2.15 Assignment of Those Holding an Appointment to the Faculty
I. Purpose
Establish criteria for assignment of full-time faculty to academic departments.
II. Scope
Applicable to all full-time faculty members.
III. General
Persons holding appointments as full-time faculty members shall be assigned by the Provost to an academic department of the college. Assignments shall be made, whenever possible, to an academic department containing the disciplines or responsibilities in which the person being assigned is proficient through education, training, or experience.
Requests for a transfer from one academic department to another may be considered by the Provost when such requests are in writing and explain the reasons for the request and the professional enhancement the person would bring to the requested assignment.
Based upon appropriate credentials, the Provost may appoint a faculty member to two departments jointly, enabling that faculty member to teach in both disciplines equally.
Persons holding appointments as full-time faculty members shall be defined to include all those who hold academic rank in the college.
IV. Procedures
None
V. Approval
President, August 3, 2015
VI. Responsibility
Provost