FACULTY HANDBOOK 2020-2022 OFFICE OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS • APPROVED SEPTEMBER 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section I. Prologue .................................................................................................................................... 7 History ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Statement of Mission ................................................................................................................ 7 Hallmarks of a Ferrum College Graduate ................................................................................... 8 Student Learning Outcomes ...................................................................................................... 8 Section II. FACULTY STRUCTURE AND GOVERNANCE ................................................................................ 9 Statement of Shared Governance ............................................................................................. 9 Faculty Organization ................................................................................................................. 9 Definition of Academic Schools ......................................................................................... 9 Definition of Academic Programs...................................................................................... 9 Definition of Academic Divisions ....................................................................................... 9 Faculty and Administrative Responsibilities .................................................................... 10 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs ........................................... 10 Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs ................................................ 11 School Deans-Academic Affairs ...................................................................... 12 Division Chairs………………………………………………………. ...................................... 15 Program Directors ........................................................................................... 17 Program Coordinators .................................................................................... 18 Provost’s Council ............................................................................................. 20 Academic Cabinet ........................................................................................... 20 Full-Time Faculty ............................................................................................. 20 Part-Time Faculty ............................................................................................ 21 Instructor of Record ........................................................................................ 22 Clinical Nursing Faculty ................................................................................... 23 Graduate Faculty ……………………………………………………………………...………………. 24 Standards of Professional and Personal Conduct ........................................................... 24 General Faculty Sessions ................................................................................................. 24 Committees and Boards .......................................................................................................... 25 Academic Committees .................................................................................................... 25 Faculty Council ................................................................................................ 26 Student Learning Assessment and Academic Standards Committee ............. 27 Athletics Committee ....................................................................................... 28 Curriculum Committee .................................................................................... 29 General Education Committee…………………………………………………………………… 30 Faculty Grievance Committee ......................................................................... 30 Teacher Education Committee ....................................................................... 31 School Tenure Committee .............................................................................. 31 Tenure, Promotion, and Honorary Status Committee .................................... 32 Boone Honors Program Steering Committee ……………………………………………. 33 Administrative Committees ............................................................................................ 33 Academic Appeals and Readmission Committee ………………………………………..34 Benefits Advisory Committee ......................................................................... 34 Information Services Advisory Committee (ISAC) ........................................... 35 Online Advisory Committee ……………………………………………………………………....36 Special Committees ......................................................................................................... 36 Advisory and Regulatory Boards–Academic Affairs ........................................................ 36 Communications Board ................................................................................... 36 2 Student Accountability Board ......................................................................... 37 Honor Board .................................................................................................... 37 Professional Development and Integrated Programming Advisory Committee . 38 Institutional Review Board (IRB) ..................................................................... 39 Section III. ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES .............................................................................. 43 Academic Freedom Statement ................................................................................................ 43 Political Activity ............................................................................................................... 43 Curriculum .............................................................................................................................. 43 General Policies ............................................................................................................... 43 Regular and Systematic Evaluation of the Curriculum .................................................... 47 Academic Program Management............................................................................................ 47 Course and Program Approval Process ........................................................................... 47 Guidelines for Proposing New Courses ........................................................................... 48 Guidelines for Restoring a Previously Dropped Course or Changing an Existing Course .................................................................................. 49 Guidelines for Proposing New Programs ........................................................................ 53 Guidelines for Revising Any Academic Program ............................................................. 54 Program Assessment and Review Guidelines ................................................................. 55 Guidelines for Discontinuing any Academic Program ..................................................... 58 Classroom and Course Management ...................................................................................... 59 Instructor of Record Policy .............................................................................................. 59 Learning Environment ..................................................................................................... 59 Civility in the Classroom: Expulsion Procedures ............................................................. 60 Course Syllabus ................................................................................................................ 61 Office Hours ..................................................................................................................... 61 Class Records ................................................................................................................... 62 Examinations ................................................................................................................... 62 Grade Reporting and Incomplete Grades ....................................................................... 62 Field Trips and Other Class-Connected Events ................................................................ 62 Privacy of Student Educational Records .......................................................................... 62 Advising .................................................................................................................................. 63 Faculty Professional Development Opportunities .................................................................. 63 New Faculty Program ...................................................................................................... 65 New Faculty Grants ......................................................................................................... 65 Faculty Professional Development Fund ......................................................................... 66 School Travel Funds ......................................................................................................... 67 Summer Curriculum Development Grant… ..................................................................... 67 Summer Faculty