Updates to Faculty Handbook

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January 2013

• Code of Ethics
• Academic and Professional Preparation Requirements for Faculty
• Academic Rank and Promotion in Rank
• University Distinguished Teachers
• Compensation for Distance Learning Development and Instruction
• Policy for Revenue Sharing for Online, Asynchronous Courses
• Policy on Accelerated Courses
• Policy on Self-Supporting Research Professional Positions

October 2012

• Administrative and Professional Faculty
• University Spokesperson and Media Liaison
• Approval of Curricular Changes, New Courses and Course Changes
• Honorary Degrees: Criteria and Procedures
• Annual Leave Policy for Administrative and Professional Faculty and Eligible Instructional and Research Faculty on Twelve-Month Contracts
• Civil and Administrative Leave, Military Leave, Bone Marrow and Organ Donor Leave, Emergency/Disaster Leave, Recognition Leave, School Assistance and Volunteer Service Leave, Civil and Administrative Leave, Military Leave, Bone Marrow and Organ Donor Leave, and Emergency/Disaster Leave, Recognition Leave and School Assistance and Volunteer Service Leave.
• Sick Leave Policy
• Leave of Absence Without Compensation
• Telework Policy
• Fee Waivers for Full-time Faculty, Staff and Dependents

July 2012

• Code of Student Conduct
• Research Conflict of Interests
• Academic Rank and Promotion in Rank
• Tenure
• Full-Time Faculty Member as a Degree Candidate
• Discrimination Complaint Procedure
• Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities
• Accommodation of Students with Disabilities
• Summer Research Fellowship Programs
• Tuition Assistance Policy
• Responsibility of Budget Unit Directors
• Fixed Asset Control
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure Mid-Year
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Promotion in Rank

January 2012

• Organization Chart
• Definition of the Credit Hour
• Policy, Procedure and Timeline for Responding to Allegations of Misconduct in Scientific Research and Scholarly Activity
• Gun and Weapon Regulation
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure Mid-Year

October 2011

• Sexual Harassment Policy
• Firearms, Weapons, and Certain Related Devices
• Fixed Asset Control
• Workplace Violence Prevention Policy
• Sexual Misconduct Policy
• Stalking Policy
• Schedule of Reappointment/Nonreappointment of Lecturers (Beyond Their First Year of Employment) and Senior Lecturers (Every Three Years Beyond Their First Year of Employment)

July 2011

• Administrative Organization
• Academic Organization
• Organization Chart
• Initial Appointment of Teaching and Research Faculty
• Reappointment or Nonreappointment of Faculty
• Voluntary Phased Separation Program for Tenured Faculty
• University Telephone System Usage
• Individual and Institutional Memberships in Professional or Civic Organizations and Social Clubs
• Notifying the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) of Substantive Change
• Sick Leave Policy
• Business-Related Travel Allowance
• Business Travel Policy
• Policy on the Use of Computing Resources
• Information Technology Access Control Policy
• Information Technology Infrastructure, Architecture, and Ongoing Operations Policy
• Data Classification Policy
• Electronic Messaging Policy for Official University Communication
• University Drug and Alcohol Policy

May 2011

• Organization Chart
• Initial Appointment of Teaching and Research Faculty
• Special Appointments
• University Professors
• Extra Compensation
• General Harassment Policy
• Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures
• Faculty Research and Development Assignments
• Student Complaint Procedure
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure
• Schedule of Tenure Faculty for University Professor Designation

January 2011

• Organization Chart
• Joint Appointments
• Eminent Scholars
• Graduate Program Director
• Facilities and Administration Cost Recovery
• Tuition Assistance Policy
• Family and Medical Leave Act Policy
• Policy on Children in the Workplace
• Guidelines and Policy on Dealing with Disruptive Students
• Schedule of Tenured Faculty for Eminent Scholar Designation

