Contents of Operating Papers. All operating papers shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following items, as long as they are consistent with the express terms of this Agreement:
a. Mission statement;
b. Definition of voting faculty;
c. Merit criteria and process for awarding merit raises, including how the annual review process of Faculty is used in awarding merit raises;
d. Tenure and promotion guidelines and procedures;
e. Roles, responsibilities, and authority of committees;
f. Policies on the use of proxies and the integrity of the secret ballot process (e.g., double blind balloting);
g. Process for determining the composition of committees;
h. Role and responsibilities of the Chair/Director and procedures for Faculty to provide recommendations to the Xxxx on the appointment and review of a Chair/Director;
i. Procedure for reviewing and amending the operating paper;
j. Academic qualifications of new Faculty to be recruited;
k. Criteria to be applied when determining workload. Any such language shall be in compliance with the provisions of Article 8. Initial credit hour equivalencies shall be adopted exclusively in accordance with Addendum B.
Contents of Operating Papers. Operating Papers at either the Department or College/School levels shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following items:
Contents of Operating Papers. All operating papers shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following items, as long as they are consistent with the express terms of this Agreement:
a. Mission statement;
b. Definition of voting Faculty (including eligibility to vote on specific issues and policies);
c. For schools and Library Affairs operating papers, merit criteria and process for awarding merit raises, including how the annual review process of Faculty is used in awarding merit raises;
d. Tenure and promotion standards, guidelines and procedures;
e. Establishment, roles, responsibilities, composition, and authority of committees, including unit-level procedures for making curricular decisions;
f. Qualifications, role and responsibilities of the Xxxx (for College Operating Papers) or Director (for schools operating papers) and procedures for Faculty to provide recommendations to the Xxxx on the appointment and review of a Director; and, for College Operating Papers, procedures for review of the Xxxx;
g. Procedure for reviewing and amending the operating paper;
h. Academic qualifications of new Faculty to be recruited, and procedures for the academic unit to make hiring requests to the Xxxx;
i. For School and Library Affairs operating papers, criteria to be applied when determining workload, including workload assignment criteria for credit hour equivalencies pertaining to indirect and/or contact-hour teaching. Any such language shall be in compliance with the provisions of Article 8.
Contents of Operating Papers. All operating papers shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following items, as long as they are consistent with the express terms of this Agreement:
a. Mission statement;
b. Definition of voting faculty;
c. Merit criteria and process for awarding merit raises, including how the annual review of Faculty process is used in awarding merit raises;
d. Tenure and promotion guidelines and procedures;
e. Roles, responsibilities, and authority of committees;
f. Policies on the use of proxies and secret ballots;
g. Process for determining the composition of committees;
h. Role and responsibilities of the Chair/Director and procedures for Faculty to provide recommendations to the Xxxx on the appointment and review of a Chair/Director;
i. Procedure for reviewing and amending the operating paper; and
j. Academic qualifications of new Faculty to be recruited.
