Eastern Connecticut State University

A Unit of the Connecticut State University System

Faculty Handbook

Table of Contents

	SECTION	Current as of
Introduction	1	8/1/01
University Administration	2	8/1/01
Mission Statement and Role and Scope Statement	3	8/1/01
Strategic Plan 2001-2006	4	8/1/01
Academic Policies and Procedures	5	8/1/01
Administrative and Auxiliary Support Procedures, Services, Centers and Facilities	6	8/1/01
Professional Development, Funding Research and Recognition	7	8/1/01
Faculty Responsibilities, Instruction, Retention, Promotion, Tenure	8	8/1/01
General University Policies	9	10/28/04
Student Policies and Services	10	8/1/01
Policies for Students with Disabilities	11	6/3/04
University Senate	12	8/1/01
Appendix	13	8/1/01

				Absence of Students Due To Religious Beliefs				5.3
				Academic Advisement Center				5.3
				Academic Appeals, Process for Undergraduate				8.3
				Academic Program Review Committee Guidelines				12.19
							University Senate Charge	12.19
							Committee Philosophy	12.19
							Review Process	12.20
							Academic Program Review Cycle	12.22
							Academic Program Assessment Outline of Summary Report	12.24
							APRC Program Review Checklist(s)	12.27
				Academic Rigor				5.8
				Academic Standing				5.8
				Accident Reports				6.50
				ACT Proficiency Examination Program (PEP)				5.13
				Add/Drop				5.9
				Administration, General				2.4
				Administrative Officers, CSU				2.3
				Administrative Officers, ECSU				2.3
				Administrative Positions, ECSU, Brief Descriptions				2.5
				Administrative Positions, ECSU, Brief Descriptions				2.5
							Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration	2.7
							Associate Vice President for Human Resources	2.6
							Dean, School of Arts and Sciences	2.7
							Dean, School of Continuing Education	2.7
							Dean, School of Education and Professional Studies	2.8
							Executive Assistant to the President/Director of Equity and Diversity	2.6
							Executive Vice President	2.5
							President	2.5
							Vice President for Academic Affairs	2.5
							Vice President for Finance and Administration	2.6
							Vice President for Institutional Advancement	2.6
							Vice President for Student Affairs	2.6
				Advising an Organization				8.5
				Advising Services				5.4
				Advisor/Advisee Assignment				5.5
				Aerospace and Environmental Education Resource Center				6.4
				Affirmative Action Policy Statement				9.3
				Affirmative Action Procedures for Interim Administrative Appointments				9.13
				Affirmative Action Search Procedures for Full-Time Administrative Faculty				9.8
				Affirmative Action Search Procedures for Full-Time Instructional Faculty				9.5
				Affirmative Action Search Procedures for Management and Confidential Unclassified Personnel				9.11
				AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases				9.15
				Airline or Rail Tickets, New Policy for Purchase of				6.60
				Akus Art Gallery				6.4
				Alcohol and Drug Policies				10.2
				Alumni Association				6.4
				Arboretum				6.5
				Associate Vice President for Finance and Administration				2.7
				Associate Vice President for Human Resources				2.6
				Athletics, Intercollegiate				10.19
				ATM Banking Facility				6.5
				Attendance Policy and Course Syllabus				8.5
				Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder				11.14
				Board of Governors for Higher Education				1.6
				Board of Trustees, CSU				2.2
				Bookstore				6.6
				Building Security				6.51
				Business (Calling) Cards				6.6
				Career and Experiential Education				10.6
				Career Information Center				6.6
				Center for Connecticut Studies				6.15
				Center for Educational Excellence				6.7, 7.2
				Cerebral Palsy				11.13
				Chairperson Selection (Department)				8.6
				Chase Free Enterprise Institute				6.8
				Cheating and Plagiarism				10.7
				Check and Cash Receipts Handling				6.47
				Class Rosters				8.6
				Class Schedules				8.6
				Classroom Assignments				8.6
				Clerical Support				6.8
				Closed-Head Injury				11.13
				Closet Café				6.23
				College Level Examination Program (CLEP)				5.13
				Commencement				8.7
