Table of Contents

1. Definition of Faculty Status

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2. Full-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty
• 1.3. Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track, Renewable (NTTR) Faculty
• 1.4. Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track, Temporary (NTTT) Faculty
• 1.5. Part-Time Faculty
  • 1.5.1. Part-Time Temporary Faculty
  • 1.5.2. Part-Time Tenure-Track and Tenured Appointments
    • 1.5.2.1. Temporary Part-Time Tenure-Track and Tenured Appointments
    • 1.5.2.2. Permanent Part-Time Tenure-Track and Tenured Appointments
• 1.6. Librarians
• 1.7. Special-Appointment Faculty
  • 1.7.1. Emeritus Faculty
  • 1.7.2. Visiting Faculty
  • 1.7.3. Adjunct Faculty
  • 1.7.4. Endowed Chairs and Named Professorships
  • 1.7.5. Professors of Practice
    • 1.7.5.1. Assistant Professor of Practice
    • 1.7.5.2. Associate Professor of Practice
    • 1.7.5.3. Professor of Practice
  • 1.7.6. Clinical Faculty
    • 1.7.6.1. Clinical Instructor
    • 1.7.6.2. Clinical Assistant Professor
    • 1.7.6.3. Clinical Associate Professor
    • 1.7.6.4. Clinical Professor
• 1.8. Administrators with Faculty Rank
  • 1.8.1. Full-Time Administrators with Academic Rank
  • 1.8.2. Cooperating Faculty
  • 1.8.3. Retreat Rights
• 1.9. Qualifications for Appointment to Rank
  • 1.9.1. Instructor
  • 1.9.2. Assistant Professor
  • 1.9.3. Associate Professor
  • 1.9.4. Professor
  • 1.9.5. Lecturer
  • 1.9.6. Part-Time Faculty
• 1.10. Graduate Faculty
  • 1.10.1. Full Graduate Faculty Status
  • 1.10.2. Associate Graduate Faculty Status

2. Contracts

• 2.1. Academic Year and Faculty Contractual Duties
• 2.2. Initial Appointment—Probationary
• 2.3. Reappointment--Probationary
  • 2.3.1. Instructor
  • 2.3.2. Assistant Professor
• 2.4. Part-Time Faculty
• 2.5. Probationary Contracts
• 2.6. Faculty with Tenure
• 2.7. Locus of Contract Appointment
• 2.8. University Benefits
  • 2.8.1. Definitions
    • 2.8.1.1. Benefits
    • 2.8.1.2. Employee    
  • 2.8.2. Range
  • 2.8.3. Faculty Development Programs: Sabbaticals, Summer Fellowships, Project Grants
• 2.9. Approval of Board of Regents
• 2.10. Faculty Recruitment and Appointment
• 2.11. Emeritus Faculty Appointments
• 2.12. Joint Appointments

3. Evaluation for Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure

• 3.1.Criteria
  • 3.1.1. Teaching
  • 3.1.2. Scholarship and Creative Activity
  • 3.1.3. Service to the University, the Discipline/Profession, and/or the Community
• 3.2. Procedures for Decisions on Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure (RPT)
  • 3.2.1. Time Schedule
  • 3.2.2. Initiation of Request
  • 3.2.3. Departmental/School Committee
  • 3.2.4. Departmental/School Committee: Eligibility
  • 3.2.5. Departmental/School Committee: Deliberations
  • 3.2.6. Departmental/School Committee: Voting and Reporting
  • 3.2.7. Chair/Director
  • 3.2.8. Dean
  • 3.2.9. Provost
  • 3.2.10. President
  • 3.2.11. Board of Regents
  • 3.2.12. Notice of Non-Reappointment
  • 3.2.13. Withdrawal of Application
  • 3.2.14. Formal Reconsideration and Grievance

4. Reappointment

• 4.1. Eligibility
• 4.2. Qualification
• 4.3. Procedures

5. Promotion

• 5.1. Qualifications
  • 5.1.1. Promotion to Assistant Professor
  • 5.1.2. Promotion to Associate Professor
  • 5.1.3. Promotion to Professor
• 5.2. Criteria and Procedures

6. Tenure

• 6.1. Definition of Tenure
• 6.2. Grant of Tenure
• 6.3. Purpose of Tenure
• 6.4. Eligibility
• 6.5. Criteria for Tenure Decisions
• 6.6. Procedure
• 6.7. Time
• 6.8. Denial of Grant of Tenure

7. Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure for Librarians

• 7.1. Distinct Responsibilities
• 7.2. Faculty Status and Rank
• 7.3. Policies and Procedures
• 7.4. Ranks for Librarians
• 7.5. Criteria for Evaluation
  • 7.5.1. Position

