Faculty Affairs Policy Committee 2010-2011
A Summary of Relevant Policies (BoR and Institutional)

Membership V.Section2.C.3.a. The Faculty Affairs Policy Committee shall have thirteen (13) members distributed as follows: eleven (11) members selected from the Corps of Instruction faculty, at least seven (7) of whom are elected faculty senators, one (1) member who is the Chief Academic Officer or an individual appointed by the Chief Academic Officer to serve as his/her designee in compliance with V.Section2.C, and one (1) member appointed by the University President in compliance with II.Section1.A.5.

Scope V.Section2.C.3.b. The Faculty Affairs Policy Committee shall be concerned with policy relating to faculty welfare (e.g. authorities, responsibilities, rights, recognitions, privileges, and opportunities), which includes, but is not limited to, policies relating to academic freedom, workload, compensation, recruitment, retention, promotion, tenure, recognitions, development, and instructional support. This committee also provides advice, as appropriate, on procedural matters that affect the welfare of the faculty.

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Topic	GCSU AAH (Academic Affairs Handbook)	BoR Policy Section	USG AAH	Notes
Advising	3.03 Advisement 3.03.01 Minority Advisement 3.03.04 Advisers for Undecided Students	3.9	2.7 Academic Advisement 2.7.1Minority Advising
Appointments	2.03 Faculty Appointments (See also the 9 subsections)	8.3.1	4.3 Appointments
Compensation	205 Faculty Compensation (See also the 8 subsections)	8.3.12		Faculty Compensation Study 2006-07 (At the link above, see also documents under Faculty Compensation found under the Budget Planning Documents category in left margin)
Contracts	2.02 Faculty Contracts	8.3.11	4.3.3 Sample Faculty Contracts
Development	2.09.04 Faculty Development	8.3.14
Dismissal	2.08.01 Removal of Faculty     2.08.01.1 Preliminary     2.08.01.2 Hearing Committee     2.08.01.3 Hearing Procedures	8.3.9 3.2.5
Emeritus/a Title	2.03.08 Emeritus Title	8.3.13 Emeritus/a Title
Evaluation	3.07.03	8.3.5	4.7 Evaluation of Faculty
Faculty (Definitions)		8.1.1 (Faculty) 8.1.1.1 (Corps of Instruction)
Leave	2.07.03 Annual Leave 2.07.04 Leaves of Absence 2.07.05 Sick Leave With Pay 2.07.06 Sick Leave Without Pay	8.2.7 (see the many subsections)	4.9 Leave 4.9.1 Interpretation of Sick Leave 4.9.2 Education and Professional Leave	University Senate Motions 0506.AG.009.P (Professional Leave) 0405.US.001.P (Shared Leave)
Pre-Tenure Review	3.07.03.6	8.3.5  paragraph 3
Post-Tenure Review	3.07.03.6	8.3.5 (subsection 4)	4.6 Post-Tenure Review
Promotion	3.08.05.2   3.08.05.2.4.	8.3.6	4.5 Award of Promotion
Recognitions	2.03.06 Faculty Status 2.09.04.2 Faculty Awards
Recruitment	200 Faculty Search Procedures 203 Faculty Appointments	8.3.1 (subsection 1) 8.3.3 8.3.10 8.3.11 8.3.12	4.3 Appointments 4.3.3 Sample Faculty Contracts 4.3.4 Inter-Institutional Faculty	GCSU Faculty Recruitment Handbook
Resignation	2.08.03 Resignation	8.3.4
Retirement	2.08.04 Retirement	8.2.8
Rights	2.10 ( has several subsections)	3.2
Tenure	3.08.05.2   3.08.05.2.1 (Policy) 3.08.05.2.3 (Procedures)	8.3.7	4.4 Award of Tenure 4.4.1 Probationary Credit Toward Tenure	Good Practice in Tenure Evaluation (a joint statement of AAUP/AAHE)
Workload	2.10.08 Faculty Workload	8.3.15	4.7.2 Faculty Work in the Schools

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