				Commuter Bulletin Board				6.9
				Computing Resources				6.10
							Data Center's Academic Computing Support Staff	6.13
							Eastern's Computing Facilities	6.11
							Email	6.13
							Obtaining Information	6.12
							Reporting Problems	6.12
							The Instructional Environment	6.11
							The Student Computing Environment	6.11
							Using the Instructional Computer Classrooms	6.12
				Conference and Workshop Funds				7.2
				Connecticut State University System				1.4
				Conversations in the Discipline				7.3
				Convocation				8.7
				Copy Center Services				6.14
				Copyright Guidelines				8.8
				Counseling Services				10.7
				Course Audit				5.9
				Course File Development (Guidelines for Semester)				8.10
				Course Outlines				8.11
				Course Withdrawal				5.10
				Credit for Life Experience and Learning				5.10
				Credit Load, Student				5.11
				Credit/No Credit				5.11
				CSU Professor				7.2
				Curriculum Center				6.14
				Curriculum Development Funds				7.4
				Dean, School of Arts and Sciences				2.7
				Dean, School of Continuing Education				2.7
				Dean, School of Education and Professional Studies				2.8
				Dean's List				5.12
				Death Notification Procedures				9.17
				Death Notification Procedures				10.8
				Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Subjects (DANTES)				5.13
				Department Chairpersons and Secretaries				2.9
				Disabilities List				11.16
				Disabilities, Policies for Students with				11.2
				Disabilities, Teaching Students with Learning				11.5
				Disabilities, Teaching Students with:An Overview				11.2
				Disabilities, Where to Go for Help				11.16
				Disability, Identifying the Student with a				11.3
				Discrimination and Sexual Harassment				9.18
				Dismissal Process, Procedure for Administering				5.12
				Dismissal, Academic				10.2
				Distinguished Faculty Member				7.6
				Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace				9.19
				Early University Closings Telephone Tree				9.57
				Eastern Connecticut State University				1.4
				ECTV-22				6.15
				Electronic Mail and Voice Mail Privacy Issues				9.23
				Email				6.13
				Emergency Response/Medical Assist Guidelines				9.25
				Emergency Telephones				6.49
				Emeritus Status				7.10
				Employee Applications, Procedure Related to				9.33
				Equity and Diversity (Affirmative Action)				6.15
				Equity and Diversity, Role of the Office of				9.4
				Ethics Statement				9.26
				Examinations				5.13
							ACT Proficiency Examination Program (PEP)	5.13
							College Level Examination Program (CLEP)	5.13
							Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Subjects (DANTES)	5.13
							Examining - Out of Course	5.13
							Final Examination Statement	5.14
							Placement Exams	5.14
				Examining - Out of Course				5.13
				Excellence Awards				7.11
				Executive Assistant to the President/Director of Equity and Diversity				2.6
				Executive Vice President				2.5
				Facilities Use				6.16
							Building Numbers	6.21
							Definitions	6.22
							Facilities Usage for Special Events	6.18
							For-Profit Organizations	6.19
							General Guidelines	6.18
							Guidelines for Shafer Auditorium	6.20
							Internally Sponsored Events	6.19
							Large or Complex Events	6.19
							Non-Profit Organizations	6.18
							Reciprocal or Special Community Services	6.19
			Faculty Absences, Reporting					8.11
			Faculty Associate Program					5.15
			Faculty Credentials, Procedures for Determining					9.34
			Faculty Development Awards (CSU-AAUP)					7.7
			Faculty Loan to Other Departments, Team Teaching					8.30
			Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act					10.9
			Field Trips and Off-Campus University Events					8.12
			Final Examination Statement					5.14
			Final Grades					5.20
			Financial Aid					10.15
			Financial Disclosure Policy					7.14
			Food Cart					6.23
			Food Services and Refreshments for University Functions					6.23
			Foreign Language Requirement					5.15
			Foundation					6.24
			Freedom of Information Act, Requests for Information Under					9.29
			General Education Requirements (GER)					5.16
