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# Faculty Policies and Procedures

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- [2.1 Academic Administration](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/2-1-academic-administration/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 For the organizational chart of the university, see the University Organizational Chart. Provost The provost is responsible for the leadership, administration, and operation of the Academic Division of the university. The four primary functions of this position are: To provide vision,
- [4.3 Course Scheduling](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-3-course-scheduling/) - Responsible Administrator: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: January 2023 Course Scheduling The goal of a common approach to course scheduling for residential undergraduate students is to support student progress toward their degrees by ensuring access to courses. In order to achieve this goal, the university needs to offer courses distributed across available times throughout
- [3.4 Outside Funding/Reduced Teaching Load](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-4-outside-funding-reduced-teaching-load/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Research grants and other forms of outside funding to support research are vital to a university, and ACU encourages each faculty member to seek such funding. The use of such funds usually is subject to the established guidelines of the granting
- [3.12 Student/Faculty Ratios](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-12-student-faculty-ratios/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Student-faculty ratios are calculated with a formula that assumes that full-time undergraduate students take 15 hours and graduate students take nine hours. Full-time faculty are counted as one FTE faculty, unless they have reassigned time from the standard 12-hour load; part-time
- [4.12 Course Evaluations](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-12-course-evaluations/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Each semester every faculty member must devote a short amount of class time toward the end of the semester to obtain each student's opinion of the course and teaching. The faculty member may not be present when the evaluation is given
- [3.11 Salary Policies](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-11-salary-policies/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Full-time Abilene faculty members are typically on an academic year contract spanning the fall and spring semesters with salary paid in 12 monthly payments, with some exceptions. There may be a summer teaching assignment with extra pay. As a general rule,
- [3.10 Office Hours](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-10-office-hours/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Each full-time faculty member is provided an office equipped with desk, chairs, bookshelves, filing cabinet, telephone, and computer. Office assignments are made by the dean of the college in consultation with the department or school chair or director. Each full-time faculty
- [3.5 Faculty Enrichment](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-5-faculty-enrichment/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Funds for Professional Travel The university encourages members of the faculty to attend professional meetings. The budget of each department/school includes funds for travel to professional meetings. Travel funds are allocated to departments/schools by the dean of the college. Some colleges and departments/schools may
- [3.9 Other Leaves of Absence](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-9-other-leaves-of-absence/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Faculty members may request leaves of absence without salary for a variety of reasons, such as teaching at another institution, postdoctoral research or study, travel, and mission work. Requests for such leaves should be directed to the department or school chair
- [3.8 Faculty Absence From Class or Faculty Meetings](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-8-faculty-absence-from-class-or-faculty-meetings/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Faculty members are expected to meet classes and attend faculty meetings, except in cases of emergency. Reasons which may justify missing a class or faculty meeting may be attendance at professional meetings, scholarly research away from the campus, speaking engagements that
- [3.7 Chapel Attendance](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-7-chapel-attendance/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Daily chapel is a focal point in the spiritual life of the university and a cohesive force for the Abilene Christian University community. Faculty members are expected to attend chapel regularly. Nothing should be scheduled that will interfere with this expectation.
