Academic Authority. Decisions regarding who is taught, what is taught, how such content is taught and delivered, including the delivery method of instruction, and who does the teaching involve academic judgment and shall be made at the sole discretion of Dartmouth. All questions of academic judgment and decision-making are vested solely in Dartmouth’s exclusive discretion, and over which Dartmouth has no obligation to bargain. These matters include, but are not limited to the right to determine:
a. matters of student admissions, appointments and assignments, matriculation, including the standards by which these are determined;
b. matters regarding research methodology, materials, and research misconduct;
c. matters regarding grants, including, but not limited to application, selection, funding sources, administration, usage, accountability, termination, and compliance; creation, elimination, or modification of courses and curriculum;
d. content of courses, instructional materials, and the nature and form of assignments required, including examinations and other academic work;
e. class and section size;
f. decisions to create, eliminate, combine, suspend, or otherwise modify academic, service, and community support;
g. housing, academic, and residential use of Dartmouth properties;
h. academic grading policies and practices; and,
i. establishment, application, and modification of any and all policies, procedures, and rules relating to academic and degree expectations, enrollment matters, and student affairs of Dartmouth, including (but not limited to) with respect to tuition , fees, costs, financial aid, admissions and appointments and assignments, admissions standards, matriculation, graduation standards, curriculum offerings and schedules, academic calendar, credits, athletics, faculty employment, student resources, campus health and safety, student groups and activities, faculty, alumni; and,
j. all academic policies and procedures regarding unit members’ status as students, including, but not limited to academic standing, academic probation and dismissal, intellectual and research integrity, academic standards and academic progress as students, and the completion of degree requirements. The enumerated rights of management and academics are not exhaustive, nor does it exclude other management or academic rights not specified herein. Dartmouth, in not exercising any function hereby reserved to it in this Article, or in exercising any such function in a particular way, will...
Academic Authority. The parties expressly acknowledge that nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the authority of College in respect of the admission of students to College or the decision to award an academic credential.
