Faculty and Contract Staff Handbook Index G-O

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Faculty and Contract Staff Handbook
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G

Governance bodies (2)
- See also:
GRADES (6C)
- Courses in progress (6C:V)
- Dismissal from a course (6C:IX)
- Grade Change Policy (6C:X)
- Grade reports (6C:III)
- Grade scale (6C:I)
- Incomplete grades (6C:VI)
- Mid-semester grades for undergraduates (6C:II)
- Non-credit grades (6C:VII)
- Pass/fail option (6C:IV)
- Protection against improper academic evaluation (6A:II.A)
- Protection against improper disclosure (6A:II.B)
- Withdrawal (6C:VIII)
Graduate Studies: Commission (2B:VI)
- See also: University Curriculum Council [UCC]
Grants (5A)
- See also:
  - Faculty Development
  - Sponsored Projects
GRIEVANCE (3A:IX)
- Due process (3A:VI)
  - Contract staff (8A:II.D)
  - Faculty (3A:VI)
- Grievance Committee (3A:IX.A)
- Grievance procedures (3A:IX)
- See also: Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Employment of Faculty
Guidelines for Common Curriculum Courses (6J)
- See also: Common Curriculum Course Guidelines
Guidelines for course evaluations (6H:III)
- See also: Student Evaluation of Courses and Faculty
Guidelines in the appointment of adjunct faculty (3E:IV)

H

Handling and accounting for cash by university personnel (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
- See also: Cash Handling and Accounting
HARASSMENT (8C)
- Harassment relating to race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, or physical condition (8C:II)
- Policy Statement on Harassment (8C)
- Sexual harassment (8C:I)
- Implementation and amendment (8C:III)
Hazardous Materials Management Program (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Health Professions Advisory Committee (2E:VI.D)
Health, safety, and fiscal policies (7A)
Health services: Director of Counseling and Health Services (1C:V.B.3)
HEARING COMMITTEE (2A:IV.G.6.a)
- Constitutional provision (2A:IV.G.6.a)
- Election (2A:IV.G.6.b)
- Membership (2A:IV.G.6.a)
- Publicity (3A:VI.E)
- Role in cases of dismissal procedures against tenured or non-tenured faculty (3A:VI.B.1.c)
  - Admission of evidence (3A:VI.B.3.j)
  - Burden of proof (3A:VI.B.3.e)
  - Dismissal compensation (3A:VI.B.3.m)
  - Disposition of records and documents after conclusion of case (3A:VI.B.3.n)
  - Pre-hearing meetings (3A:VI.B.3.b)
  - Recommendation of penalty less than dismissal (3A:VI.B.3.l)
  - Transcripts of hearings (3A:VI.B.3.d)
  - Witnesses (3A:VI.B.3.h)
- Role in cases of non-reappointment of non-tenured faculty (3A:VI.C)
- Role in cases of punitive conditions of employment (3A:VI.C)
- Role in cases of termination due to financial exigency (3A:VII.B.3)
Historical overview of Trinity University (1A:I)
History, Charter, Bylaws, and Covenant (1A)
HIV/AIDS guidelines (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Homeowners and tenants insurance (8E:III.B)
Honor Code (6K)
- The Pledge (6K:I)
- Violations (6K:II)
- Academic Honor Council (Function; Academic Honor Council Selection and Composition; Complaint, Notification and Investigation; Academic Honor Council Hearing Procedures; Sanctions for Academic Honor Code Violations; Procedures for Appealing a Decision) (6K:III)
- Miscellaneous Guidelines in Response to Frequently Asked Questions(6K:IV)
- Assessment Procedures (6K:V)
- Amendments (6K:VI)
Honor Societies (2E:VII.A)
Housing for conferences (7C:III)
Human resources, director (1C:III.C.2)
- See also: “Human Resources” in the handbook Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures
Human subjects: use in research (5C)

