Policies that probationary period the following demonstrate excellent teaching, Govern Time to Tenure Review rules apply: outstanding research and ("The Tenure Clock") and Related scholarship, and substantial Title and Rank. The appointment Matters (Ann Arbor Campus)". See additional service, each of which must be a tenure-track, regular http://www.provost.umich.edu/facu must be relevant to the goals and faculty appointment at the rank of lty/tenure_review/policies.html. needs of the University, college and instructor or higher. See Chapter 5 6.D Extensions of the department. The award of tenure is “Appointments,” and SPG 201.34-1. Probationary Period for based on the achievement of Periods of service in lecturer Childbearing, Dependent Care, distinction in an area of learning appointments or adjunct, clinical or or Medical Leave and the prediction of continued visiting appointments do not count eminence throughout the toward the tenure probationary 6.D.1 Introduction individual’s professional career. period. As described in more detail below, faculty who bear children, have 6.C Tenure Probationary Appointment Fraction. The dependent care responsibilities, or Period ("Tenure Clock") instructional-track appointment take medical leaves, may apply to The maximum probationary period must be “full-time” within the have time excluded from the of non-tenured instructional faculty University, which means an countable years of service that consists of service with the academic year or academic term constitute the relevant tenure University for a total of ten years in appointment fraction of 80% or probationary period and/or may the rank of “full-time” instructor or more. The appointment may be split take a period of modified duties. higher (bylaw 5.09 and SPG 201.13). between two or more instructional- Access to paid leaves is also (See “Appointment Fraction,” below, track appointments as long as the available to support faculty and staff for the definition of full-time). This total effort is at least 80%. (SPG who welcome children by birth, ten-year period constitutes what is 201.13) adoption, foster care or legal commonly referred to as the Service. Each year of the guardianship (see, “Paid Maternity University's "tenure clock." In appointment must be spent: [Childbirth] and Parental Leaves,” practice, however, most schools and SPG 201.30-6). In some instances, colleges review untenured faculty • in residence at the University of the leave is automatic upon request members for tenure in the sixth or Michigan; or by a faculty member while in other seventh year of the probationary • on paid duty off campus; or instances the leave is discretionary period. This period of time to be determined by the appropriate constitutes the school or college's • on Scholarly Activity Leave dean. The right to the paid parental "tenure clock," which may not (SPG 201.30-4), for periods of leave under SPG 201.30-6 is exceed the University's tenure clock. one year or less, unless the individual and the unit agree in automatic, but scheduling is at the Those who are not recommended for writing to an exception to this discretion of the department. tenure are normally offered a one- provision at the time the leave is Faculty are advised to check with year terminal appointment for the granted, and the exception is their school or college for additional year following the review, which the approved in writing by the relevant policies. Faculty who faculty member must serve within Office of the Provost. benefit from one of these policies the University's ten-year tenure work throughout the tenure • On other forms of paid or clock. probationary period, carrying their unpaid leave. usual range of responsibilities, As explained below, up to two years Note: As the rules above indicate, except during those periods when may be excluded from the countable periods of duty spent off campus or they may be on modified duties, on years of service that constitute the on scholarly activity leave are extended sick leave, or other relevant tenure probationary period usually counted as part of the available leaves (e.g., Paid Maternity