8. Performance Review

• 8.1. Purpose and Applicability
• 8.2. Criteria
• 8.3. Procedures
• 8.4. Appeal Procedures

9. Post-Tenure Review

• 9.1. Purpose and Applicability
• 9.2. Statement of Purpose and Principles
• 9.3. Definitions
  • 9.3.1. Post-Tenure Review
  • 9.3.2. Post-Tenure Review Committee  
• 9.4. Initiation of the Post-Tenure Review Process
• 9.5. Creation of a Post-Tenure Review Committee
  • 9.5.1. Membership of the Post-Tenure Review Committee
  • 9.5.2. Chair of the Post-Tenure Review Committee
  • 9.5.3. College-Wide Post-Tenure Review Committee
• 9.6. The Review Process
  • 9.6.1. Initiating the Review
  • 9.6.2. Review of the Materials
  • 9.6.3. Committee Decision
  • 9.6.4. Post-Tenure Development Plan
  • 9.6.5. Appeal of the Development Plan
  • 9.6.6. Implementation of the Development Plan
  • 9.6.7. Completing the Development Plan
• 9.7. Process Review

10. Separation

• 10.1. Resignation
• 10.2. Retirement
• 10.3. Phased Retirement Program
  • 10.3.1. Purpose
  • 10.3.2. Eligibility
  • 10.3.3. Application
  • 10.3.4. Participation
  • 10.3.5. Other
• 10.4. Non-Reappointment
• 10.5. Termination for Medical Reasons
• 10.6. Program Reduction and Faculty Reassignment
  • 10.6.1. Basis for Program Reduction or Termination
  • 10.6.2. Request to Reduce or Terminate a Program
  • 10.6.3. Reassignment of Tenured Faculty
  • 10.6.4. Termination of Program Faculty
  • 10.6.5. College Program Review Committee
  • 10.6.6. Appeal Process for Faculty Termination Due to Program Reduction or Elimination
• 10.7. Financial Exigency
  • 10.7.1. Financial Exigency Policy
    • 10.7.1.1. Purposes
    • 10.7.1.2. Preparation and Purposes of the Policy
    • 10.7.1.3. Academic Values and Tenure
    • 10.7.1.4. Responsible University Means
    • 10.7.1.5. Continual and Periodic Analysis
  • 10.7.2. Definitions
    • 10.7.2.1. Termination for Financial Exigency
    • 10.7.2.2. Financial Exigency
    • 10.7.2.3. Financial Exigency Committee
    • 10.7.2.4. Day
  • 10.7.3. Determination of Financial Exigency and Board Authorization
  • 10.7.4. Establishment/Operation of the Financial Exigency Committee
    • 10.7.4.1. Committee Composition
    • 10.7.4.2. Committee Charge
    • 10.7.4.3. Committee Process
  • 10.7.5. President’s Action
  • 10.7.6. Board Action
  • 10.7.7. University Action Upon Declaration of Financial Exigency
  • 10.7.8. Termination of Faculty Positions
    • 10.7.8.1. Consideration/Obligation to Faculty
    • 10.7.8.2. Notice to Individual Faculty
    • 10.7.8.3. Unemployment Compensation
  • 10.7.9. Review of Individual Terminations
    • 10.7.9.1. Request for a Hearing
    • 10.7.9.2. Conduct of the Hearing
    • 10.7.9.3. Procedure After Hearing
  • 10.7.10. Exclusive Procedure
  • 10.7.11. Termination of Financial Exigency
• 10.8. Termination for Cause
  • 10.8.1. Grounds for Termination
  • 10.8.2. Procedures for Termination
    • 10.8.2.1. Cause for Dismissal
    • 10.8.2.2. Process for Dismissal
    • 10.8.2.3. Dismissal Hearing Process

11. Faculty Development Programs

• 11.1. Sabbatical Leaves
  • 11.1.1. Purpose
  • 11.1.2. Eligibility for Sabbatical Leaves
  • 11.1.3. Conditions
  • 11.1.4. Required Reporting
  • 11.1.5. Procedures
• 11.2. Faculty Summer Fellowships
  • 11.2.1. Purpose
  • 11.2.2. Eligibility for Faculty Summer Fellowships
  • 11.2.3. Term of the Fellowship
  • 11.2.4. Stipend or Reassigned Time
  • 11.2.5. Conditions
  • 11.2.6. Reporting
  • 11.2.7. Procedures
• 11.3. Faculty Project Grants
  • 11.3.1. Purpose
  • 11.3.2. Eligibility for Faculty Project Grants
  • 11.3.3. Award
  • 11.3.4. Limitations
  • 11.3.5. Disposition of Purchased Property
  • 11.3.6. Grant Administration
    • 11.3.6.1. Administration and Accounting
    • 11.3.6.2. Fiscal Procedures
  • 11.3.7. Final Report
  • 11.3.8. Procedures
• 11.4. Application and Procedures
  • 11.4.1. Application
  • 11.4.2. Evaluations and Recommendations
  • 11.4.3. By-Laws
  • 11.4.4. Evaluation
• 11.5. Regents Professorship Award
• 11.6. Faculty-Initiated Reassigned Time
  • 11.6.1. Definitions
  • 11.6.2. Eligibility for Faculty-Initiated Reassigned Time
  • 11.6.3. Purpose and Scope
  • 11.6.4. Limitations
  • 11.6.5. General
  • 11.6.6. Procedure and Evaluation
  • 11.6.7. Intervening Circumstances
• 11.7. Administrative-Initiated Reassigned Time
• 11.8. Tuition Waiver
• 11.9. Travel Funds