- [5.5 Release of Educational Records](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/5-5-release-of-educational-records/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Registrar Date of Last Review: Privacy Rights of Students Due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (better known as FERPA), information contained in a student’s record may not be released or discussed with anyone except the student without the student’s written consent, except in
- [5.4 Withdrawing From a Course](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/5-4-withdrawing-from-a-course/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Undergraduate students should be reminded that being enrolled in fewer than twelve hours could negatively affect them academically and financially (e.g., financial aid package, eligibility for insurance, athletic eligibility, international student status, etc.). If it becomes necessary to withdraw from a course, the
- [5.3 Withdrawing from the University](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/5-3-withdrawing-from-the-university/) - Responsible Body: Student Life Date of Last Review: The catalog includes details about withdrawal. Cancelling Enrollment Before the Start of Term Faculty should direct residential students to contact Student Life if they are not returning to ACU. Student Life is responsible for forwarding all cancellations for residential students to the appropriate offices. Students in online programs
- [5.2 Disciplinary Suspension](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/5-2-disciplinary-suspension/) - Responsible Body: Student Life Date of Last Review: Disciplinary suspension involves a student being withdrawn from all classes. Student Life handles such matters, and involved faculty members are notified. If a student is removed from campus and cannot attend classes in person, faculty members are required to make reasonable accommodations for the student according to
- [4.11 Final Examinations](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-11-final-examinations/) - Responsible Administrator: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Final examinations are given during the last four days of each fall/spring term and the last day of each summer term or intensive course. Residential classes meet at the specially scheduled examination times, and all professors must give a final examination or project. The
- [4.10 Grade Changes](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-10-grade-changes/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 The forms used for changing grades and for removing grades of I or IP are obtained on the registrar's website. Change of Grade forms require three signatures (instructor, department/school chair or program director, dean) before they are submitted to the Registrar's Office for the
- [4.9 Incomplete Grade Contracts](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-9-incomplete-grades/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 The grading policy is an academic policy. The contract is a procedure designed to clarify faculty expectations and increase the likelihood of student success and added by agreement of all colleges in 2016. Professors may assign a grade of “I” (Incomplete) only when
- [4.8 Midterm Grades](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-8-midterm-grades/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Midterm grades are required for all undergraduate students for residential fall and spring semester courses unless class dates make them inappropriate (for example, a class that has already been completed, or a class that has not yet met). Midterm grades are to be
- [4.7 University Sponsored Trips (Advance Approval for Absence)](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-7-university-sponsored-trips/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Academic learning and development of leadership take place in and out of the formal academic setting. A student who is required to be absent from a class to participate in a university activity approved by the academic administration will not be penalized by professors
- [4.6 Class Attendance](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-6-class-attendance/) - Responsible Administrator: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Regular engagement with course material is essential to student success, therefore attendance and participation is required of students and faculty. Class attendance for undergraduate students is addressed in the Undergraduate Academic Information section of the catalog.
- [4.5 Class Syllabus](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-5-class-syllabus/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Each faculty member must distribute a syllabus within the first week of class (or by the second day of a short course). Electronic publication and dissemination of syllabi are acceptable. A clearly stated attendance or participation policy is a required element of the syllabus.
- [4.1 Academic Regulations and Procedures](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-1-academic-regulations-and-procedures/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 The official undergraduate academic regulations of the university are contained in the Undergraduate Academic Information section of the catalog. Additional remarks about specific areas of regulation are included in this section. Authority for Enforcing Regulations The basic authority for enforcing academic regulations and
- [3.6 Services Available to Faculty](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-6-services-available-to-faculty/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 University Mail Services University Mail Services provides a full range of mail and shipping services for the ACU community. Products and services are available for department/school charge or personal payment. In most cases, faculty members get their mail from their department/school’s office.
- [3.1 Special Academic Programs](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-1-special-academic-programs/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Graduate Faculty Membership The dean of the college of the course must approve individuals instructing graduate courses. This approval is part of the faculty hire credentialing process and must be approved during the initial credentialing process. When requested, a college dean may grant special
- [1.5 Student Complaint Policy](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/1-5-student-complaint-policy/) - Responsible Body: Responsible parties review and update the individual policies contained in the policy. Date of Last Review: The university has established formal policies and processes to handle written student complaints and appeals that compose the Student Complaint Policy, available at the Dean of Students site. Students may submit formal complaints related to student athlete financial aid, Title
- [1.4 Academic Integrity Policy](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/1-4-academic-integrity-policy/) - Responsible Body: Provost's Cabinet Date of Last Review: April 6, 2016 Overview Abilene Christian University exists to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world. As a Christian academic community, we are each responsible to hold each other accountable for behaviors consistent with the nature of God, to respect the community and to
- [2.2 Academic Administrative Groups](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/2-2-academic-administrative-groups/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Provost’s Advisory Workgroup This advisory workgroup meets three times per month with the Provost. This advisory workgroup comprises the vice provost; the deans of the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Biblical Studies, Business Administration, Education and Human Services, Graduate and Professional Studies,
- [5.1 Academic Probation and Suspension](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/5-1-academic-probation-and-suspension/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Academic Probation Procedure Students who are placed on academic probation will be informed of their status by letter. Department/school chairs or a designated full-time faculty member should work with each student on probation to create a probation contract. Provisions of the contract
- [4.4 Class Rolls](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-4-class-rolls/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 An accurate class roll is important throughout the duration of the course. A correct statement of a student's registration is required in such areas as financial aid, veterans’ affairs, athletic eligibility, and eligibility for participation in Greek life and other extracurricular activities. Faculty
- [4.2 Credit by Examination](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/4-2-credit-by-examination/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 The Credit By Exam page at the site of the Office of the Registrar has information available for students and faculty. Faculty may also contact the University Testing Center for information concerning credit by examination, course challenge, placement tests, and standardized tests.