31 [Childbirth] and Parental Leaves, relevant school or college will make childbirth. A separate parental leave SPG 201.30-6). See Chapter 16, arrangements that relieve the faculty benefit provides all eligible parents, “Leaves, Absences, Holidays, member from direct teaching including fathers, with up to six Vacations, and University Closures.” responsibilities for the period of weeks of paid time off to bond with a Applications under these policies modified duties. new child (whether the child joins must be made to the dean of the the family by birth, adoption, foster For faculty members with significant relevant school or college, and care or legal guardianship). Eligible direct clinical responsibilities or implementation varies from unit to birth mothers may use both leaves limited teaching obligations, other unit. for a total of 12 weeks. Faculty who modifications will be provided are eligible to take a period of To promote University-wide appropriate to their circumstances. modified duties may either do so or consistency and record keeping, a Faculty on modified duties status take parental leave instead. For copy of all requests and responses will typically be expected to fulfill more information, see SPG 201.30- made under these policies must be their other professional 6. A period of modified duties does forwarded to the Office of Academic responsibilities during the period of not, by itself, affect a faculty Human Resources and, in the case modified duties, including those member’s tenure probationary of the UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint responsibilities for which the faculty period. The relevant complementary campuses, the chancellor. member is uniquely qualified, such policy is Standard Practice Guide as advising doctoral candidates. The 6.D.2 Modified Duties for New 201.92 Tenure Probationary relevant dean or department chair is Parents Period: Effects on Tenure Clock of responsible for making the Childbearing and Dependent Care To provide time to adjust to the necessary teaching arrangements Responsibilities, which provides demands of parenting newly born or (e.g., for replacement teaching guidelines about excluding time adopted children, Standard Practice during the period of modified duties from the years of countable service Guide 201.93 Modified Duties for or replacement clinical services). New Parents entitles professorial that constitute the tenure faculty members who meet the Eligible faculty members may probationary period due to the criteria described below, upon choose to take one term of modified effects of pregnancy, childbirth, or request, to a period of modified duties for each event that adds a related medical conditions or due to duties without a reduction in salary: child or children to his or her family the demands of dependent care. through birth or adoption. If both 6.D.3 Stopping the Tenure • Gives birth to a child, or parents are employed in an eligible Clock for Childbearing or becomes a parent of a newly position at the University, each of Dependent Care born or adopted child (or them may choose to take a period of children in the case of a modified duties for each event that In recognition of the effects that multiple birth or adoption of adds a child or children to their pregnancy, childbirth, and related more than one child family by birth or adoption if both of medical conditions can have upon simultaneously) under the age them meet the other eligibility the time and energy a woman can of six, criteria. See also procedures devote to her professional responsibilities, and thus on her • Takes significant and sustained https://hr.umich.edu/working-u- care-giving responsibility for m/my-employment/uhr- ability to work at the pace or level the child (or children) during procedures/20193-modified-duties- expected to achieve tenure, a woman the period for which modified new-parents. who bears one or more children duties are requested as a single during her tenure probationary parent or, where there are two In addition, and to support the period shall, upon written request to parents, that is at least as time- University of Michigan’s the relevant dean (in the case of the consuming as the care-giving commitment to faculty and staff as UM-Dearborn and UM-Flint responsibility of the faculty they balance family, professional campuses, the relevant provost) be member’s spouse or partner, and academic responsibilities, the granted an exclusion of one year for and university is committed to providing each event from the countable years paid time off for birth mothers and of service that constitute the tenure • Begins the period of modified other parents that supports both the probationary period to a maximum duties within twelve months of physical recovery associated with of two years. The exclusion for the date of the relevant birth or birth and also provides bonding pregnancy, childbirth, and related adoption. time with children new to the family. medical conditions is automatic on The relevant dean (or his or her For that purpose, the university request for dependent care leave, designate), in consultation with the provides paid maternity (childbirth) but requests must be made prior to eligible faculty member, will leave and paid parental leave. The the initiation of the tenure review. determine the ways in which the university’s maternity (childbirth) See SPG 201.92. faculty member’s duties will be leave policy provides up to six weeks Similarly, the demands of caring for modified. At a minimum the of paid time off for recovery from dependents (such as children,

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including newly adopted children, ill Specific schools or colleges may college not to recommend or injured spouses or partners, or have their own policies and reappointment or tenure, the faculty aging parents) may seriously affect programs regarding stopping the member should be notified of that the time and energy faculty can tenure clock for childbearing or decision in writing as soon as devote to their professional dependent care, and faculty possible. Faculty members should be responsibilities during the tenure members are encouraged to contact offered the opportunity to discuss probationary period. In recognition the dean’s office for additional the decision at their request. The of the difficulty of combining an information on this topic. notification is the responsibility of academic career with significant the administrative head of the unit 6.D.4 Medical Leave dependent care demands, any or department in which the decision faculty member (male or female) in If an untenured faculty member is made. these circumstances may, upon suffers a serious illness and receives Guidelines for giving notice of non- written request to the relevant dean an approved extended sick leave, the reappointment, as set forth in SPG (in the case of the UM-Dearborn and faculty member may, upon written 201.88, are listed below. These are UM-Flint campuses, the provost), be application to the relevant dean and minimum requirements; school or granted an exclusion of two years with the approval of the provost, be college procedures may provide for from the countable years of service granted an exclusion of that period earlier notice. that constitute that individual’s of illness (up to one year) from the tenure probationary period. The countable years of service that Regular instructional faculty two-year exclusion for dependent constitute that individual’s tenure members with one year of care responsibility is not automatic. probationary period. (SPG 201.13) continuous service or less shall be Requests must be made prior to the For more information on sick leaves, given notice of non-reappointment initiation of the tenure review. see Chapter 16 “Leaves, Absences, at least three months before the Under these policies, only two years Holidays, Vacations, and University scheduled expiration of that may be excluded from the countable Closures” in the online version and appointment. years of service that constitute an SPG 201.30-1. individual’s tenure probationary Regular instructional faculty 6.E Pre-tenure Reviews for members with more than one year period at the University of Michigan, Tenure-track Faculty regardless of the combination of but less than two years of circumstances. See SPG 201.92. Units must conduct interim reviews continuous service shall be given of full-time non-tenured regular notice of non-reappointment by With respect to caring for one or instructional faculty members with December 15 if the appointment more newly born or adopted the rank of instructor or higher. expires at the end of the following children under the dependent care These reviews must take place no winter term. In cases of section of this policy, during the year later than the third year of the pre- appointments terminating at other for which the exclusion is requested tenure period. Interim reviews need times, notice will be given no later the faculty member must take not include external inquiries and than five months before the significant and sustained care-giving appropriately may be less exhaustive termination date. responsibility for the child (or than tenure reviews. Faculty Regular instructional faculty children) as a single parent or, members should check with their members whose years of continuous where there are two parents, must dean or director for information service have extended beyond two take care-giving responsibility that about unit-level policies and years shall be given notice of non- is at least as time-consuming as the procedures for these reviews and reappointment not later than care-giving responsibility of the obtain a copy of any written September 15 of the fall term of the faculty member’s spouse or partner. guidelines. See SPG 201.13. last academic year of the A faculty member who benefits from Recommendations to reappoint or appointment. If the appointment is this policy carries a usual range of not reappoint non-tenured members scheduled to terminate at some time responsibilities during the time the of the regular instructional faculty other than the end of the winter policy is in effect unless alternative are made by the department chair or term, notice of non-reappointment arrangements have been made. the dean, but should be based on shall be given no later than nine Events that occur in the final year of reviews that include formal faculty months before the end of that a faculty member’s tenure involvement, rather than being appointment. probationary period may not be the based solely on individual (Supplemental instructional faculty basis for a request under this policy, determinations of the chair or dean. appointments are considered to be and all requests under the policy See SPG 201.13. must be made before the date that terminal, and notice is not required; has been communicated to the 6.F Non-reappointment of see section 5.C.3 "Lecturers.") Tenure-track Faculty faculty member as the date on which 6.G Guidelines Related to the unit will initiate the tenure When there is a decision by a Tenure Reviews review. See SPG 201.92. department, division, school, or

