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Faculty Handbook 2022 - 2023 
    
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  Section 1 - Institutional Purpose and Organization
  1.1 - Faculty Membership at Kennesaw State University
  1.2 - Descriptions of Organizational Divisions, Colleges, and Departments
  1.2.1 - Academic Affairs Office
  1.2.2 - Academic Support Divisions
  1.2.3 - Academic Colleges
  Section 2 - Workload and Institutional Expectations
  2.1 - Academic Freedom and Responsibility
  2.2 - Workload Model for Teaching Faculty
  2.3 - Teaching Overloads
  2.4 - Faculty Performance and Assessment
  2.5 - Assessment of Teaching Effectiveness
  2.6 - Course Scheduling Expectations
  2.7 - Course Instructional Materials
  2.7.1 - Textbooks
  2.7.2 - Procedures Associated with Textbook Policy
  2.8 - Class Rolls
  2.9 - Grading
  2.10 - Student Attendance Policy
  2.11 - Faculty Absences
  2.12 - Policies Concerning Research with Human Participants, Research with Animals and Biosafety
  2.13 - Faculty Policies and Procedures with Legal Implications
  Section 3 - Review and Evaluation of Faculty Performance
  3.1 - Introduction
  3.2 - Overview of Faculty Responsibilities
  3.3 - Basic Categories of Faculty Performance
  3.4 - Evaluation of the Quality and Significance of Faculty Scholarly Accomplishments
  3.5 - General Expectations for Tenure, Promotion, Post-Tenure Review, and Faculty Performance for Tenure Track Faculty in Professorial Ranks
  3.6 - General Expectations for Promotion and Faculty Performance for Non-Tenure Track Faculty in Professorial Ranks
  3.7 - General Expectations for Promotion and Faculty Performance for Non-Tenure Track Clinical Faculty in Professorial Ranks
  3.8 - General Expectations for Promotion and Faculty Performance for Non-Tenure Track Librarian Faculty in Professorial Ranks
  3.9 - General Expectations for Promotion and Faculty Performance for Non-Tenure Track Research Faculty in Professorial Ranks
  3.10 - General Expectations for Non-Tenure Track Lecturers and Senior Lecturers
  3.11 - Administrative Faculty
  3.12 - Faculty Review Process
  3.13 - Multi-Year Review Schedules
  3.14 - References
  Section 4 - Personnel, Fiscal, & Institutional Policies
  4. 1 - Faculty Appointments and Contracts
  4.1.1 - Faculty Appointments
  4.1.2 - Graduate Faculty Status
  4.1.3 - Joint Appointments
  4.1.4 - Faculty Employment and Separation
  4.1.4.1 - Employment Contracts
  4.1.4.2 - Notice of Faculty Resignation or Retirement
  4.1.5 - Filling Vacant Faculty Positions and Faculty Search and Screening Process
  4.1.6 - Faculty Relocation and Moving Expenses Policy
  4.1.7 - Redirection and Reassignment of Filled Faculty Positions
  4.1.8 - Non-Renewal of Employment Contracts for Individuals with Faculty Status
  4.1.9 - Removal of a Faculty Member for Cause
  4.1.10 - Visiting Faculty Appointments
  4.1.11 - Limited Term Faculty Appointment
  4.1.12 - Part-time Teaching Faculty Appointment
  4.1.13 - Salary Conversion for Fiscal and Academic Year Appointments
  4.1.14 - Adjunct Faculty Appointments
  4.1.15 - Visas for Non-U.S. Citizens
  4.1.16 - State Restrictions on Kennesaw Faculty Employment Elsewhere in the University System
  4.1.17 - KSU Academic Affairs Electronic Records Policy
  4.2 - Compensation & Benefits
  4.2.1 - Academic Year Pay Procedures
  4.2.2 - Summer Employment and Compensation
  4.2.3 - KSU Faculty Exchanges
  4.2.4 - Stipend and Overload Compensation Guidelines
  4.2.5 - KSU Employee Benefits
  4.3 - Workplace Policies and Procedures
  4.3.1 - Outside Work for Pay and Conflict of Interest
  4.3.2 - Policy and Process Concerning Discrimination and Harassment
  4.3.3 - Amorous Relationships
  4.4 - Administrative Procedures
  4.4.1 - Grants and Contracts
  4.4.2 - Procedures for Handling Student Complaints Against Faculty Members
  4.4.3 - KSU Faculty Conflict Resolution Procedures
  4.4.4 - KSU Academic Freedom Complaints
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Faculty Handbook 2022 - 2023

Faculty Handbook 2022 - 2023

Welcome to the Kennesaw State University Faculty Handbook

This handbook is the authoritative source of information pertaining to the faculty policies.