Policies Faculty and Manual Procedures 2021-22 SECTION I. GENERAL POLICY STATEMENTS .......................................................................1 A. Statement on Academic Freedom ..............................................................................................3 B. Statement on Professional Ethics ...............................................................................................4 C. Statement on Non-Discrimination ..............................................................................................6 D. Statement on Sexual Harassment ...............................................................................................7 E. Statement on Dual Relationships................................................................................................8 F. Substantive Change Reporting Policy .........................................................................................9 SECTION II. – INSTRUCTION AND ADVISING .....................................................................14 A. Academic Load ........................................................................................................................15 B. Syllabus/Office Hours ..............................................................................................................18 C. Grading .....................................................................................................................................20 D. Grade Appeals ..........................................................................................................................26 E. Final Examinations ...................................................................................................................30 F. Class Attendance ......................................................................................................................31 G. Academic Probation and Suspension Policy ............................................................................33 H. Faculty Guide to the Honor Code and Honor Charges ............................................................35 I. Writing Intensive Course Policy................................................................................................40 J. Speaking Intensive Course Policy .............................................................................................42 K. Standards for Academic Credit ................................................................................................43 L. Course Operating Standards and Class Meeting Times ...........................................................45 M. Off-Campus Trips....................................................................................................................47 N. Advising ...................................................................................................................................48 O. The Longwood University Civitae Core Curriculum ..............................................................50 P. Summer School .........................................................................................................................56 Q. Guidelines for Defining, Requesting, and Receiving External Support ..................................58 R. Use of Copyrighted Materials in instruction ............................................................................62 S. Policy on Intellectual Property Copyrights and Patents ...........................................................65 T. Policy on University Art Purchases ..........................................................................................69 U. Textbook Selection Policy .......................................................................................................70 V. Open Educational Resources ...................................................................................................71 W. Online and Hybrid Teaching and Learning .............................................................................73 SECTION III. - ACADEMIC PERSONNEL POLICIES .............................................................80 A. General Provisions ...................................................................................................................81 B. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs ...................................................................82 C. Deans ........................................................................................................................................83 D. Procedure for the Appointment of College Deans ...................................................................85 E. Department Chairs ....................................................................................................................87 F. Program Coordinators ...............................................................................................................92 G. Graduate Program Directors ....................................................................................................94 H. Civitae Core Curriculum Director and Coordinators ...............................................................96 I. Faculty Qualifications and Credentials....................................................................................100 J. Selection, Appointment and Reappointment of Faculty .........................................................101 K. Honors Faculty Status for Lecturers .......................................................................................103 L. Graduate Faculty ....................................................................................................................105 M. Non-Tenure-Track Full-Time Faculty...................................................................................108 N. External Clinical Faculty .......................................................................................................111 O. Visiting Professorships and Their Review .............................................................................112 P. Granting of Academic Rank To Administrators .....................................................................113 Q. Contracts and Outside Employment ......................................................................................114 R. Criteria for Faculty Evaluation ...............................................................................................115 S. Professional Portfolio and Curriculum Vitae .........................................................................119 T. Annual Performance Evaluation .............................................................................................120 U. Probationary Review of Tenure-Track Faculty .....................................................................124 V. Review of Clinical Educators and Lecturers..........................................................................133 W. Review of Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty ...........................................................................134 X. Tenure ....................................................................................................................................136 Y. Promotion to All Ranks..........................................................................................................139 Z. Procedures for Tenure and Promotion to All Ranks ..............................................................141 AA. Time Table for Tenure and Promotion to All Ranks ..........................................................146 BB. Post-Tenure Review ............................................................................................................148 CC. Disciplinary Action and Termination ..................................................................................151 DD. Retired and Emeriti Faculty ................................................................................................154 EE. Sick Leave ............................................................................................................................155 FF. Maternity and Parental Leave ...............................................................................................157 GG. Leaves of Absence ..............................................................................................................161 SECTION IV – GUIDELINES FOR FACULTY EVALUATION AND REVIEW ..................167 A. College of Business and Economics ......................................................................................168 B. Cormier Honors College for Citizen Scholars .......................................................................172 C. Department of Biological and Environmental Science ..........................................................176 D. Department of Chemistry and Physics ...................................................................................182 E. Department of Communication Studies .................................................................................184 F. Department of Education and Counseling ..............................................................................186 G. Department of English and Modern Languages ....................................................................192 H. Department of Health, Athletic Training, Recreation, and Kinesiology ...............................195 I. Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy .....................................................205