YALE UNIVERSITY Faculty Handbook July 1, 2018 CONTENTS Introduction .....................................................................................................................................1 I. University Organization .......................................................................................................2 A. History............................................................................................................................2 B. The Yale Corporation .....................................................................................................2 C. Officers of the University ..............................................................................................3 D. Schools and Faculties of the University.........................................................................3 II. Academic Freedom and Faculty Standards of Conduct ......................................................5 III. Faculty Ranks, Appointments, and Policies: University-wide................................ ..............8 A. Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action .....................................................................8 B. Faculty Ranks..................................................................................................................8 C. Recruitment and Approval Process for Faculty Appointments .......................................9 D. Authority to Appoint .......................................................................................................9 E. Appointments and Terms of Employment .....................................................................10 F. Maximum Time in Non-tenure Ladder Ranks ..............................................................10 G. Notice of Termination and Non-reappointment .............................................................12 H. Joint Ladder Faculty Appointments between Departments or Schools .........................13 I. Part-time Appointment to the Ladder Ranks of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor ................................................................................................14 J. Dual Appointments as Faculty and Managerial or Professional Employee ..................15 K. Faculty Appointment Procedures ..................................................................................16 L. Decisions Not to Reappoint or Promote and their Review ...........................................19 M. Review Procedure for Complaints about Issues Other than Reappointment or Promotion ......................................................................................................................23 N. Review Procedures for Complaints about Violations of the Faculty Standards of Conduct.....................................................................................................................23 IV. Faculty of Arts and Sciences ...............................................................................................29 A. Description....................................................................................................................29 B. Governance ..................................................................................................................29 C. Academic Departments and Programs ..........................................................................32 D. Assignment to the Graduate School Faculty .................................................................34 E. Appointments Procedures .............................................................................................35 F. Voting Policies ..............................................................................................................35 G. Meetings of the Faculty ...................................... ..........................................................38 H. Ladder Faculty Ranks ...................................................................................................40 I. Other Instructional Appointments ................................................................................48 J. Instructional Opportunities for Yale Graduate and Professional School Students........53 K. Research Appointments ...............................................................................................54 L. Leaves of Absence .......................................................................................................54 V. School of Architecture .......................................................................................................58 A. Description ...................................................................................................................58 B. Governance: The Executive Committee ......................................................................58 C. Composition and Ranks of Faculty ..............................................................................58 D. Appointment, Reappointment, and Promotion Policy and Procedures........................61 E. Leave Policy and Procedures .......................................................................................63 F. Research/Travel Funds .................................................................................................63 VI. School of Art ......................................................................................................................64 A. Description ...................................................................................................................64 B. The Governing Board and the Appointments Committee............................................64 C. Composition and Ranks of Faculty ..............................................................................64 D. Appointments ...............................................................................................................65 E. Leave Policy.................................................................................................................66 VII. Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music ..................................................................67 A. Description ...................................................................................................................67 B. Governance ..................................................................................................................67 C. Faculty Ranks...............................................................................................................68 D. Appointments ...............................................................................................................68 E. Termination Policy .......................................................................................................68 F. Leave Policy.................................................................................................................69 VIII. School of Drama ................................................................................................................70 A. Description ...................................................................................................................70 B. Faculty Composition and Responsibilities...................................................................70 C. Faculty Ranks...............................................................................................................71 D. Appointments ...............................................................................................................71 E. Reappointments and Promotions .................................................................................72 F. Leave Policy.................................................................................................................72 IX. School of Forestry & Environmental Studies ....................................................................73 A. Description ...................................................................................................................73 B. Governance ..................................................................................................................73 C. Ladder Faculty Ranks and Appointments ....................................................................74 D. Leave Policy.................................................................................................................74 E. Other Instructional and Research Appointments .........................................................74 F. Instructional Opportunities for Graduate Students (Ph.D., D.F.E.S. and Masters)......77 X. Law School ........................................................................................................................78 A. Description ...................................................................................................................78 B. Appointments: The Governing Board ..........................................................................78 C. Faculty Ranks...............................................................................................................78 D. Leave Policy.................................................................................................................80 XI. School of Management ......................................................................................................81 A. Description ...................................................................................................................81