33 The Office of the Provost requires faculty committees. This document of the individual’s tenure-track that before any decision is made is available on the office’s website. appointment. within an academic or research unit 6.H Joint Appointments The Office of the Provost has to recommend promotion to a developed a set of guidelines tenured appointment, the faculty A joint appointment occurs when a http://www.provost.umich.edu/facu member should be notified that the faculty member holds appointments lty/joint_appointments/Joint_Appt question is under consideration and in more than one unit (for example: s.html for joint academic encouraged to see that the files to be in two academic units; in an appointments, with considerable reviewed contain current and academic unit and a research unit; contributions from a group of relevant material. or in an academic unit and an administrative unit) (bylaw 5.11). associate deans and with input from A faculty member may request a the deans. The purpose of the tenure review at any time, but the One of the University of Michigan's guidelines is to assist deans, decision to conduct a tenure review great strengths is its commitment to directors, and department chairs in is within the discretion of the chair help faculty move across disciplinary helping faculty members who hold or dean, according to the policy of boundaries to undertake innovative joint appointments to succeed and the school or college. Often, the intellectual, scientific, and artistic thrive as scholars at the University review for tenure is conducted endeavors and to create new of Michigan. during the faculty member’s sixth knowledge. When a faculty 6.I Partial Appointments year of appointment, but there are member's sense of academic "home" variations among schools and crosses disciplinary boundaries, he A partial appointment is an colleges. or she may establish and maintain appointment that is less than 100% two or more academic bases. effort. If the instructional track The tenure review must include a portion of a partial appointment is Unless otherwise mutually agreed careful examination of the less than 80% effort, the University upon by all parties (the faculty candidate’s credentials and "tenure clock" does not run during member and all deans and chairs or performance and should be the time the appointment is below directors of the appointing units), a conducted by a committee of the 80%. Any changes in title, rank, or primary unit should be identified for faculty. The review must incorporate appointment fractions that start or each faculty member. The policies both internal and external stop the tenure clock require the and practices of that primary unit evaluations. SPG 201.13 details prior written approval of the provost will usually govern any subsequent procedures relevant to tenure and executive vice president for review process and decision decisions. academic affairs. See SPG 201.13 regarding the awarding of tenure to and section 6.C "Tenure Tenure recommendations to the that faculty member. In such cases, Probationary Period." dean should be made by a the tenure granted may be committee, the majority of whom associated with only one of the 6.J Tenure: Campus Location are tenured members of the school appointments. In instances where All of the foregoing principles, or college faculty. Tenure tenure could be awarded in more policies and procedures relating to recommendations that are to be than one unit, the policies and tenure are applicable in all schools, forwarded to the Regents shall practices of each unit will usually colleges, and departments on all proceed according to bylaw 5.08. govern the review processes and campuses. An instructional faculty Tenure recommendations and other decisions regarding the awarding of member’s tenure is specific to the tenure decisions of the school or tenure in each particular appointing campus (Ann Arbor, UM-Dearborn, college should be communicated to unit. See SPG 201.13. UM-Flint), school/college, and the candidate in writing in a timely Year-to-year fluctuations in actual where applicable, department in fashion. Instructional-track faculty assignments across different which it is granted. Any subsequent members who have not been appointing units do not change a changes affecting the location of the recommended for tenure after a unit’s responsibility for the faculty instructional faculty member’s tenure review are normally offered a member’s tenured appointment tenure appointment must be agreed one-year, terminal contract for the fraction. That is, the fraction of the to in writing by the University and next year, their last year at the appointment that is formally the tenured instructional faculty University. tenured in any given unit is the member. The Regents’ communication establishing the In 2002 the Office of the Provost portion of the appointment that is appointment delineates the title and endorsed a set of guiding principles afforded the protections of tenure. location of tenure (i.e., department, for tenure review at the University See SPG 201.13. If tenure in a unit is unit, and campus) that correspond http://www.provost.umich.edu/facu associated with a partial to that appointment. lty/tenure_guidelines.pdf , based on appointment, the University is not recommendations from several obligated to increase the percentage In any case in which the position of the instructional faculty member