			Gifted Middle and High School Students Taking University Courses					5.17
			Gifts, Policy and Procedure for Handling					9.30
			Grade Appeal Policy and Process for Appeal of Grade by Student					5.18
			Grade Changes					5.19
			Grade Point System					5.19
			Grade Reports					5.20
			Grading Policies					5.18
						Final Grades		5.20
						Grade Appeal Policy and Process for Appeal of Grade by Student		5.18
						Grade Changes		5.19
						Grade Point System		5.19
						Grade Reports		5.20
						Incomplete Grades		5.20
						Mid-Term Grade Reporting		5.21
		Graduate Study						7.11
		Grand Mal Seizure, Procedure To Be Followed in the Event of a						11.15
		Grant Proposals to External Agencies						7.12
		Grants						7.12
		Grants Office						6.25
		Greenhouses						6.25
		Guest Speakers						8.13
		Hand Function Impairments, Teaching Students with						11.9
		Harry Hope Theatre						6.25
		Health Services						10.15
		Hearing Impairments, Teaching Students with						11.11
		Hire, Authority to						9.31
		Hiring Procedures						9.31
		Honorary Degree						7.15
		Honors and Honor Societies						10.16
		Housing						10.18
		Human Resources						6.26
		Human Subjects in Research, Committee on the Use of						7.21
		Hurley Food Court						6.23
		In Residence Faculty Appointments						7.17
		Incomplete Grades						5.20
		Independent Study						5.21
		Injuries in the Workplace						6.50
		Institutional Advancement						6.26
		Instructional Load Credit						8.13
		Intellectual Property						8.14
		International Student Services						10.19
		Internships						5.22
		Intersession and Summer Faculty Teaching						8.30
		Keys and Card Access						6.27
		Learning Center						6.28
		Leave Without Pay, Medical and Family						9.38
		Library						6.29
						(OCLC) Online Computer Library Catalog		6.37
						Circulation and Reserve		6.30
						Document Delivery		6.37
						High-Tech Applications in the Library		6.31
						Library Builders		6.29
						Library Room and Locker Availability		6.38
						Library Webpage		6.37
						Purchase of Library Books, Periodicals and Databases		6.30
						Research Databases		6.32
						Services to Builders and Procedures for Ordering		6.29
						The Internet		6.31
	Lost and Found							6.39
	Mail							6.40
	Media Inquiry Procedure							9.37
	Media Services							6.41
	Medical Disabilities, Teaching Students with Other							11.13
	Message from the President							1.2
	Mid-Term Grade Reporting							5.21
	Mission Statement							3.2
	Mobility and Hand Function Impairments, Teaching Students with							11.9
	Moving Expenses							6.42
	Multiple Sclerosis							11.13
	Muscular Dystrophy							11.13
	National Student Exchange							10.19
	Northeast Connecticut Economic Alliance							6.43
	Notary Public							6.43
	Off-Campus University Events, Field Trips and							8.12
	Office Assignments							6.43
	Office Hours							8.15
	Office of the Registrar							5.23
	Online Learning/OnlineCSU							6.44
	Orientation							10.20
	Outside Professional Activities, Teaching and							8.16
	Outside Teaching and Professional Activities							8.16
	Overseas Internships and Independent Study							8.17
	Parking							6.45
	Part-Time Faculty							8.17
	Paychecks							6.46
	Photography							6.47
	Placement Exams							5.14
	Plagiarism, Cheating and							10.7
	Pluralism							9.40
	Posthumous Certificate of Academic Accomplishment							5.22
	Preface							1.3
	President							2.5
	Procedures for Dealing with Alcohol and Drug Related Problems Involving Employees of the University							9.20
	Professional Leave Procedure							7.19
	Promotion, Tenure and Retention Policies and Procedures							8.18
	Proposing New Programs and Courses							8.17
	Psychological Disabilities, Teaching Students with							11.12
	Public Relations							6.48
	Public Safety (University Police Department)							6.49
					Accident Reports			6.50
					Building Security			6.51
					Emergency Telephones			6.49
					Injuries in the Workplace			6.50
					Shuttle Service			6.51
					Supplies and Equipment			6.55
					Safeguard of Equipment - Equipment Loan or Transfer Procedures			6.56