July 2010

• Policy on Faculty and Faculty Adminstrator Hiring (deactivated)
• Hiring Procedures for Instructional and Adminstrative Faculty
• Administrative and Professional Faculty
• University Policy on the Evaluation of Teaching
• Policy on Intellectual Property
• Copyright Ownership and Royalty Rights for Technology-Based Instruction (deactivated)
• Visitng Scholar/Volunteer Policy
• Policy, Procedures and Timeline for Responding to Allegations of Misconduct in Scientific Research and Scholarly Activity
• Student Disciplinary Policies and Procedures

June 2010

• History
• Mission of the University
• Old Dominion University Organization Chart
• Statement of Work Values (deactivated)
• Resolution Concerning Employment
• Academic Rank and Promotion in Rank
• Policy on Conversion of a Non-Tenure Eligible Position to Tenure-Eligible and Appointment to the Rank of Assistant Professor
• Emeritus/Emerita Appointments
• Tenure
• Evaluation of Faculty
• Separation Process for Faculty and Staff
• Policy for Conflicts of Interests Arising from an Employee's or Family Member's Financial Interests, Employment at, or Prepresentation of Old Dominion University
• Policy on Intellectual Property
• Faculty Research and Development Assignments
• Telework Policy
• Family and Medical Leave Act Policy
• Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy and Procedures (deactivated)
• Solicitation Policy
• Threat Assessment
• Student Record Policy
• Schedule of Reappointment/Nonreappointment of Nontenured Faculty Members in the Second and Subsequent Years on Service (Nontenured and Non-First Year Faculty Only)
• Schedule of Reappointment/Nonreappointment of Lecturers (Beyond Their First Year of Employment) and Senior Lecturers (Every Three Years Beyond Their First Year of Employment)

October 2009

• Academic Rank and Promotion in Rank
• Tenure
• Evaluation of Faculty
• Schedule for Pre-Tenure Review (Non-Tenured and Non-First Year Faculty)
• Schedule for Pre-Tenure Review for Faculty Appointed at Mid-Year (Non-Tenured and Non-First Year Faculty)
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure Mid-Year
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Promotion in Rank

June 2009

• Eminent Scholars
• Resale of Sample Textbooks and Materials
• Interim Suspension

January 2009

• Accommodation of Students with Disabilities
• Tuition Assistance Program for Faculty and Faculty Administrators
• Tuition Assistance Program for Dependents and Spouses of Faculty and Faculty Administrators
• Webb Center Scheduling Policy and Procedure
• Sexual Assault Policy
• Stalking Policy

October 2008

• History
• Virginia Sickness and Disability Program
• Firearms, Weapons, and Certain Related Devices
• Guidelines for Children in the Workplace
• Student Disciplinary Policies and Procedures
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure

August 2008 

• Emeritus/Emerita Appointments
• Resolution Supporting Intellectual Diversity
• Academic Advising
• Academic Advising Mission Statement
• Class Rosters
• Grades and Grade Sheets
• Use of Fixed-Price Contract Residuals
• Annual Leave Policy for Adminstrative and Professional Faculty and Eligible Instructional and Research Faculty on Twelve-Month Contracts
• Sick Leave Policy
• Civil and Administrative Leave; Military Leave
• New leave policies on Bone Marrow and Organ Doner Leave, Emergency/Disaster Leave, Recognition Leave, and School Assistance and Volunteer Service Leave
• Payroll Deductions section - changes to Virginia Retirement System, Optional Retirement Plans and Virginia Retirement System Group Term Life Insurance
• Optional Benefits Through Payroll Deduction section - changes to Flexible Spending Accounts, Tax Sheltered Annuities, and Deferred Compensation Plan and removal of section on United States Savings Bonds
• Workers' Compensation

January 2008

• Academic Rank and Promotion in Rank
• Tenure - Track Positions Funded by Research Centers
• Tenure
• Certificate of Recognition or Achievements for Terminally Ill and Deceased Students

October 2007

• University Professors
• Graduate Assistantship Grievance Procedure
• Guidelines for Export-Controlled Research
• Policy on the Use of Computing Resources
• IT Access Control Policy
• IT Operations Management Policy
• Data Classification Policy
• Electronic Messaging Policy for Official University Communication
• Smoking Policy
• Solicitation Policy
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure

