Faculty Handbook
The Faculty Handbook, effective August 5, 2021, supersedes the version dated November 18, 2020, and reflects updates to the section on Academic Freedom.
The previous version, dated November 18, 2020, reflects changes that were necessary in order to bring the University into compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Specifically, these changes reflect the creation of a new Interim Policy on Title IX Sexual Harassment to comply with the Department of Education’s May 6, 2020 regulations implementing Title IX. This Handbook also reflects the creation of a new Policy on Institutional Equity, which represents a combination of the University’s previous Policy on Discrimination & Harassment and Policy on Sexual Misconduct..
The Faculty Handbook constitutes a description of the rights and responsibilities of membership in the faculty of 麻豆最新出品. More complete treatments of many of the issues covered by this document are found in individual policy statements published by the University. If policies and procedures of schools or departments conflict with information in the Handbook, the statements concerning these policies in the Faculty Handbook take precedence.
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Previous Versions of the Faculty Handbook
- Faculty Handbook, effective November 18, 2020 - August 4, 2021
- Faculty Handbook, effective August 14, 2020 - November 17, 2020
- Faculty Handbook, effective October 19, 2018 - August 13, 2020
- Faculty Handbook, effective September 30, 2016 - October 18, 2018
- Faculty Handbook, effective April 1, 2015 - September 29, 2016
A summary of the changes to the Handbook, effective September 30, 2016, may be found in a Faculty Senate that was sent to all faculty on October 10, 2016. - Faculty Handbook , effective August, 2012 - March 31, 2015