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PURPOSE, ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE |
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General Information; Institutional Vision, Mission, Goals, and Principles; Institutional History |
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University Administrative Offices |
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Governance |
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1.3.1 Organizational Charts |
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1.3.2 President's Cabinet |
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1.3.3 Faculty Senate |
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1.3.3.1 Faculty Senate Constitution |
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1.3.3.2 Bylaws of the Faculty Senate |
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1.3.4 University Committees and University Administrative Councils |
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Review and Approval of University Rules |
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FACULTY PERSONNEL RULES |
| 2.1 |
Rights and Responsibilities |
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2.1.1 Academic Freedom |
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2.1.1.1 TAMUS Policy on Academic Freedom, Responsibility and Tenure |
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2.1.2 Responsibilities of Full-Time Faculty Members |
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2.1.3 Descriptions of Teaching, Scholarship and Creative Activity, and Service |
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Evaluation of Faculty |
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2.2.1 Promotion of Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty Members |
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2.2.2 Tenure |
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2.2.2.1 Granting Extension of Tenure Probationary Period |
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2.2.3 Faculty Dismissals, Administrative Leave, Non-Reappointments, and Terminal Appointments |
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2.2.4 Merit Pay for Faculty |
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2.2.5 Post-Tenure Review |
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2.2.6 Academic Rank Descriptors for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty |
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General Employment Rules Affecting Faculty Members |
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2.3.1 Appointing Power and Terms and Conditions of Employment |
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2.3.2 Part-time Employment |
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2.3.3 Nepotism |
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2.3.4 Political Campaign Events on Property under the Control of Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
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Miscellaneous Faculty Personnel Rules |
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2.4.1 Faculty Academic Workload |
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2.4.2 Assignment of Faculty Workload Credit |
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2.4.3 Attendance at University Commencement |
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2.4.4 Faculty Consulting, External Professional Employment, and Conflicts of Interest |
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2.4.5 Graduate Teaching Assistants |
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2.4.6 Complaint and Appeal Procedures for Faculty Members |
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2.4.7 Recruitment and Appointment of Faculty |
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2.4.8 Designation of Graduate Faculty |
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2.4.9 Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Faculty Positions |
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2.4.10 Academic Department Chairs |
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2.4.11 Assistant and Associate Deans |
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Employee Benefits and Leaves |
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2.5.1 TAMUS Employee Benefits |
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2.5.2 Sick Leave |
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2.5.3 Leave of Absence With Pay |
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2.5.3.1 Faculty Development Leave |
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2.5.4 Leave of Absence Without Pay |
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2.5.5 Family and Medical Leave |
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2.5.6 Parental Leave |
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2.5.7 Retirement |
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2.5.8 Faculty and Staff Emeritus |
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| 3.0 |
OTHER POLICY ISSUES |
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Research Rules and Procedures |
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3.1.1 Ethics in Research, Scholarship,and Creative Activity |
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3.1.2 Administration of Research Enhancement Program |
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3.1.3 Use of Human Subjects in Research |
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3.1.4 Administration of Sponsored Agreements |
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3.1.5 Use of Vertebrate Animals in Research, Teaching,and Testing |
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3.1.6 Financial Conflict of Interest in Research |
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Academic Rules and Procedures |
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3.2.1 Student Grade Appeal Procedure |
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3.2.2 Development of New Courses and Catalog Revisions |
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3.2.3 Development of Academic Degree Programs |
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3.2.4 Academic Minors |
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3.2.5 Co-curricular Services to Minors |
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3.2.6 Course Examinations and Study Week |
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3.2.7 Student Academic Misconduct |
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3.2.8 Shortened Courses and Credit Hours |
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General University Rules and Procedures |
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3.3.1 Drug and Alcohol Abuse and Rehabilitation Programs |
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3.3.1.1 TAMUS Policy on Alcoholic Beverages |
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3.3.2 Tobacco, Smoke and E Vapor Free Environment |
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3.3.3 Security of Electronic Information Resources and Responsible Computing |
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3.3.4 Public Information Act Compliance |
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3.3.4.1 Public Information |
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3.3.5 Guest Speakers, Lecturers, and Entertainers |
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3.3.6 Use of University Facilities |
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3.3.7 Performance Management for Staff and Administrators |
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3.3.8 Performance Reviews of Academic Administrators |
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3.3.9 Web Presence |
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| Please visit http://academicaffairs.tamucc.edu/rules_procedures/index.html for the entire current handbook of rules and procedures. |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Faculty Handbook
Originally Published August 1994
Updated: February, July, and November, 1995
April 1996; February 1997; August 1998 and 1999, August 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2019
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