Faculty and Contract Staff Handbook Index P-T

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Faculty and Contract Staff Handbook
Index: P - T

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P

Parental Leave Policy for Academic Departmental Faculty (8F:VII)
Pass/fail option (6C:IV)
Password policy (7B: III)
Patch management policy (7B: XI)
Patents (5B:I)
Payroll check procedure (8E:III.E)
Personal Safety Policies (7A)
Petition to the Grievance Committee (3A:IX.B)
Petty cash management (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Physical plant, director (1C:III.C.3)
- See also: “Facilities Maintenance” in the handbook Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures
Piper Professor Committee (2E:III.E)
Plagiarism (6D:I.E)
Planned giving, director (1C:IV.B.2)
Policies and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure of Academic Faculty (9C)
Policy for Dealing with Scientific Misconduct (5E)
Policy Statement on Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Employment of Faculty (3A)
Policy Statement on Harassment (8C)
Policy statements on academic administrative governance (3C)
- See also: Academic Administrative Governance
Policy statements on faculty appointments and academic governance (3)
Policy statements on faculty development (4)
Policy statements on research, sponsored projects, and consulting (5)
Political campaigns: participation by faculty (3A:XI.D)
Postal Supervisor (1C:V.B.6)
Postdoctoral staff employment (8A:III)
Prelaw Advisory Committee (2E:VI.F)
PRESIDENT (1C:I)
- Names of Presidents (1A:I.C)
- Office of the President (1C:I)
- Selection of the President (3C:I.A)
PROBATIONARY FACULTY (3A:IV)
- Appeal of negative decision (3A:IV.I)
- Appointments (3A:IV.D)
- Categories of appointment (3A:IV.B)
- Counting academic leave for non-terminal faculty (3A:IV.J)
- Criteria for reappointment and tenure (3A:IV.G)
- Employment of family members (3A:IV.M)
- Evaluation (3A:IV.E)
- Faculty ranks (3A:IV.A)
- Notification of non-reappointment (3A:IV.F)
- Process for tenure decisions (3A:IV.H)
- Summary of timetable for evaluating probationary faculty (3A:Appendix)
- Terms of contract (3A:IV.K)
- See also: Non-Reappointment of Non-Tenured Faculty
Probationary period and leave: contract staff and classified staff (8F:IX)
Promotion and tenure: See Ranks
Proposal development for grants (5A:IV)
Proposal review for faculty development (4B:V)
Proposal submission for faculty development (4B:II)
Protection against improper academic evaluation (6A:II.A)
Protection against improper disclosure of student grades (6A:II.B)
Public relations, director (1C:IV.B.3)
- Community services coordinator (7C:I.E)
Public service and political activities by faculty (3A:XI)
Publications by faculty and staff authors sold in the bookstore (7E:IV.J)
Publications edited by students (6A:IV.D)
Publicity concerning investigations and hearings (3A:VI.E)
Punitive conditions of employment: due process for faculty (3A:VI.C)
Purchasing, director (1C:III.C.5)
- See also: “Purchasing” in the handbook Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures

Q

R

RANKS (3A:X)
- Commission on Promotion and Tenure (2A:V)
- Criteria for reappointment and tenure (3A:IV.G)
- Documentation for candidates (3B)
- Faculty ranks (3A:X.A)
- Process for tenure decisions (3A:IV.H)
- Standards for ranks and promotion of faculty (3A:X)
- See also: Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Employment of Faculty
Reading days (6B:XV)
Reappointment of academic faculty (3A:IV)
- Criteria (3A:IV.G)
Receipt, custody, and disbursement of moneys (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Records: faculty (3E:III)
- Interim agreement (3F)
Recreational facilities: use (8E:IV.C)
Recruitment and retention of women and minorities (2E:V.G)
Recurring mass email opt-out policy (7B: IV)
REGISTRAR (1C:VI.B.2)
- Exceptions to academic policies (6G)
- Office of the Registrar (1C:VI.B.2)
- Student grades (6C)
- Student records (6F)
Registration and faculty presence (6B:XVII.B)
Relief of departmental duties for in-house consulting (5F:II.A)
Research assistants and research participants (5G)
Research Corporation (5B:II.A)
RESEARCHER RESPONSIBILITIES (5)
- Animal care (5D)
- Consulting Policy (5F)
- Intellectual Property Policy (5B)
- Scientific misconduct (5E)
- Sponsored projects [grants] (5A)
- Undergraduate research participants (5G)
- Use of human subjects in research (5C)
Reservation of facilities (7C:I)
Residential life: Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life (1C:V.B.1)
Resignation and termination of contract staff (8A:II.C)
RESOLUTIONS OF THE FACULTY (6I)
- Effective writing (6I:II)
- Nonsexist language (6I:I)
- Speaking (6I:III)
Resource development and management (3C:III)
Restated Articles of Incorporation (1A:II)
RETIREMENT (3A:IV.L)
- Early retirement policy for faculty: termination of policy (3E:V)
- Emeritus, emerita (3A:IV.L)
- Faculty retirement (3A:IV.L)
- Retired faculty and staff benefits (8E:V)
- Retirement/pension plan (8E:II.A)
- Social security (8E:II.A)
Revisions to this Handbook (9A)
Rights and Freedoms of Students (6A)
- See also: Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students