34 with tenure has been eliminated or This includes, but is not limited to, basis of demonstrated misconduct in has been removed from the policies and laws on the proper use teaching or research, substantial and jurisdiction of the University, the of University funds and conflict of manifest neglect of duty, and/or University will make reasonable interest (see section 9.G “Conflicts of personal conduct that substantially efforts to epl thac e faculty member Interest and Conflicts of impairs the individual’s fulfillment in a comparable position elsewhere Commitment” in the online version), of institutional responsibilities; this in the University. See SPG 601.02 use of animals and human subjects includes acts involving moral and section 5.J “Status of in research (see section 7.C.9 “Use of turpitude or professional or Appointments When Academic Human or Animal Subjects” in the scholarly misconduct. Programs are Discontinued.” online version), occupational safety 6.M Applicability of Tenure to (see section 18.H “Occupational 6.K Professional Research Faculty, Librarians, Safety and Environmental Health” in Responsibilities Curators, Archivists, and the online version), discrimination Clinical Faculty The privilege of a faculty (see Chapter 2 appointment brings with it “Diversity and Nondiscrimination”), Research faculty (research professor commensurate responsibilities: and sexual harassment (see Chapter and research scientist tracks), responsibilities to serve students, 11 “Sexual Harassment” in the online librarians, curators, archivists, and colleagues, and the University, as version). See also Chapter 9 “Faculty clinical faculty are not tenured. In well as academe and society; to hold as Representatives of the some instances, however, research oneself to high standards of University/Service” in the online professors and research scientists teaching, scholarship, research, and version. may be eligible for bridge funding service; and to adhere to high should sponsored funding lapse. See standards of professional integrity Failure to maintain these standards section 5.M “Cessation of Funding and conduct. may be sufficient cause for a faculty for Appointments Supported by member to be subjected to Grants and Contracts.” After a two- Integrity in scholarship, research, disciplinary action, up to and year probationary review, University and teaching is a fundamental value including dismissal from the faculty librarians enjoy some protection upon which the University is under bylaw 5.09 or other applicable against job loss. Research professors, founded. Without integrity, we could procedures. research scientists, librarians, not justify the privilege of academic curators, and archivists may also freedom intrinsic to scholarship, 6.L Termination for Cause hold instructional appointments, research, and education, nor could Bylaw 5.09 outlines procedures and if so, the portion of the we provide to society the governing dismissals or demotions appointment held in the advancements of knowledge that of tenured faculty and tenure-track instructional units may be tenured. derive from open inquiry. It is, faculty during the term of their therefore, a fundamental appointment. Instructional faculty responsibility of the faculty to abide covered by the collective bargaining by University and professional Agreement with LEO are subject to standards of academic and research the Discipline and Dismissal integrity. See section 7.C “Norms, provisions of that Agreement. Policies, and Regulations Guiding Instructional faculty members are Scholarship and Research” in the obligated to maintain high online version. standards of teaching, scholarship, Professional responsibility also research, service, and professional requires conduct that is in accord conduct. A recommendation of with all University policies, and state dismissal, demotion, or terminal and federal laws and regulations. appointment may be made on the