I

Identification cards for employees (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Improper academic evaluation (6A:II.A)
Improper disclosure of student grades (6A:II.B)
Inadequate consideration and due process (3A:VI.D)
Incomplete grades (6C:VI)
Individual course development (4A:III.C)
INFORMATION RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS: ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE (1C:VI)
- Office of Information Resources and Administrative Affairs (1C:VI)
- Vice President for Information Resources and Administrative Affairs (1C:VI.A)
  - Duties stated in Bylaws of the Board of Trustees (1A:III Art. III Sec. 2.c)
- Other Information Resources and Administrative Affairs Officers (1C:VI.B)
  - Assistant Vice President for Human Resources (1C:VI.B.7)
  - Associate Vice President for Information Resources and Administrative Affairs (1C:VI.B.1)
  - Director of the Center for Learning and Technology (1C:VI.B.5)
  - Director of Conferences and Special Programs (1C:VI.B.6)
  - Director of Information Technology Services (1C:VI.B.3)
  - Director of the Tiger Card Office (1C:VI.B.8)
  - Registrar (1C:VI.B.2)
  - University Librarian (1C:VI.B.4)
Information Technology Committee (2E:II.H)
Information technology services, director (1C:VI.B.3)
In-house consulting (5F:II)
Injury/Illness Report (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Inquiry of alleged scientific misconduct (5E:II.C)
Institutional authority and civil penalties for student conduct off campus (6A:V.B)
Institutional Biological Safety Committee (2E:V.B)
Institutional history, purpose, and structure (1)
Institutional Mission (1B)
- Statement of Institutional Mission (1B:I)
Institutional research (1C:VI.B.1)
INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD (2E:V.C)
- Procedures (5C)
- Sample consent form (5C:II)
Instructional media services, director (1C:VI.B.5)
INSTRUCTIONAL POLICIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND GUIDELINES (6)
- Academic Integrity Policy (6D)
- Advising (6E)
- Evaluation of students [grades] (6C)
- Exceptions to academic policies (6G)
- Faculty instructional responsibilities (6B)
- Guidelines for Common Curriculum Courses (6J)
- Nonsexist language, effective writing, and oral communication (6I)
- Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students (6A)
- Student evaluation of courses and faculty (6H)
- Student records (6F)
INSURANCE (8E)
- Automobile insurance (8E:III.A)
- Flexible Benefits Plan [TFBP] (8E:I)
- Homeowners and tenants insurance (8E:III.B)
- Personally owned microcomputers (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
- Special event accidental insurance (8E:II.E)
- University risk insurance (8E:II.E)
- Worker’s Compensation Insurance (8E:II.D)
- Other benefits (8E:II)
- For further information on insurance, especially rental car insurance, please see the index of the handbook Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICY (5B)
- Copyrights (5B:III)
- Equities of participating parties (5B:II)
- Legal and ethical use of software (7B:I.C)
- Patents (5B:I)
- Principle of ownership (5B:I)
Intercollegiate Athletics Committee (2E:V.F)
Interdisciplinary study committees (2E:VI.E)
Interim agreement concerning faculty records (3F)
Internal review of grant proposals (5A:IV.A)
International Programs, committee (2E:II.B)
- See also the handbook "Study Abroad and Off-Campus Study" (9B:III.C)
International Programs, director (1C:II.D.4)
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE (2A:IV.G.6.a)
- Constitutional provision (2A:IV.G.6.a)
- Election (2A:IV.G.6.b)
- Membership (2A:IV.G.6.a)
- Publicity (3A:VI.E)
- Role in cases of non-reappointment of non-tenured faculty (3A:VI.C)
  - Due to inadequate consideration (3A:VI.D)
- Role in cases of punitive conditions of employment (3A:VI.C)
- Role in cases of termination due to financial exigency (3A:VII.B.3)
Investigation of conflict of interest (7F:IV)
Investigation of scientific misconduct (5E:II.D)
Investigation of student conduct (6A:VI.B)
Investigator responsibilities concerning sponsored projects (5A:II)