S

Safety, health, and fiscal policies (7A)
Safety in the classroom (6B:XVI)
Safety Policy Statement (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Safety, Security, and Health Committee (2E:II.K)
Salary provisions for terminated faculty (3A:V.B)
Salary recommendations (3C:IV)
Sale of instructional material to students (6B:XVIII)
Sanctions other than dismissal (3A:VIII)
Scheduling campus events (7C:I)
Scholarships: Admissions, Scholarships, and Financial Aid Committee (2E:II.B)
Scholarships: Committee on Major Scholarships and Fellowships (2E:V.E)
Scientific misconduct (5E)
SEARCH PROCEDURES (3A:IV.C)
- Contract staff (8A:II.A)
- Distinguished professors (3D:II)
- Faculty (3A:IV.C)
SECURITY POLICY (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
- Safety, health, and fiscal policies (7A)
- Safety, Security, and Health Committee (2E:II.K)
Selection of academic administrators (3C:I)
Selection of the President (3C:I.A)
Senior Staff Nurse (1C:V.B.4)
Severe sanctions (3A:VIII.A)
Sexual assault programs and procedures (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Sexual harassment (8C:I)
Short-term medical leaves for faculty (8F:X)
Sick leave: contract staff and classified staff (8F:XI)
Smoking Policy (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Software acquisition and alternatives (7B:I.D)
Software: ethical and legal use (7B:I.B)
Software use restrictions (7B:I.E)
Speaking: resolution (6I:III)
Special project grants (4A:III.D)
SPONSORED PROJECTS (5A)
- Administration of sponsored projects (5A:V)
- Investigator responsibilities (5A:II)
- Proposal development (5A:IV)
- Statement on Sponsored Projects (5A:I)
- University responsibilities (5A:III)
Sponsorship of official University events (7C:IV)
Staff identification card (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Staff nurse (1C:V.B.4)
Standards for ranks and promotion (3A:X)
Standing Committees of the University (2E)
- See also: Committees: Standing
Statement of Institutional Mission (1B:I)
Statement on Distinguished Professorships (3D)
- See also Distinguished Professorships
Statement on Faculty Development (4A)
- See also Faculty Development
Statements of Understanding Between the University and the Synod of the Sun (1A:IV Statements)
Student activities: Director of Coates University Center & Student Activities (1C:V.B.2)
STUDENT AFFAIRS: ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE (1C:V)
- Office of Student Affairs (1C:V)
- Vice President for Student Affairs (1C:V.A)
  - Duties stated in Bylaws of the Board of Trustees (1A:III Art. III Sec. 2.e)
- Other Student Affairs administrators (1C:V.B)
  - Bookstore (1C:V.C)
  - Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life (1C:V.B.1)
  - Dining services (1C:V.C)
  - Director of Career Services (1C:V.B.5)
  - Director of Coates University Center & Student Activities (1C:V.B.2)
  - Director of Counseling and Health Services (1C:V.B.3)
  - Postal Supervisor (1C:V.B.6)
  - Senior Staff Nurse (1C:V.B.4)
Student affairs and student rights and freedoms (6A:IV)
Student Computer Service Center Policy (7B:IX)
Student Conduct Board (6A:VI.D)
- See also: Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students
Student-edited publications (6A:IV.D)
Student employment (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
STUDENT EVALUATION OF COURSES AND FACULTY (6H)
- Committee (2E:III.D)
- Policy (6H)
Student Finance Board (2E:II.L)
Student participation in institutional governance (6A:IV.C)
Student records (6F)
- Permanent educational record and conditions of disclosure (6A:III)
Students: undergraduate research participants (5G)
Study tours (6B:IX)
Summary of recent revisions to this handbook (9A)
Summary of timetable for evaluating probationary faculty (3A:Appendix)
Summer stipends (4A:III.B)
- See also Faculty Development

T

Teaching and Learning Committee (2E:II.M)
TENURE FOR ACADEMIC FACULTY (3A:IV)
- Appeal of negative decision (3A:IV.I)
- Process for tenure decisions (3A:IV.H)
- See also:
  - Academic Freedom, Responsibility, and Employment of Faculty
  - Probationary Faculty
Termination of tenured or unexpired appointments (3A:V)
Terms of faculty contract (3A:IV.K)
Textbook requisitions (7E:IV.D)
Theater and cultural event benefits (8E:IV.A)
Theft and academic integrity (6D:I.F)
TIAA-CREF Supplemental Retirement Annuity [SRA] (8E:II.B)
Timetable for evaluating probationary faculty (3A:Appendix)
Trademark Policy Statement (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Traffic and Parking Committee (2E:II.N)
Transfer credit and the common curriculum (6J:III)
TRAVEL POLICY (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
- Authorization and advance request (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
- Expense reimbursement (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
- Foreign travel (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
- Receipts (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
- Transportation (Fiscal Affairs Policies and Procedures)
Trinity University Bookstore (7E)
- See also: Bookstore
Trinity University Flexible Benefits Plan [TFBP] (8E:I)
- See also: Insurance
Trinity University Study Tours (6B:IX)
Trinity University Women’s Club (2E:VII.C)
Tuition exchange (8D:II)
- See also: Benefits
Tuition remission (8D:I)
- See also: Benefits

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