FACULTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK 2019 FACULTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK Page 1 Preface This Faculty Handbook is intended to define the rights and obligations of the Northern Kentucky University administration and faculty members. All of the material in this Handbook has been approved by the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents and, as such, constitutes official University policy. In addition to the Faculty Handbook, the obligations of the Northern Kentucky University faculty, as well as the obligations of the administration to the faculty, may be defined in specific individual faculty appointment forms and in faculty handbooks of departments or colleges that have also been approved by the Board of Regents. All changes or revisions to the Faculty Handbook must be approved by the Faculty Senate and the Board of Regents. The official copy of the Faculty Handbook is maintained on the web site of the provost and executive vice president for academic affairs (https://www.nku.edu/academicaffairs.html). This office will notify faculty of any changes or revisions to the Faculty Handbook and update the official copy of the Handbook within 30 days of changes or revisions being approved by the Board of Regents. FACULTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK Page 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. DEFINITION OF FACULTY STATUS 1.1. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 12 1.2. Full-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty ............................................................................ 12 1.3. Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track, Renewable Faculty ............................................... 12 1.4. Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track, Temporary Faculty ............................................... 13 1.5. Part-Time Faculty ................................................................................................... 14 1.5.1. Part-Time Temporary Faculty ................................................................... 14 1.5.2. Part-Time Tenure-Track and Tenured Appointments ................................ 14 1.5.2.1. Temporary Part-Time Tenure-Track and Tenured Appointments . 15 1.5.2.2. Permanent Part-Time Tenure-Track and Tenured Appointments . 16 1.6. Librarians ...................................................................................................................... 16 1.7. Special-Appointment Faculty ....................................................................................... 16 1.7.1. Emeritus Faculty ......................................................................................... 16 1.7.2. Visiting Faculty .......................................................................................... 16 1.7.3. Adjunct Faculty .......................................................................................... 17 1.7.4. Endowed Chairs and Named Professorships ............................................. 17 1.7.5. Professors of Practice ................................................................................. 17 1.7.5.1. Assistant Professor of Practice ...................................................... 18 1.7.5.2. Associate Professor of Practice ...................................................... 18 1.7.5.3. Professor of Practice ...................................................................... 18 1.7.6. Clinical Faculty ............................................................................................. 18 1.7.6.1. Clinical Instructor .......................................................................... 19 1.7.6.2. Clinical Assistant Professor ........................................................... 19 1.7.6.3. Clinical Associate Professor .......................................................... 19 1.7.6.4. Clinical Professor ........................................................................... 19 1.8. Administrators with Faculty Rank .......................................................................... 19 1.8.1. Full-Time Administrators with Academic Rank ....................................... 19 1.8.2. Cooperating Faculty ................................................................................... 20 1.8.3. Retreat Rights ............................................................................................. 20 1.9. Qualifications for Appointment to Rank ....................................................................... 20 1.9.1. Instructor ..................................................................................................... 20 1.9.2. Assistant Professor ..................................................................................... 20 1.9.3. Associate Professor ..................................................................................... 21 1.9.4. Professor .................................................................................................... 21 1.9.5. Lecturer ...................................................................................................... 21 1.9.6. Part-Time Faculty ...................................................................................... 21 1.10. Graduate Faculty ........................................................................................................ 22 1.10.1. Full Graduate Faculty Status ...................................................................... 22 1.10.2. Associate Graduate Faculty Status ............................................................ 22 2. CONTRACTS 2.1. Academic Year and Faculty Contractual Duties ..................................................... 22 2.2. Initial Appointment—Probationary ........................................................................ 23 FACULTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES HANDBOOK Page 3 2.3. Reappointment--Probationary ................................................................................. 23 2.3.1. Instructor .................................................................................................... 23 2.3.2. Assistant Professor ..................................................................................... 23 2.4. Part-Time Faculty ................................................................................................... 24 2.5. Probationary Contracts ............................................................................................ 24 2.6. Faculty with Tenure ................................................................................................. 24 2.7. Locus of Contract Appointment .............................................................................. 24 2.8. University Benefits ................................................................................................. 24 2.8.1. Definitions ................................................................................................. 24 2.8.2. Range ......................................................................................................... 25 2.8.3. Information ................................................................................................ 25 2.9. Approval of Board of Regents ................................................................................ 25 2.10. Faculty Recruitment and Appointment ................................................................... 25 2.11. Emeritus Appointments .......................................................................................... 25 2.12. Joint Appointments ................................................................................................. 26 3. EVALUATION FOR REAPPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND TENURE 3.1. Criteria .................................................................................................................... 27 3.1.1. Teaching ..................................................................................................... 27 3.1.2. Scholarship and Creative Activity ............................................................. 27 3.1.3. Service to the University, the Discipline/Profession, and/or the Community ................................................................................................. 27 3.2. Procedures for Decisions on Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure ..................... 28 3.2.1. Time Schedule ........................................................................................... 28 3.2.2. Initiation of Request .................................................................................... 28 3.2.3. Departmental/School Committee ................................................................ 28 3.2.4. Departmental/School Committee: Eligibility ............................................ 28 3.2.5. Departmental/School Committee: Deliberations ........................................ 29 3.2.6. Departmental/School Committee: Voting and Responsibilities ................. 29 3.2.7. Chair/Director ............................................................................................. 30 3.2.8. Dean ........................................................................................................... 30 3.2.9. Provost ....................................................................................................... 30 3.2.10. President ...................................................................................................... 31 3.2.11. Board of Regents ........................................................................................ 31 3.2.12. Notice of Non-Reappointment ...................................................................