35 SECTION II – ABRIDGED CHAPTERS Find full chapters online at: http://www.provost.umich.edu/faculty/handbook/.

Chapter 7. Scholarship and will adhere to the highest standards a public university. Service to Research of professional conduct. community groups, and to local, state, national, and international The original works of the faculty— In October 2003, the Senate governmental groups, not only whether research, scholarship or Assembly adopted the document, provides these organizations with other creative activities—are vital "Teaching Principles and faculty expertise but also helps to contributions to the mission of the Responsibilities." The document was University of Michigan. These fulfill the University's mission of developed, as stated in the preamble, endeavors enhance the teaching by service to the people of Michigan and "to guide faculty administrators and the faculty, enrich the educational the world. Faculty service on staff in their efforts to sustain and experience of the undergraduate appropriate unit and University strengthen a supportive educational students, provide the forum for the committees and participation in environment for our undergraduate, training of students pursuing administrative tasks are essential to graduate, and professional students." graduate education, and contribute to the effective functioning of the By section the document addresses the missions of advancing knowledge University (see Chapter 4 "Faculty individual faculty responsibilities, and serving the public. Details about Roles in Governance"), as is the and rewarding excellence in teaching. most aspects of research at the U-M mentoring of junior faculty can be found at the UM Office of A number of policies, rules, and colleagues. Leadership of professional Research website, referred to organizations and participation in throughout this chapter. This website regulations have been developed other professional activities such as is located at regarding interactions between reviewing works submitted to www.research.umich.edu.Questions faculty and students and the about the website should be directed educational process. Most logistical professional journals or conferences by e-mail to and administrative matters, for are also important to the mission of [email protected]. example, class assignments, the the University, as well as to the scheduling of classes, and office hour advancement of one's profession or Chapter 8. Teaching and Faculty policies, are handled by the schools, discipline. Interactions with Students colleges, departments, or academic The University takes great pride in Teaching is at the core of the mission units. Many academic policy the various service activities of its of the University, whether it be in the questions, such as issues of academic faculty and supports and encourages context of undergraduate education, standing and drop-add procedures, participation. Faculty should check mentoring graduate students, are also handled by the academic with their dean, director, or chair training students in the professional units. It is therefore essential for about that unit's policies concerning schools, or any of the other myriad faculty members to obtain and the evaluation of service activities as ways faculty interact with students, become familiar with their units’ part of reviews for merit salary inside and outside the classroom. Our faculty handbooks and/or student increases and tenure and promotion. students challenge us to create a rich bulletins. and diverse learning environment, Because the University places a high University-wide policies are discussed and they are the lifeblood of the value on its internal and external in section 8.D “University Policies institution. Recognizing that the relations, offices exist centrally and and Procedures Affecting Students” exceptional students who come to the in the online Faculty Handbook. within many of the schools and University of Michigan are one of our Many of these policies are included in colleges to help faculty work with most valuable resources, the a set of University policies for news media; community groups; University places great emphasis on students that is published online by local, state, and federal policy the teaching role of faculty and strives the Office of Student Conflict makers; and prospective donors. For to provide resources to encourage and Resolution at example, U-M News Service consults facilitate interactions between www.studentpolicies.dsa.umich.edu. with faculty about media relations students and faculty members. See and is equipped to provide portrait section 6.B “Criteria for Tenure” and Chapter 9. Faculty as photographs and biographical data section 8.B “Resources for Faculty.” Representatives of the about faculty members to news University/Service media, as well as press releases about In all of their dealings with students, In conjunction with teaching, accomplishments in faculty research. it is expected that faculty members scholarship, and research, faculty See section 9.C "Communications and will be fair and equitable, will support participation in service activities Media Relations," and section 9.D students in their own development within and outside the University "Faculty Statements." within the University community, and constitute the core responsibilities of

