Definition of Faculty. The term "faculty" and "instructor" when used hereinafter in this agreement shall refer to all professional employees represented by the Association in the bargaining unit as designated in Article I, Section 1 of this Agreement.
Definition of Faculty. The faculty at Oklahoma Baptist University consists of all persons who are appointed by the University to teach one or more courses in the University. The matters covered in the Faculty Handbook apply to all faculty holding full-time University appointment, unless specified otherwise. Policies concerning faculty rights, responsibilities, and professional ethics (2.10), unless specified otherwise, apply to all faculty, regardless of appointment status. Policies related to grievance, described in section 2.16, also apply to all faculty. Those who held joint faculty and administrative appointments and professional librarians should be aware that many of the policies and procedures relative to their appointments are housed in the Administrative Handbook. However, policies related to classroom responsibilities and rights relative to academic freedom as described in section two of this Handbook extend to all faculty and professional librarians. The Bylaws of the Faculty Constitution define the voting faculty as: (1) ranked faculty members whose primary responsibility is teaching, defined as teaching three-fourths load (nine hours per semester) or its equivalent, (2) the chief academic officers of the University, the academic deans, and the professional librarians with full-time University appointment, (3) lecturers and those holding Professional Service Contracts, so long as those contracts include a university classroom teaching assignment of at least six semester hours, and (4) others elected to annual membership upon recommendation of the Faculty Council in accordance with the Faculty Bylaws (Appendix B).
Definition of Faculty. 1) Regular faculty are those full-time employees who hold the rank of instructor, senior instructor, lecturer, senior lecturer, or professor. Their contracts are for the academic year rather than the calendar year, and they are paid according to the Faculty Salary Matrix in Schedule I.
2) It is agreed that some academic administrators may be given faculty rank in recognition of their academic credentials and the relatedness of their work to the academic aims of the College. However, such administrators will not fall under the workload regulations for regular faculty, and this shall be stated in their employment contracts.
