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Faculty Handbook – Academic Responsibilities and Procedures

Other Academic Responsibilities, Procedures and Policies

  • Academic Processions and Regalia
  • Academic Programs Leading to Professional Licensure Policy (Disclosure Requirements)
  • Assignments Over Breaks
  • Attendance Expectations and Official Absence Policy
  • Audit Enrollment (Course Visitor)
  • Class Rosters
  • Class Scheduling and Class Periods
  • Class Walks and Early Dismissal
  • Disciplining Students
  • End of Semester Study Period
  • Final Evaluative Exercise Policy and Rescheduling of Finals
  • Grade Appeal Policy and Procedures
  • Grading and Grade Rosters
  • Independent Study Protocol
  • Instructional Equipment
  • Online Learning Policy
  • Office Hours
  • Outside Speakers
  • Public Office
  • Registration
  • Student Grievance Procedures
  • Student Records and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  • Syllabus Requirements Policy
  • Teaching
  • Teaching – Student Perception of Teaching
  • Textbooks and Course Packets – Procedures for Ordering
  • Unprofessional Behavior, Disruptive Behavior and Lack of Academic Progression Policy
  • Withdrawals

Information and policies on this page were transferred from the 2022 Faculty and Staff Handbook and then reviewed and approved by a special committee of the Faculty Senate in July 2023.

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