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I.            FOREWORD

II.            GENERAL INFORMATION

1.            A Short History of American University

2.            The University and the United Methodist Church

3.            Statement of Common Purpose

4.            The Washington College of Law

5.            Academic Freedom at American University

III.          UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION AND POLICY-MAKING

6.            Administrative Organization of the University

7.            Academic Policy-Making Bodies

a.  The Board of Trustees

b.  The University Senate

c.   Educational Policy Committees and Teaching Unit Councils

8.            Washington College of Law Governance

a.  Dean of the Washington College of Law

b.  The Faculty of the Washington College of Law

c.  Washington College of Law Committee on Rank and Tenure

d.  Washington College of Law Committee on Appointments

e.  Washington College of Law Committee on Standards and Evaluations and Library

f.  The Dean of Academic Affairs

g.  The University Committee on Faculty Grievances

h.  Faculty Hearing Committee

9.            Provisions for Handling Faculty Appointments, Reappointment, Promotion, Tenure, and Grievances    

a.  Washington College of Law Faculty Personnel Procedures

b.  Review of Washington College of Law Faculty Personnel Decisions

IV.          FACULTY REGULATIONS

10.          Faculty Rank: General Conditions of Appointment

a.  Full-Time Faculty

b.  Visiting Faculty

c.  In-Residence Faculty

d.  Emeriti/ae Faculty

e.  Adjunct Faculty

f.  Status of Professional Staff

g.  Research Faculty

h.  Faculty Fellows

i.  Administrative Officers and Staff Members with Faculty Rank
j.  Temporary Faculty
k.  Affiliate Faculty

11.          General Criteria Used in Evaluation of Faculty Members
a.  Educational and Professional Background

b.  Effective Teaching

c.  Creative, Scholarly, and Professional Development

d.  Professional Conduct and Service to the Institution, Community, and Discipline

12.          Qualifications for Specific Ranks (Section 9 of the University Faculty Manual)

a.  Instructor

b.  Assistant Professor

c.  Associate Professor

d.  Professor

e.  University Professor

f.  Distinguished Professor

g.  The Director of the Law Library

13.          Special Provisions and Procedures with Respect to Appointments, Reappointment, and Other Faculty Actions

a.  Limitation of Service in the Rank of Instructor

b.  Terms of Service
c.  Reappointment
d.  Promotion in Rank
e.  Designation of Special Titles other than Regular Faculty Ranks
f.  Documentary Support for Faculty Personnel Actions:  Rights and Responsibilities of Faculty
g.  Right of a Current or Prospective Faculty Member to be Informed of Personnel Action Recommendations

h.  Schedule of Notice for Appointment or Termination

i.  Candidates who are not US citizens or permanent residents

j.  Resignations

k.  Adjunct Faculty Ranks

14.          Appointment With Tenure

a.  In General

b.  Eligibility for Tenure

i.                Minimum Rank

ii.            Years of Service: Full‑Time Faculty

iii.           Waiver of Prior Service

c.  Leaves and Accrued Time for Tenure

d.  Accumulation of Service Toward Tenure: Faculty Members with Less Than Full-Time Teaching Duties

e.  Prohibition Against a Concurrent Tenured or Full-Time Appointment at Another Higher Education Institution.

15.          Professional Obligations

a.  Teaching Responsibilities

b.  Overload Teaching at American University

16.          Voting Faculty

17.          Leaves of Absence

a.  Justification for Leave

b.  Limitations and Conditions

c.  Types of Leave

i.             Leave Without Pay

ii.            Research Leaves

iii.           Sabbatical Leave

iv.           Family and Medical Leaves

v.            Terminal Leave

18.          Retirement

19.          Faculty Grievances

a.  Scope

b.  Timeline

c.  Informal Resolution

d.  Handling of Grievances by the Committee on Faculty Grievances

i.             Filing of Grievance

ii.            Hearing Process

20.            Appeal Procedures for Recommendations or Final Action involving Non-Renewal, Non-Promotion or Denial of Tenure for Tenure Track Appointments

21.          Disciplinary Procedures

a.  Scope

b.  Concurrent and/or Grievance Proceeding

c.  Timeline

d.  Informal Procedures

e.  Procedures for Hearings before the Faculty Hearing Committee for Termination with Cause and other major sanctions

i.             Filing of Statement of Charges

ii.            Hearing Panel

f.  Appeal Procedures for Dismissal Actions

g.  Procedures for Imposition of Sanctions other than Dismissal

h.  Terminal Salary or Notice

22.          Termination for Reasons of Financial Exigency

a.  Procedures for Determination of Financial Exigency

b.  Financial Exigency Termination Review Procedures

c.  Appeal

d.  Terminal Salary or Notice

e.  Reinstatement Rights..

23.          Professional Standards

a.  Employment of Relatives

b.  Outside Professional Activities

1.Publication
2. Professional Service

c.  Use of University Facilities

d.  Sexual Harassment Policy

i.             Informal Complaint

ii.            Formal Complaint

e.  Violations of Scholarly and Research Integrity

24.          Miscellaneous Provisions

a.  Graduate Study by Faculty

b.  Summer Session Teaching Opportunities

c.  Death While on Active Service

25.          Amendments

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