Defined qualifications for ranks of Adjunct, Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor.

○ Revised general description of faculty duties and responsibilities.

Defined Special Instructional Faculty Appointments (Artist in Residence and Visiting Professor).

■ Specified these are always term appointments with a maximum term of appointment. (three years).

Defined which faculty positions are tenure-eligible.

Separately defined additional rank eligible faculty appointments such as library faculty, research faculty, and extension faculty.

A process for moving these faculty from non-tenure track to tenure-track positions is currently being established.

○ Noted that the policy does not cover votes of confidence as they are governed by following the parliamentary procedures of making and voting on a motion, as detailed in Robert's Rules of Order.

Clarified individuals eligible to serve in faculty positions and eligible voters. Corrected inconsistencies in the current handbook.

All elections, including those for whom only specific colleges vote, can be accommodated via the electronic elections process. Combined University wide and College wide elections into one election

○ Since all election notices, call for nominations, and voting are now electronic, changed the number of days' notice required in various steps from five to three.

○ This award being replaced by the Thorobred Professor of the Year award included in a separate action item.

○ This section will be updated with the new faculty awards process once complete.

All revisions listed above are being updated and reformatted in the 2020-21 Faculty Handbook. All faculty will receive communication regarding publication of an updated Faculty Handbook for 2020 along with this summary of updates and changes. These documents will be available as faculty return for Fall Semester 2020.

Overview of Faculty Handbook Revisions 2020-21 ☒