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Another important resource is the Chapter 11. Sexual Harassment harassment as well as other Michigan Outreach website, The University seeks to provide an prohibited forms of discrimination. www.outreach.umich.edu, which academic and work environment in Sexual harassment of another person features hundreds of UM-sponsored which all members of the University by a student is a violation of the research projects and other initiatives community are treated fairly and Statement of Student Rights and throughout the state of Michigan. equitably and with the respect and Responsibilities. See section 8.D.6 Chapter 10. Resolution of dignity necessary to allow each "Dispute Resolution/Statement of Disputes member of this community to realize Student Rights and Responsibilities.” his or her full potential. Sexual The University of Michigan is a large harassment is contrary to this goal. Chapter 12. University Records, and complex community, and Incidences of sexual harassment Privacy, and Access to disputes will inevitably occur. impede equal employment and Information Whether faculty are involved in a educational opportunities, impede The University of Michigan respects dispute or have been asked to provide equal access to freedom of academic the privacy of its employees. Bylaw advice regarding a dispute, they inquiry, diminish individual dignity, 14.07 states that the University will should be aware of the services and and present serious and unacceptable not release sensitive information programs that are available to assist barriers to fulfilling the University's without the consent of the individual them. scholarly, research, educational, and involved unless required to do so by In most instances, every attempt service missions. Sexual harassment law. Individuals who provide should be made to resolve disputes is a very serious matter with far- information to the University are informally, with the assistance of one reaching effects on the lives and expected to provide truthful and or more of the support services careers of individuals. It is therefore timely information and to inform the provided by the University to important that all faculty understand University of any known inaccuracies facilitate timely resolution of what is meant by sexual harassment, in the University’s records. disputes. Informal resolution implies avoid engaging in conduct that In addition to University policy, that both sides of the dispute agree constitutes sexual harassment, and be several statutes address privacy of with the final resolution. In general, aware of University policies and and access to University records. when a dispute is resolved informally, resources for dealing with sexual These include the Michigan Freedom there are no permanent records or harassment. (SPG 201.89-0) of Information Act (FOIA), which files kept on the matter. Formal Sexual harassment is unlawful under governs access to all University resolution of disputes may involve both federal and state law: it is records. See section 12.B “Freedom of committees of faculty or staff; prohibited by Title VII of the 1964 Information Act (FOIA)” in the online permanent records are kept; and Civil Rights Act, by Title IX of the version); the Michigan Bullard- established procedures for gathering Educational Amendments of 1972, Plawecki Employee Right to Know information, as well as for making and by Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Act, which governs access by decisions, may be followed. Members Rights Act. In addition, it also employees to their personnel records of the University community are constitutes impermissible conduct (see section 12.C Personnel Records expected to participate fully in the under the University's Sexual in the online version); the federal resolution of disputes if requested to Harassment Policy, which is Family Educational Rights and do so by the parties involved. reproduced in its entirety in SPG Privacy Act (FERPA), which governs The various possibilities offered by 201.89-0 (available on-line at access to student records (see section the University to help resolve spg.umich.edu), is included in a set of 12.D “Student Records/References” disputes are discussed below. While University policies for students in the online version); and SPG these options are meant to apply to available online at 601.11, "Privacy and the Need to disputes involving a faculty member http://www.studentpolicies.dsa.umic Monitor and Access Records." and other faculty or staff, the h.edu/, and is available in print and a Chapter 13. Faculty Awards informal procedures are applicable to variety of accessible formats from the disputes involving students. For Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) In its strong commitment to additional information about dispute https://hr.umich.edu/working-u- recognizing the achievements of its resolution in situations involving m/workplace-improvement/office- faculty, the University has established students, see section 8.D.2 “Academic institutional-equity. The brochure, a variety of faculty awards. Integrity and Academic Misconduct,” "Campus Commitment" further Information about a few of these section 8.D.6 “Dispute describes sexual harassment and awards has been included in this Resolution/Statement of Student other forms of prohibited Handbook as an illustration of Rights and Responsibilities,” section discrimination. OIE provides awards given by the University of 8.D.12 "Personal Relationships consultation about suspected Michigan. Unless otherwise noted, Between Faculty and Students," and incidents of discrimination or faculty on all three campuses are Chapter 11, “Sexual Harassment.” harassment, and customized eligible for these awards. educational programs on sexual

37 For a listing of awards committees, appropriations from the state of Calendar” in the online version). see section 4.E.3, “Other University Michigan. However, revenues outside University policies related to vacation Committees with Faculty Members of the General Fund, such as allowance are relevant for all faculty Recommended by SACUA.” For a sponsored research grants and on twelve-month appointments. listing of University of Michigan payments for health care services, The University of Michigan also offers teaching awards, see the Center for provide other significant sources of paid leaves to support faculty who Research on Learning and Teaching revenue for University operations. welcome children by birth, adoption, (CRLT) website at Faculty compensation may be derived foster care or legal guardianship: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/grants- from all these sources, depending on awards/teachingawards . the faculty member’s appointment, Maternity (Childbirth) duties, and workload. Compensation Leave: Up to 6 weeks of paid Chapter 14. Compensation and expenditures include direct wages time off to recover from Budgetary Procedures and costs for benefits associated with childbirth (available to birth An adequate faculty compensation University employment. mothers); and package, encompassing salary and benefits, is recognized to be of the Chapter 15. Benefits and Parental Leave: Up to 6 utmost importance in attracting and Services weeks of paid time off to retaining the outstanding faculty that One of the ways the University of bond with a new child is essential to the health of the Michigan strives to attract and retain (available to birth mothers University. To this end, the Board of an outstanding faculty is through its who have also used Regents, president, provost and benefits programs. Current maternity leave, fathers and executive vice president for academic information about benefits, services other parents). affairs (Ann Arbor campus), and supports offered to faculty is Also effective September 1, 2018, chancellors (UM-Flint and UM- available at: eligibility for all uses of extended sick Dearborn campuses), and the deans https://hr.umich.edu/benefits- time was reduced from two years of and directors of academic units direct wellness service to one year for faculty (as well considerable attention to the Chapter 16. Leaves, Absences, as campus staff and Medical School development and allocation of Holidays, Vacations, and staff). resources for compensation. In doing University Closures so, they take into account market For more information, see SPG forces within various disciplines and In recognition that extended periods 201.30-6. professions, compensation packages of leave from regular University Chapter 17. University Travel at peer institutions, input from the duties may enhance the professional and Reimbursement Committee on the Economic Status of effectiveness of University faculty, the the Faculty (see section 4.E.2 “Other University has developed a variety of Many faculty members travel as part Senate Assembly Standing and paid and unpaid leaves to meet those of their research, teaching, and Special Faculty Committees”), and needs. Extenuating personal service responsibilities. Policies University and unit budget circumstances that prevent faculty concerning safety, health, and similar circumstances. members from carrying out their concerns can be found at the Global duties are also recognized in policies Michigan site, where faculty can also The University has an operating and programs that provide for paid complete the required registration for budget of several billion dollars, and and unpaid leaves in appropriate travel outside the United States about 60% of that total is spent on instances. Certain University holidays http://global.umich.edu/. In compensation of faculty and staff. and closure rules affect the addition, information about expenses The University’s operating revenues responsibilities of all faculty and staff. and reimbursement can be found at: for the General Fund, which is the There are other periods when classes http://procurement.umich.edu/travel operating fund used for most are not held but University offices -expense. instruction and instructional-related remain open (for example, University activities, come primarily from Spring break and Martin Luther King, student tuition and fee payments and Jr. Day; see section 8.D.1 “Academic