J

JOINT STATEMENT ON RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS OF STUDENTS (6A)
- Classroom rights and freedoms (6A:II)
- Freedom of access to higher education (6A:I)
- Freedom of association (6A:IV.A)
- Freedom of inquiry and expression (6A:IV.B)
- Investigation of student conduct (6A:VI.B)
- Off-campus freedom (6A:V)
- Organizational sponsorship of meetings and speakers (6A:IV.B)
- Procedural standards in disciplinary proceedings (6A:VI)
- Protection against improper academic evaluation (6A:II.A)
- Protection against improper disclosure (6A:II.B)
- Standards of conduct expected of students (6A:VI.A)
- Status pending final action (6A:VI.C)
- Student affairs (6A:IV)
- Student Court (6A:VI.D)
- Student participation in institutional governance (6A:IV.C)
- Student records (6A:III)
- Student-edited publications (6A:IV.D)
- University Court (6A:VI.E)
- Procedures for adoption of statement (6A:VII)
- Amendments (6A:VIII)

K

Key Control and Issue Policy (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)

L

Laurie Auditorium, director (1C:IV.B.5)
- See also: Facility Use
LEAVES AND SCHEDULED ABSENCES (8F)
- Academic leave (4A:III.A)
- Court duty (8F:II)
- Disability leave (8F:III)
  - Contract staff (8F:III.B)
  - Faculty (8F:III.A)
- Family and medical leave (8F:IV)
- Funeral leave (8F:V)
- Leave without pay (8F:VI)
  - Contract staff (8F:VI)
  - Faculty (4A:III.A.2)
- Maternity leave (8F:VII)
- Medical leave (8F:IV)
- Military leave (8F:VIII)
- Probationary period and leave (8F:IX)
- Short-term medical leaves for faculty (8F:X)
- Sick leave (8F:XI)
- Vacation leave (8F:XII)
- See also: Faculty Development
Lecturers and Visiting Scholars Committee (2E:II.I)
Lectures by outside speakers (6B:XIX)
Legal and ethical use of software (7B:I.B)
LIBRARY (1C:VI.B.4)
- Benefits for faculty and staff (8E:IV.B)
- Benefits for retired faculty and staff (8E:V)
- University Librarian (1C:VI.B.4)
Library Activities Committee (2E:II.J)
Lifetime sports and fitness curriculum (6J:I.D)

M

Major Scholarships and Fellowships Committee (2E:V.E)
MATERNITY LEAVE (8F:VII)
- Short-term medical leaves for faculty (8F:X)
- Sick leave (8F:XI)
Mathematics, computer, and foreign language skills (6J:I.C)
Medical emergencies (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Mid-semester grades for undergraduates (6C:II)
Military leave (8F:VIII)
Minor sanctions (3A:VIII.B)
Mitchell Visiting Professor Committee (2E:III.F)
- Composition of search committee (3D:I.B.3)

N

Negotiation by president for distinguished professorships (3D:IV)
NEH application review (4B:VI)
Non-credit grades (6C:VII)
Non-Discrimination and Diversity Policy (8B)
NON-REAPPOINTMENT OF NON-TENURED FACULTY (3A:VI.C)
- Due process (3A:VI.C)
- Notification of non-reappointment (3A:IV.F)
- See also: Probationary Faculty
Nonsexist language: resolution (6I:I)
Nurse: Senior Staff Nurse (1C:V.B.4)

O

Off-campus freedom of students (6A:V)
Office of Academic Affairs: See Academic Affairs: Administrative Structure
Office of Advancement: See Advancement: Administrative Structure
Office of Fiscal Affairs: See Fiscal Affairs: Administrative Structure
Office of Information Resources and Administrative Affairs: See Information Resources and Administrative Affairs: Administrative Structure
Office of Student Affairs: See Student Affairs: Administrative Structure
Office of the University President: See President
Office supplies sold in the bookstore (7E:IV.H)
On-campus sales of instructional materials to students (6B:XVIII)
Other handbooks, bulletins, and publications (9B)
OUTSIDE SPEAKERS (6B:XIX)
- Sponsored by faculty, departments, or off-campus organizations (6B:XIX)
- Sponsored by students (6A:IV.B)
Oversight of faculty development awards (4A:IV)

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