- [3.3 Leaves for Pursuit of a Terminal Degree](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-3-leaves-for-pursuit-of-a-terminal-degree/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 A non-tenured faculty member teaching at ACU for at least three years may apply for a leave of absence for further graduate studies. In addition, because of unique circumstances, the provost may negotiate an agreement of support for an individual who will join the
- [3.2 Faculty Research](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/3-2-faculty-research/) - Responsible Administrator: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Research, creative scholarship, and other scholarly activities are essential functions of a comprehensive university—vital in the professional life of the professor and important in the education of students. Research and creative scholarship play important roles in considerations for faculty tenure, promotion, and salary allocation.
- [2.3 Special Provisions Relating to Other Divisions](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/2-3-special-provisions-relating-to-other/) - Responsible Body: Office of the Provost Date of Last Review: June 25, 2021 Senior Leadership Team (SLT) The Senior Leadership Team works with the president to guide the university's operation. Marketing and Strategic Communications The Division of Marketing and Strategic Communications assists in preparation of marketing plans for programs or departments/schools. This office creates ACU’s
- [1.6 Intellectual Property Policy](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/1-6-intellectual-property-policy/) - Responsible Body: Office of General Counsel Date of Last Review: November 2003 The Intellectual Property Policy is available on the policy page of the Office of General Counsel.
- [1.3 Significant Disruption Policy](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/1-3-significant-disruption-policy/) - Responsible Body: Provost's Cabinet Date of Last Review: May 13, 2020 A significant disruption may affect the university’s ability to conduct its courses and academic procedures in usual and customary ways. A significant disruption might include but is not limited to events such as a natural disaster, pandemic illness, or campus emergency that would impede
- [1.2 Credit Hour Policy](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/1-2-credit-hour-policy/) - Responsible Body: Provost's Cabinet Date of Last Review: April 15, 2020 The credit hour is the basic unit of measuring the work represented by academic engagement. According to the federal definition (34 CFR 600.2), “a credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that
- [1.1 Definition of Academic Policies](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/1-1-definition-of-academic-policies/) - Responsible Body: Provost's Cabinet Date of Last Review: April 15, 2020 Faculty own the curriculum and set out requirements to earn credentials from the university; they govern this through the curriculum approval process. Academic policies ensure the integrity of the curriculum approved by the faculty, and they allow students to understand their responsibilities. They
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- [Contents](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/) - 1. Academic Policies 1.1 Definition of Academic Policies 1.2 Credit Hour Policy 1.3 Significant Disruption Policy 1.4 Academic Integrity Policy 1.5 Student Complaint Policy 1.6 Intellectual Property Policy 2. Academic Administration 2.1 Academic Administration 2.2 Academic Administrative Groups 2.3 Special Provisions Relating to Other University Divisions 3. Faculty Support and Expectations 3.1 Special Academic Programs
- [Emeritus Faculty Policy](https://blogs.acu.edu/provost/emeritus-faculty-policy/) - Purpose This policy outlines the criteria, process, and privileges associated with emeritus faculty status at Abilene Christian University. The emeritus designation recognizes retired residential faculty members who have made significant contributions to the university and provides opportunities for continued engagement with the ACU community. This comprehensive set of criteria and benefits recognizes the valuable contributions
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