Faculty Handbook
FACULTY HANDBOOK Linfield University McMinnville, Oregon 97128-6894 Linfield University, affiliated with the American Baptist Churches in the USA, is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Specialized accreditation is granted to certain of the university’s individual programs. The Linfield Good Samaritan School of Nursing is accredited by the Oregon State Board of Nursing and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, which is the accrediting branch of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The education program is approved for training of elementary and secondary teachers by the State of Oregon’s Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. Linfield University’s music program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, and its athletic training program is accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. Linfield is an equal opportunity employer, follows an affirmative action policy in faculty and staff recruitment and hiring, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability in its educational programs, admissions, activities, or employment policies in keeping with the letter and spirit of all applicable equal opportunity laws. Linfield reserves the right, when there is adequate reason to do so, to withdraw courses, change fees, alter calendar, or revise rules or regulations. Fall 2020 PREFACE 2020-21 Linfield University Faculty Handbook The Linfield University Faculty Handbook contains policies and procedures under which faculty members, individually and collectively, do their work. Its purpose is to assist faculty and academic administrators in carrying out their functions effectively and cooperatively.
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