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Chapter 18. Campus Health and Safety Emergency calls: dial 911 from any phone, from anywhere on campus – Ann Arbor, Flint, or Dearborn.

Ann Arbor campus emergency text number: 377911

CONTACT PHONE EMAIL/WEBSITE Ann Arbor Police Crime and drug tip hotline 794-6939 Crime prevention office 794-6900 Non-emergency calls 994-2911 UM-Ann Arbor pdoversight@umich. Police Oversight Committee 647-7292 edu Ann Arbor Campus- Division of Public.Safety@umic

Public Safety & Security h.edu Non-emergency 763-1131 Counseling and Psychological (734) 764- https://caps.umich. Ann Arbor Campus Services (CAPS) 8312 edu/ Division of Public Safety and Security https://hr.umich.ed Locations u/benefits- wellness/health- well-being/mental- Headquarters: Faculty and Staff Counseling health-counseling- and Consultation Office 936-8660 consultation- 1239 Kipke Drive (FASCCO) services/faculty- (just east of Crisler Arena) staff-counseling- campus zip 1010 consultation-office- Neighborhood locations: fascco Palmer Commons Office of Student Conflict https://oscr.umich.e 936-6308 100 Washtenaw Ave. Resolution (OSCR) du/ Room 1085, 763-9395 Environment, Health, and https://ehs.umich.e 647-1143 Safety (EHS) du/ Pierpont Commons https://medicine.u 2101 Bonisteel Blvd. mich.edu/dept/psyc 647-4066 Psychiatric Emergency Service 936-5900 hiatry/patient- at U-M Hospitals Mason Hall Office care/psychiatric- 419 S. State Street emergency-service Room G417, 764-5738 SafeHouse Center 24/7 Helpline https://www.safeho 995-5444 (Ann Arbor) usecenter.org/ Church Street Parking Structure 525 Church Street, 647-2900 https://sapac.umich SafeHouse Center – Resources 973-0242 .edu/article/resourc Wolverine Tower Neighborhood for Male Survivors es-male-survivors Office Sexual Assault Prevention and 3003 S. State Street, Room 6080 https://sapac.umich Awareness Center (SAPAC) 763-3333 615-1596 .edu/ Crisis Line SAPAC Business Line 764-7771 https://connect2co mmunity.umich.edu SOS Community Services 484-9945 /agency/detail/?age ncy_id=24248 University Health Service https://uhs.umich.e 764-8320 (UHS) du/ UM-Dearborn https://umdearborn (313)593- Department of Public Safety .edu/offices/police- 5333 public-safety

39 https://umdearborn .edu/students/wom (313) 583- ens-resource- Health Referral Services 6445 center/community- resources/health- services UM-Flint https://www.umflin (810)762- Department of Public Safety t.edu/safety/depart 3333 ment-public-safety https://www.umflin Office of Environment, Health (810)766- t.edu/ehs/environm and Safety 6763 ent-health-and- safety https://www.umflin t.edu/caps/counseli Counseling, Accessibility, and (810) 762- ng-and- Psychological Services 3456 psychological- services-caps https://medicine.u mich.edu/dept/psyc UMH Psychiatric Emergency 996-4747 hiatry/patient- Services (Michigan Medicine) care/psychiatric- emergency-service https://hr.umich.ed u/benefits- wellness/health- well-being/mental- Michigan Medicine Office of health-counseling- Counseling and Workplace 763-5409 consultation- Resilience services/michigan- medicine-office- counseling- workplace-resilience https://www.dpss.u 1-800-863- UM’s Anonymous Tip Line mich.edu/content/a 1355 bout/contact-us/