					Surplus Equipment, Policy and Procedure for Processing			6.57
					Transfers, Equipment			6.56
					Unauthorized Use of State Equipment			6.56
Publications								6.52
Reasonable Accommodations in Employment, Guidelines								9.41
Reassigned Time								7.32
Repeating Courses								5.24
Research Advisory Council (ECSU)								7.20
					Human Subjects in Research, Committee on the Use of			7.21
					Research on Human Subjects, Guidelines for			7.23
Research Grants, (CSU-AAUP)								7.27
Research on Human Subjects, Guidelines for								7.23
Resignation or Retirement								9.45
Retention, Tenure and Promotion Policies and Procedures								8.18
					AAUP-BOT/CSU Collective Bargaining Agreement, Evaluation Process Due Dates (Table 1)			8.28
					Application of Tenure Credit			8.29
					Changes to Standards of Notice for Renewal and Denial of Tenure			8.29
					Return of Promotion, Tenure or Renewal Materials			8.29
Retraining Funds								7.33
Role and Scope Statement								3.4
Sabbatic Leave								7.34
Safeguard of Equipment - Equipment Loan or Transfer Procedures								6.56
Seizure Disorders								11.14
Separation from Employment								9.46
Sexual Assault Policy and Procedures								9.47
Shuttle Service								6.51
Small Business Development Center, Greater  Windham								6.53
Smoking Policy								9.22
Snack East								6.24
Sports Center, Recreational Use of								6.53
Stamps								6.53
Strategic Plan 2001-2006								4.1
					Preface			4.2
					ECSU PRIORITY #1:Promoting Academic Excellence			4.3
					ECSU PRIORITY #2:Financial Stability			4.4
					ECSU PRIORITY #3:Faculty, Staff, and Student Diversity			4.5
					ECSU PRIORITY #4:Continuous Quality Improvement			4.6
					ECSU PRIORITY #5:Integration of Technology			4.7
					ECSU PRIORITY #6:Banner Installation			4.8
					ECSU PRIORITY #7:Showcase and Market Eastern's Academic Excellence			4.10
					ECSU PRIORITY #8:Facilities Program			4.11
Student Activities/Adviser								10.20
Student Government Association								10.21
Student Malpractice Policy								10.23
Student Media								10.24
Student Organizations								10.23
Student Rights and Responsibilities								10.20
Student Workers								6.54
Substance Abuse Awareness Program								9.22
Summer and Intersession Faculty Teaching								8.30
Summer Curriculum Development Funds								7.4
Supplies and Equipment								6.55
Surplus Equipment, Policy and Procedure for Processing								6.57
Team Teaching, Faculty Loan to Other Departments								8.30
Telephone								6.58
Tenure, Promotion and Retention Policies and Procedures								8.18
The Unity Center								6.63
Timeline for Instructional Faculty Searches								9.36
Transfer, Courses Taken at Another Institution								5.24
Transfers, Equipment								6.56
Travel Funds for Part-time Faculty								6.62
Travel Policies and Guidelines								6.59
					Airline or Rail Tickets, New Policy for Purchase of			6.60
					Travel Funds for Part-time Faculty			6.62
					Travel Reimbursement			6.61
TTY/TDD Access								6.58
Tuition Waiver								7.38
Tutoring								10.24
Unauthorized Use of State Equipment								6.56
University Hour								8.31
University Relations								6.63
University Senate Bylaws								12.7
					Amendments			12.16
					Meetings			12.7
					Nominations and Elections			12.8
					Officers			12.7
					Organization			12.7
					Standing Committees of the Senate			12.9
					University Committees (list)			12.17
University Senate Constitution								12.2
					Preamble			12.2
					Organization			12.3
					Powers and Responsibilities			12.2
					Ratification			12.6
					Restrictions			12.3
Vehicle Request Procedures								6.64
Vice President for Academic Affairs								2.5
Vice President for Finance and Administration								2.6
Vice President for Institutional Advancement								2.6
Vice President for Student Affairs								2.6
Visual Impairments, Teaching Students with								11.8
Weapons and Workplace Violence								9.49
Weather Closing Policies								9.54
Weather Hotline								6.66
Wickware Planetarium								6.67
Withdrawal from the University								5.5
Women's Center								6.67
Writing Requirements								5.25