Academic Affairs Policy Manual

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Section 1: Faculty

• 1.01 Definition
  • 1.01-1 Corps of Instruction
• 1.01-2 Administrators
  • 1.02-2.1 Procedures for Administrative Faculty Rank
• 1.02 Teaching Faculty Ranks
  • 1.02-1 Professor
  • 1.02-2 Associate Professor
  • 1.02-3 Assistant Professor
  • 1.02-4 Instructor
  • 1.02-5 Lecturers
  • 1.02-6 Academic Professionals
  • 1.02-7 Clinical
    • 1.02-7.1 Individual Colleges
• 1.03 Other Faculty Ranks
  • 1.03-1 Research Professionals
  • 1.03-2 Public Service
  • 1.03-3 Librarians
• 1.04 Other Terminology
  • 1.04-1 Visiting
  • 1.04-2 Adjunct
    • 1.04-2.1 Ineligibility for Benefits
  • 1.04-3 Regular
  • 1.04-4 Temporary
  • 1.04-5 Part-time
• 1.05 Meetings
  • 1.05-1 University Council
  • 1.05-2 School/College
  • 1.05-3 Department
• 1.06 Evaluation
  • 1.06-1 Written Annual Review
  • 1.06-2 Peer Participation
  • 1.06-3 Pre-tenure Review
  • 1.06-4 Post-tenure Review
  • 1.06-5 Contract Renewal
    • 1.06-51 Schedule of Notice
• 1.07 Compensation
  • 1.07-1 Mid-year Salary Increases
  • 1.07-2 Extra Compensation
  • 1.07-3 Administrative Positions
    • 1.07-3.1 Supplements
    • 1.07-3.2 Conversion Factors, A to F Contracts, Vice Versa
    • 1.07-3.3 Administrators Returning to Faculty Positions
  • 1.07-4 Consulting Policy
  • 1.07-5 Payment of Memberships
  • 1.07-6 Summer School
• 1.08 Recruitment of Faculty
  • 1.08-1 Announcement
  • 1.08-2 Interviews
  • 1.08-3 Recruiting the Finalist
  • 1.08-4 Hiring in Underutilized Job Groups
  • 1.08-5 Appointment of Dean Search and Screening Committees
• 1.09 Appointment Procedures
  • 1.09-1 Faculty Appointment Form
  • 1.09-2 Personnel Report of Other Official Budget Documentation
  • 1.09-3 Cover Letter from Dean to Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
  • 1.09-4 Letter of Offer
  • 1.09-5 EEO Letter or Affirmative Action Checklist/USG Applicant Clearinghouse Form
  • 1.09-6 Degree Certification
  • 1.09-7 Letters of Recommendation
  • 1.09-8 Complete Appointment Packages/FIRST Record
  • 1.09-9 Acting and Temporary Appointments
  • 1.09-10 Part-Time Faculty
  • 1.09-11 Employment Beyond Retirement
  • 1.09-12 Documentation Required
• 1.10 Promotion Process
  • 1.10-1 Academic Ranks
  • 1.10-2 Lecturers
  • 1.10-3 Research Ranks
  • 1.10-4 Public Service Ranks
  • 1.10-5 Clinical Ranks
  • 1.10-6 Librarians
  • 1.10-7 Academic Professionals
  • 1.10-8 Special Salary Adjustment upon Promotion
• 1.11 Tenure
  • 1.11-1 Time in Rank
    • 1.11-1.1 Suspending Tenure Clock
• 1.12 Leaves
  • 1.12-1 For Education Purposes
• 1.12-2 For Other Reasons
• 1.12-3 Reassignment of Location
• 1.12-4 Activation for Military Service
• 1.13 Suspension and Dismissal
  • 1.13-1 Dismissal of Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty Members
  • 1.13-2 Voluntary Disclosure of Drug Use
• 1.14 Awards
  • 1.14-1 Teaching Awards
    • 1.14-1.1 Richard Russell Award
    • 1.14-1.2 Josiah Meigs Award
  • 1.14-2 Research Awards
  • 1.14-3 Public Service Awards
  • 1.14-4 Special Professorships
    • 1.14-4.1 Regents Professorship
    • 1.14-4.2 University Professorship
    • 1.14-4.3 Distinguished Research
    • 1.14-4.4 Named Professorships/Chairs
      • 1.14-4.4.1 Established Only through Regents Approval
  • 1.14-5 Study in a Second Discipline
  • 1.14-6 State of the Art Conference
• 1.15 Dispute Resolution Procedures
• 1.16 Review of Administrators
  • 1.16-1 Three-year Review of Department Heads
  • 1.16-2 Five-year Review of Deans
  • 1.16-3 Five-year Review of Directors
• 1.17 Emeritus Status
• 1.18 Miscellaneous Academic Affairs Policies
  • 1.18-1 Disabled Veterans and Vietnam Era Veterans
  • 1.18-2 Bearing Cost of Lawsuit Defending Promotion, Tenure Decision
  • 1.18-3 Justifying Late Recommendations of Appointments
  • 1.18-4 Employee Right-to-Know Act Training
  • 1.18-5 Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
  • 1.18-6 Employment of Relatives
  • 1.18-7 Conditions of Appointment
  • 1.18-8 Appointment of Non-Tenure Track Personnel
  • 1.18-9 Cash Awards to Non-Faculty from UGA Foundation or Arch Foundtion Funds
  • 1.18-10 Use of Secretarial Time
  • 1.18-11 Research Involving Sperm Whale Myoglobin
  • 1.18-12 Research Utilizing UGA Faculty, Students, or Related Generated Records for Data Collection
  • 1.18-13 Responsible Conduct in Research and Scholarship
  • 1.18-14 Work Loads, Course Loads, and Compensation for Graduate Assistants
  • 1.18-15 Auditing of Classes by Employees
  • 1.18-16 Code of Ethics for Government Service
  • 1.18-17 Management of AIDS-related Concerns
  • 1.18-18 Elective Political Office
  • 1.18-19 Outside Activities
  • 1.18-20 Health and Safety Concerns
  • 1.18-21 Curriculum Development Fund
  • 1.18-22 Sales of Complimentary Examination Copies of Textbooks
  • 1.18-23 Instructional Responsibilities Policy (for Graduate Assistants)