Administrative Guidelines & Policies
- Roger Merrill
- Minnie Lauzon
- Elizabeth Furcinito
- Anya Woods
Faculty Personnel Policy
The Syracuse University School of Information Studies Faculty Personnel Policies document outlines annual evaluation processes for faculty, including categories like Tenure Track, Professor of Practice, and Teaching Professors. It emphasizes evaluating faculty based on teaching, research, and service, with clear guidelines for committee composition, document submission, and the annual review process. The document also covers contract renewal criteria for Professors of Practice and Teaching Professors, ensuring transparency and consistency in faculty assessments and renewals.
IST-FAC-01: INTRODUCTION AND FACULTY TYPES
01.1 Faculty Types
IST-FAC-02: PROCESS AND CRITERIA FOR APPOINTMENT TO TRACK AND RANK
02.1 Tenure-Track or Tenured Faculty:
02.2 Professors of Practice
02.3 Teaching Professor
02.4 Research Professor
IST-FAC-03: SEARCH PROCESS
03.1 Initiation of a Formal Search
03.2 Search Committee Composition
03.3 Job Descriptions
03.4 Administrative Support to the Search Committee
03.5 Search Process
03.6 Tenure consideration for a newly hired tenure-track faculty member
IST-FAC-04: ANNUAL EVALUATIONS
04.1 Annual Evaluations: Tenure Track
04.1a) Eligibility and Timing of Annual Evaluations
04.1b) Application Documents to be Submitted
04.1c) Annual Review Process
04.2 Annual Evaluations: Professor of Practice
04.2a) Eligibility and Timing of Annual Evaluations for Professors of Practice
04.2b) Review Documents to be Submitted by Professors of Practice for Annual Reviews
04.2c) Annual Review Process for Professors of Practice
04.2d) Professor of Practice: Contract Renewal
04.3 Annual Evaluation: Teaching Professors
04.3a) Eligibility and Timing of Annual Evaluations for Teaching Professor
04.3b) Review Documents to be Submitted by Teaching Professors for Annual Reviews
04.3c) Annual Review Process for Teaching Professors
04.3 d) Teaching Professors: Contract Renewal
04.4 Dean’s Meeting and Letter to Faculty Member under Review
IST-FAC-05: REAPPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND TENURE
05.1 Criteria for Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure
05.1a) Promotion: Tenure-Track Career Faculty
05.1b) Promotion: Teaching Faculty
05.1c) Elaboration of Criteria for Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty
05.1d) Elaboration of Criteria for Professors of Practice
05.1e) Elaboration of Criteria for Teaching Faculty
05.2 Application Documents to be Submitted (Tenure Track)
05.3 Application Documents to be Submitted (Professor of Practice)
05.4 Application Documents to be Submitted (Teaching Professor)
05.5 Elaboration of Evidence for Reappointment, Promotion, or Tenure Decisions
05.6 Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Process
05.6a) General
05.6b) Augmented Personnel Committee
05.6c) Personnel Committee
05.6d) Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Meetings
05.6e) Results of Voting
05.6f) Augmented Personnel Committee’s Letter
05.6g) Dean’s Recommendation Letter
05.6h) Appeal
05.6i) Notification to the Faculty Senate or the Vice Chancellor
05.7 Other Appointment Issues
05.7a) Review of the Dean
05.7b) Pre-Tenure Leave of Absence (tenure track)
05.7c) Research Leave of Absence (tenure track)
05.7d) Leave of Absence (Professor of Practice and Teaching Professor)
05.7e) Research Leave of Absence process and timeline
05.7f) Emeritus/Emerita Status
05.7g) Faculty Grievances
05.7h) Faculty Dismissal
05.8 Negative Reappointment, Promotion, or Tenure Decisions
IST-FAC-06: Policies and Procedures for Visiting Scholars
06.1 Introduction
06.2 Definitions
06.3 Policies
06.4 Procedure
06.5 Appendices
IST-FAC-07: Parental Leave
IST-FAC-08: External Mentors
IST-FAC-09: Teaching and Professor of Record Assignment Guidelines for Faculty
IST-FAC-10: Course Buyout Policy
IST-FAC-11: Indirect Cost Return Policy
Faculty/Staff Guidelines and Policies
IST-GEN-01: Emergency Communications
01.1 On-campus emergencies
01.2 Large-scale off-campus emergencies
01.3 Localized off-campus emergencies
01.4 Media Comment