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Chapter 19. Retirement, Chapter 20. Technology and Chapter 21. Additional Emeritus/Emerita Status Communications Resources Retired faculty members are The Office of the Chief Information The University of Michigan encouraged to continue to be involved Officer provides the leadership for the consistently ranks as one of the top with the University’s intellectual and development and delivery of universities in the country. One cultural life, and the Regents have computing resources to University reason for its reputation is its broad instituted policies that give faculty a faculty, staff and students. Additional array of resources. From its libraries wide range of retirement benefits and information is available here: and museums to its musical and options that make a continuing http://cio.umich.edu/about. theatrical productions and athletic relationship possible. U-M retiree ID events, the University offers a vibrant cards enable retired faculty and staff cultural and social life for those who to take advantage of many of the live, study, and work here and for the privileges available as active thousands of visitors who come to employees. Ann Arbor every year. This section of the Faculty Handbook provides a Opportunities available to retired small sample of the university’s faculty may include: remarkable wealth of resources. • Assistance through the Faculty

and Staff Counseling and Consultation Office • Temporary employment • Purchase athletic tickets • Access to recreation sports facilities

• Library privileges

• Computing services

• Some parking privileges

• Ability to join U-M retiree

organizations

Additional opportunities may be available to retired faculty to whom the Regents award emeritus/emerita status. See section 19.K "Emeritus/Emerita Status" in the online version.

See the benefits website for more information at: https://hr.umich.edu/benefits- wellness/retiring-u-m/planning- retirement

41 Appendix 1: Acronyms

Commonly Used Acronyms at U-M AAAC-Academic Affairs Advisory Committee LSI-Life Sciences Institute AAPD-Ann Arbor Police Department MCARD-University of Michigan I.D. Card AAATA-Ann Arbor Area Transit Authority MCIT-Medical Center Information Technology AAUP-American Association of University Professors MDCR-Michigan Department of Civil Rights ARC-Advanced Research Computing MLC-Michigan Learning Communities ATCS-Adaptive Technology Computing Services MIDAS-Michigan Institute for Data Science AWC-Academic Women’s Caucus MUTO-Michigan Union Ticket Office BEC-Business Engagement Center NCIC-North Campus Information Center BRRC-Biological Research Review Committee NCID-National Center for Institutional Diversity CAEN-Computer-Aided Engineering Network NCRB-North Campus Recreational Building CAPS-Counseling and Psychological Services NCRC-North Campus Research Complex CCC-Cultural Collections Council NSF-National Science Foundation CCRB-Central Campus Recreation Building OBP – Office of Budget and Planning CESF-Committee on the Economic Status of the Faculty OIE-Office of Institutional Equity CEW+-Center for the Education of Women OIP-Office of International Programs CFR-Corporate & Foundation Relations OMB-Office of Management and Budget CGIS-Center for Global and Intercultural Study OQA-Other Qualified Adult CIC-Campus Information Centers ORSP – Office of Research and Sponsored Projects CITI-Center for Information Technology Integration OSCR-Office of Student Conflict Resolution CRLT-Center for Research on Learning and Teaching OTT-Office of Technology Transfer CSCAR-Center for Statistical Consultation and Research OUD-Office of University Development DLPS-Digital Library Production Service PACWI-President’s Advisory Commission on Women’s DPSS-Division of Public Safety and Security Issues EDI- Electronic Data Interchange PAF-Proposal Approval Form E&E-Evaluations and Examinations PCard-Procurement Card EEOC-Michigan Equal Employment Opportunity PEERRS-Program for the Education and Evaluation in Commission Responsible Research Scholarship EHS-Environment, Health & Safety PFIP-Provost's Faculty Initiatives Program ESA-Environmental Spatial Analysis PHLI-Public Health Library & Informatics FASCCO – Faculty and Staff Counseling and Consultation RAD-Research Associate Dean Office (formerly FASAP) PTS-Parking and Transportation Services FERPA-Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act RPC-Research Policies Committee FMLA-Family and Medical Leave Act SAB-Student Activities Building FOIA-Freedom of Information Act SACUA-Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs GEO-Graduate Employees' Organization SAPAC-Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center GSI-Graduate Student Instructor SPG-University of Michigan Standard Practice Guide GSRA-Graduate Student Research Assistant SPIN-Sponsored Programs Information Network GSSA-Graduate Student Staff Assistant TCP-Text Creation Partnership HOA-House Officers Association UAC-University Activities Center HRRIS-Human Resources Records and Information UCUCA-University Committee on Use and Care of Services Animals IC-International Center UHS-University Health Service IMSB-Intramural Sports Building ULAM-Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine IPP-International Partnerships Program UM, U-M-University of Michigan IRB-Institutional Review Board UMOR-University of Michigan Office of Research IRWG-Institute for Research on Women and Gender UMPD- refers to Division of Public Safety and Security ISDN-Integrated Services Digital Network UMS-University Musical Society ISR-Institute for Social Research UROP-Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program ITL-Instructional Technology Lab USERRA- Uniformed Services Employment and ITS-Information Technology Services Reemployment Rights Act LEO-Lecturers' Employee Organization WISE-Women in Science and Engineering LRC-Learning Resource Center WLRC-Work-Life Resource Center

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Unabridged Online Version www.provost.umich.edu/faculty/handbook

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