12. Faculty Leaves

• 12.1. Leaves for Faculty on Academic-Year Contracts
• 12.2. Jury Duty and Court Appearances
• 12.3. Temporary Military Leave
• 12.4. Extended Military Leave
• 12.5. Professional Leave
• 12.6. Paid Leave For Illness, Temporary Disability, or Parental Leave
• 12.7. Unpaid Sick Leave
• 12.8. Unpaid Leave
• 12.9. Special or Emergency Leave
• 12.10. Mandatory Leave
• 12.11. Leaves for Faculty on Fiscal-Year Contracts

13. Faculty Workload Policy

• 13.1. General
• 13.2. Modified Duties

14. Grievances

• 14.1. Definition
• 14.2. Peer Review Process
  • 14.2.1. Matters Subject to Peer Review
  • 14.2.2. Composition of Peer Review Committees
    • 14.2.2.1. Membership of the Committees
    • 14.2.2.2. Election of the Committee Members
    • 14.2.2.3. Terms of the Committee Members
    • 14.2.2.4. Chairs of the Committees
    • 14.2.2.5. Conflict of Interest
  • 14.2.3. Procedure
    • 14.2.3.1. Filing the Petition
    • 14.2.3.2. Withdrawing the Petition
  • 14.2.4. Peer Review Advisory Committee
    • 14.2.4.1. Initiating the Process
    • 14.2.4.2. The Committee Process
    • 14.2.4.3. Resolution by Negotiation
    • 14.2.4.4. Non-Resolution by Negotiation
  • 14.2.5. Peer Review Hearing Committee
    • 14.2.5.1. Representation at the Hearing
    • 14.2.5.2. Timing of the Hearing
    • 14.2.5.3. Scope of the Review
    • 14.2.5.4. Hearing Procedures
    • 14.2.5.5. Decision of the Committee
    • 14.2.5.6. Committee Report
    • 14.2.5.7. President’s Decision
    • 14.2.5.8. Board of Regents' Decision
    • 14.2.5.9. Communication
    • 14.2.5.10. Keeping of the Record
• 14.3. Complaint Process
  • 14.3.1. Process Applicability
  • 14.3.2. Complaint Process Procedure
  • 14.3.3. Complaint Advisory Committee