July 2007

• Academic Rank and Promotion in Rank
• Tenure

May 2007

• Code of Ethics
• Composition of Tenure Committees
• Evaluation of Faculty
• University Policy on the Evaluation of Teaching
• Approval of New Courses, Course Changes and Curriculum Changes
• Telecommuting Policy

February 2007

• Evaluation of Academic Deans
• Policy for Department Chair Evaluation
• Class Attendance by Guests
• Department Chairs

October 2006

• Academic Rank and Promotion in Rank
• Tenure
• Policy for Responding to Allegations of Misconduct in Scientific Research and Scholarly Activity
• Procedures for Responding to Allegations of Misconduct in Scientific Research or Other Scholarly Activity

July 2006

• History
• Emeritus Appointments
• Final Examinations
• Graduate Program Director
• Certification of Faculty for Graduate Instruction
• University Research Administration
• Copyright Ownership and Royalty Rights for Technology-Based Instruction
• Review of Research Proposals
• Financial Interests in Sponsored Programs
• Qualifications for Service as a Principal Investigator
• Research-Funded Conversion to a 12-Month Faculty Contract
• Research Review Boards
• Priority for External Funding on Limited Submissions
• Intramural Summer Research Fellowship Programs
• Research Foundation
• Guidelines for Children in the Workplace
• Student Disciplinary Policies and Procedures
• Certificate of Recognition for Terminally Ill and Deceased Students
• Schedule of Reappointment/Nonreappointment of Nontenured Faculty Members in the Second and Subsequent Years of Service (Non-Tenured and Non-First Year Faculty) and Lecturers and Senior Lecturers Beyond their First Year of Employment
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure

January 2006

• Schedule For The Fifth-Year Major Evaluation of Lecturers and Senior Lecturers
• University Policy on the Evaluation of Teaching (University Policies and Procedures, #5800)

October 2005

• Initial Appointment of Teaching and Research Faculty 
• Academic Rank and Promotion in Rank
• Emeritus Appointments
• Administrative and Professional Faculty
• Tenure
• Evaluation of Faculty
• Faculty Salary Increments 
• Compensation and Human Resources Administration Plan for Administrative and Professional Faculty
• Annual, Military and Civil Leave Policy for Administrative and Professional Faculty and Faculty on Twelve-Month Contracts
• Sick Leave Policy
• Schedule for Pre-Tenure Review for Faculty Appointed at Mid-Year (Non-Tenured and Non-First Year Faculty)
• Old Dominion University Faculty Senate Constitution
• Bylaws for the Faculty Senate of Old Dominion University

July 2005

• University Professors (University Policies and Procedures, #5432)
• University Professor Nomination Guidelines
• Board of Visitors Policy on Tenure
• Policy and Procedures on Evaluation of Faculty
• University Policy on the Evaluation of Teaching (University Policies and Procedures, #5800)
• Class Audit (Non-Formal) by Faculty, Spouses and Retired Faculty
• Tuition Assistance Program for Faculty and Faculty Administrators (University Policies and Procedures, #6401)
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure
• Schedule for Faculty Seeking Tenure Mid-Year

May 2005

• Faculty Class Attendance
• Final Examinations
• Faculty Office Hours
• Procedures for Compliance with the Virginia State and Local Government Conflict of Interests Act (University Policies and Procedures, #5411)
• Communications with the Board of Visitors
• Institutional and Individual Memberships in Professional Organizations and Social Clubs (University Policies and Procedures, #1060)
• Guidelines for the Establishment and Operation of Research Centers
• Tuition Assistance Program for Faculty and Faculty Administrators (University Policies and Procedures, #6401) 
• Tuition Assistance Program for Dependents and Spouses of Faculty and
  Faculty Administrators (University Policies and Procedures, #6405) 
  

January 2005

• Administrators Returning to Faculty Positions (University Policies and Procedures, #6110)
• Student Disciplinary Policies and Procedures
• Student Record Policy (University Policies and Procedures, #4100)