Faculty Handbook

The handbook is also available as a downloadable PDF document: 2010-2011 Faculty Handbook 

100 INTRODUCTION

• 105  About this Handbook
• 110  Faculty Handbook Committee
• 115  Accreditation
• 120  Mission of Columbia College
• 125  Academic freedom
• 130  Other important resources

200 GOVERNANCE

• 205  Principles of shared governance
• 210  Board of Trustees
• 215  Administrative bodies
  • 215.1  President's Cabinet
  • 215.2  President's Council
  • 215.3  Senior Operations Group
  • 215.4  Deans' Councils
• 220  College Council
• 225  Graduate Policy Council
• 230  Columbia College Faculty Organization (CCFO)
• 235  Chairs' Council
• 240  Faculty Liaison Committee to the Board of Trustees
• 245  Elected Representatives of the College (ERC)
• 250  Ad hoc committees

300 HIRING PROCEDURES

• 305  President
• 310  Provost/Senior Vice President
• 315  Dean
• 320  Chair for existing department
• 325  Chair for new department
• 330  Tenured and tenure-track faculty
• 335  Joint appointment of tenured or tenure-track faculty
• 340  Lecturer
• 345  Temporary full-time faculty

400 FACULTY CATEGORIES

• 405  Chairs
• 405.1  Evaluation of chairs
• 410  Summer chairs
• 415  Tenured faculty
  • 415.1  Evaluation of tenured faculty
  • 415.2  FAAR report
• 420  Tenure-track faculty
  • 420.1  Evaluation of tenure-track faculty
• 425  Senior lecturers
• 430  Lecturers
• 435  Visiting artists
• 440  Adjunct faculty
• 445  Emeritus/emerita faculty

500 FACULTY-RELATED POLICIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• 501  Faculty work schedule
• 505  Additional responsibilities
  • 505.1  Director
  • 505.2  Coordinator
• 510  Policy on summer and J-session teaching
• 515  Independent projects, tutorials, and thesis advising
• 520  Registration periods
• 525  Release time/stipends
• 530  Sabbaticals
• 535  Unpaid leave of absence
• 540  College/school retreats
• 545  New faculty orientations
• 550  Faculty travel
• 555  Commencement
• 560  Outside professional activities
• 565  Desk copies of textbooks
• 570  Conflicts of interest
  • 570.1  Outside employment
  • 570.2  Use of the College's name
  • 570.3  Course materials
• 572  Faculty grievance procedure
• 575  Faculty files

600 ACADEMIC AND CLASSROOM POLICIES

• 605  Academic Integrity Policy
• 610  Academic advising
• 615  Attendance privileges (students)
• 620  Class lists
• 625  Policies on grading, grade changes, and grade disputes
• 630  Room assignments
• 635  Field trips and outings
• 640  Copyright Policy

700 ACADEMIC RESOURCES

• 705  Resources for teaching and research
  • 705.1  Center for Teaching Excellence
  • 705.2  Center for Instructional Technology
  • 705.3  Library and Archives
  • 705.4  Institutional Review Board
  • 705.5  Academic Initiatives and International Programs
• 710  Centers, institutes, and museums
  • 710.1  Center for Asian Arts and Media
  • 710.2  Center for Black Music Research
  • 710.3  Center for Community Arts Partnerships
  • 710.4  Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts
    and Media
  • 710.5  Center for American Places
  • 710.6  Center for Book and Paper Arts
  • 710.7  Museum of Contemporary Photography
  • 710.8  Chicago Jazz Ensemble
• 715  Academic support for students (The Learning Studio)
  • 715.1  Conaway Achievement Project
  • 715.2  New Student Placement
  • 715.3  Science and Math Learning Center
  • 715.4  Writing Center
  • 715.5  Supplemental Instruction
• 720  Services for Students with Disabilities
  • 720.1  Interpreting Services

800 COLLEGE-WIDE POLICIES

• 805  Equal Opportunity
• 810  Anti-Discrimination and Harassment
• 815  Family Education Right and Privacy Act (Buckley Amendment)
• 817  Drug-Free Workplace
• 825  Network and Computer Usage
• 830  Hazardous Waste

900 GENERAL INFORMATION

• 905  Emergencies
• 910  Identification cards (Campus Cards)
• 915  Mailing and shipping services
• 920  Office supplies
• 925  Payroll
• 930  Creative Services
• 935  Web Development Group