15. Amendment to the Northern Kentucky University Faculty Policies and Procedures Handbook

16. Faculty and University Policies

• 16.1. General
  • 16.1.1. Introduction
  • 16.1.2. Faculty and University Policies
  • 16.1.3. Legal Defense and Indemnification/Notice Requirement
• 16.2. Professional Ethics and Responsibilities
  • 16.2.1. Introduction
  • 16.2.2. Professional Obligations
    • 16.2.2.1. Obligations to Students
    • 16.2.2.2. Obligations to Colleagues and the University
    • 16.2.2.3. Obligations to the Community
• 16.3. Academic Freedom
• 16.4. Policies and Expectations for Outside Activities
• 16.5. Advising of Students
• 16.6. Human Subjects Policies
  • 16.6.1. General
  • 16.6.2. Research That Involves Human Subjects
  • 16.6.3. Research That Involves Human Subjects but Does Not Need Approval From the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  • 16.6.4. Investigator’s Legal Responsibility in Research with Human Subjects
  • 16.6.5. Application Procedures
  • 16.6.6. Review of Application by the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
  • 16.6.7. Actions by the Institutional Review Board (IRB)
    • 16.6.7.1. Classify the Submission as Not Research
    • 16.6.7.2. Approve the Research as Exempt
    • 16.6.7.3. Approve the Research as Expedited
    • 16.6.7.4. Full Board Approval
    • 16.6.7.5. Disapprove the Research
  • 16.6.8. Disposition of the Recommendations
  • 16.6.9. Rights of Appeal
  • 16.6.10. Appeal Decision
  • 16.6.11. Records and Documentation of the Investigator
  • 16.6.12. Institutional Review Board (IRB) Records
  • 16.6.13. Policy for Liability for Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• 16.7. Scientific/Research Misconduct
  • 16.7.1. Preamble and Policy Statement
  • 16.7.2. Definitions
    • 16.7.2.1. Complainant
    • 16.7.2.2. Good Faith
    • 16.7.2.3. Inquiry
    • 16.7.2.4. Investigation
    • 16.7.2.5. Research Misconduct
    • 16.7.2.6. Research Record
    • 16.7.2.7. Respondent
    • 16.7.2.8. Retaliation
  • 16.7.3. Policies
    • 16.7.3.1. Confidentiality
    • 16.7.3.2. Interim Administrative Action
    • 16.7.3.3. Extramural Assurance and Reporting Requirements
    • 16.7.3.4. Statute of Limitation
    • 16.7.3.5. Conflict of Interest
    • 16.7.3.6. Absence of the Respondent of the Allegation
    • 16.7.3.7. Restoring Reputation
    • 16.7.3.8. False Accusations
  • 16.7.4. Procedures
    • 16.7.4.1. Allegations of Research Misconduct
    • 16.7.4.2. Preliminary Inquiry
    • 16.7.4.3. Formal Investigation
    • 16.7.4.4. Documentation
    • 16.7.4.5. Disciplinary Action
    • 16.7.4.6. Appeal
• 16.8. Sexual Harassment/Gender Discrimination
  • 16.8.1. Statement of General Policy
  • 16.8.2. Definition of Sexual Harassment
  • 16.8.3. Prevention
  • 16.8.4. Limitations of the Policy
  • 16.8.5. Procedures for Reporting Sexual Harassment
  • 16.8.6. Informal Process
  • 16.8.7. Formal Process
  • 16.8.8. Appeal Process
  • 16.8.9. Residual Rights and Procedural Comments
• 16.9. Statement of Consensual Relationships
  • 16.9.1. General
  • 16.9.2. Preexisting Relationships
  • 16.9.3. Relationships Involving Students
  • 16.9.4. Relationships with Other NKU Employees
  • 16.9.5. Reporting Requirements
  • 16.9.6. Mitigation of Conflicts of Interest
  • 16.9.7. Penalties for Violation of this Policy
  • 16.9.8. Safe Harbor
• 16.10. Nepotism
• 16.11. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
• 16.12. Appropriate Terminal Degrees for Faculty
• 16.13. Publication and Promotion of Course Offerings
• 16.14. Cancellations or Postponement of Courses
• 16.15. Standards for Graduate Off-Campus Instruction and Other Special Graduate Instruction
  • 16.15.1. General
  • 16.15.2. Administration
  • 16.15.3. Faculty
  • 16.15.4. Students
  • 16.15.5. Instruction
  • 16.15.6. Academic Credit
  • 16.15.7. Facilities
• 16.16. Intellectual Property Policy
• 16.17. Intellectual Property/Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials
  • 16.17.1. General Statement
  • 16.17.2. Scope
  • 16.17.3. Definitions
    • 16.17.3.1. Copyright
    • 16.17.3.2. Fair Use
  • 16.17.4. Photocopying
    • 16.17.4.1. Unauthorized Photocopying
    • 16.17.4.2. Guidelines for Authorized Photocopying
  • 16.17.5. Compliance
    • 16.17.5.1. Individual Responsibility
    • 16.17.5.2. Department/School Responsibility
  • 16.17.6. Bookstore
  • 16.17.7. Software
    • 16.17.7.1. General
    • 16.17.7.2. Unauthorized Reproduction
    • 16.17.7.3. Exceptions
  • 16.17.8. Phonorecords, Broadcast Material, Video Cassettes, Audio Cassettes
  • 16.17.9. Copyright Notices
    • 16.17.9.1. Equipment Notice
    • 16.17.9.2. Display Warning of Copyright
  • 16.17.10. Violation
    • 16.17.10.1. Sanction
    • 16.17.10.2. Department/School Responsibility
• 16.18. Hazardous Waste Policy
• 16.19. Drug-Free Workplace
• 16.20. University Alcoholic Beverage Policy and Regulations
  • 16.20.1. Institutional Statement of Policy
  • 16.20.2. Regulations Concerning Alcoholic Beverages
• 16.21. Prohibition of Hazing

Appendices

• Appendix A: Administrators Returning to Faculty Status
• Appendix B: Article IV, NKU Board of Regents Bylaws
• Appendix C: Collegial Governance at NKU
• Appendix D: Regents Professor Program
• Appendix E: Graduate Admissions Policies and Procedures
• Appendix F: Intellectual Property