TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION
Section One- The Function of the Faculty Manual
1.0 Purpose and Function of the Faculty Manual
1.1 History of the Faculty Manual
1.2 Procedures for Amending the Faculty Manual
1.3 Violations of the Faculty Manual By Academic Administrators
Section Two- The University – History, Mission, Administration
2.0 Texas Southern University Mission Statement
2.1 The University History
2.2 The Board of Regents
2.3 The President of the University
2.4 The Provost
2.5 The Associate Provosts and Directors
2.6 The Dean of the Graduate School
2.7 The Deans of the Schools
2.8 The Department Chairs
2.9 Selection/Election of Department Chairpersons
2.10 Filling a Vacant and/or Unexpired Term – Department Chair
2.11 Removal of a Department Chair
2.12 Evaluation of the Department chair
2.13 Selection of the President and other Academic Administrators
2.14 The Non-Academic Administration: University Vice Presidents and Executive Officers
Section Three – The Nature of the Faculty
3.0 Principle of Academic Freedom
3.1 Academic Responsibility of a Faculty Member
3.2 Minimum Qualifications for Appointment to the Faculty
3.3 Faculty Ranks
A. Regular Instructional Faculty
B. Other Faculty Ranks
C. Distinguished and Endowed Faculty
3.4. Graduate Faculty status
3.5 Faculty Awards
3.6 Privileges of Retired Faculty
Section Four- University Personnel Practices
4.0 Procedures on Faculty Appointment
4.1 Terms of Appointment
4.2 Waiver to permit appointment To Full Professor with Tenure
4.3 Credit for Prior Service at Another Academic Institution
4.4 Procedures Utilized for Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure
4.5 Annual Faculty Performance Review
4.6 Notification of Renewal and Non-renewal of Appointment
4.7 Length of Tenure Track Service
4.8 Notification of Termination of Tenure Track Service
4.9 Tenure Award
4.10 Post Tenure Review
4.11 Promotion Policies
4.12 Salary Determination Procedures
4.13 Faculty Transfers From One Discipline to Another.
4.14 Resignation, Termination and Dismissal
Section Five – Professional Practices
5.1 Purpose
5.2 Faculty workload
5.3 Policies for Pursuing Academic Coursework
5.4 Work Schedule
5.5 Office Hours
5.6 Academic Counseling
5.7 Syllabus
5.8 Teaching Practices
(a) Faculty Class Meeting Responsibility
(b) Class Attendance Regulation
(c) Examinations and Grading
(d) Grade Reports
(e) Grade Changes
(f) Reporting Small Classes
(g) Twentieth Day and Fourth Day Reports
(h) Room Assignments
(i) Class Enrollment
(j) Dropping and Adding Classes
(k) Students rights and Responsibilities
(l) The Family Rights and Privacy Act (FEPA)
(m) Academic Integrity
(n) Students With Disabilities
(o) Evaluation of Teachers By Students
5.9 Policy on Textbooks Purchased Through University Bookstore
5.10 Report to Coordinating Board on Faculty Workload
5.11 Rental of Academic Regalia
5.12 Sub-division Handbooks
5.13 Faculty Leaves
(a) Sabbatical Leaves
(b) Faculty Developmental Leaves
(c) Annual Leaves
(d) Sick Leaves
(e) Family and Medical Leave
5.14 Leave of Absence Without Pay
5.15 Faculty Absence From Regular Duties
5.16 Salaries and Compensation
5.17 Outside Private Employment
5.18 Compensation Above Contracted Salaries
5.19 Payday
Section Six – Faculty Discipline and Dismissal
6.1 General Disciplinary Process
6.2 Dismissal Process
6.3 Dismissal Procedure
6.4 Termination from Employment
Section Seven – Policy and Procedure for Faculty Discipline, Dismissal
7.0 Termination
7.1 Good Causes
7.2 Presidential Authority
7.3 Immediate Dismissal
7.4 Request for Hearing
7.5 Faculty Hearing Committee
7.6 Hearing Procedure
7.7 Representation
7.8 Committee Findings and Recommendations
7.9 Reviews and Decision by the President
7.10 Request for Board Review of the President’s Decision
7.11 Board Review
7.12 Alternative Dispute Resolution
Section Eight- Grievance Procedure.
8.0 Appeal of Denial of Rank, Tenure, Promotion and Merit Raises
A. Denial of Promotion
B. Tenure Denial
C. Merit Increase Appeals
Section Nine – Participation In University Governance
9.0 Principle of Shared Governance
9.1 Academic Committees
9.2 University Administrative Committees
9.3 Faculty Participation in the Selection of University Personnel
9.4 Faculty Organization
Section Ten – Appendices
Faculty Constitution
Faculty By-laws
List of members of the Board of Regents
Summary of Selected University Policies
Equal Opportunity Policies
Drug and Alcohol Policies
Nepotism Policy
Sexual Harassment Policy
Ethics Laws for State Officers and Employees
Expert Witness Reporting
Faculty Consulting Policy
Intellectual Property Policy
Copyright Policy
Patent Policy
Annual Faculty Review Forms
Appointment of Academic Administrators Form
Form for Survey of Academic Administrators
Texas Southern University is a state-supported institution of higher education established by the Fiftieth Texas Legislature on March 3, 1947 under the provisions of Senate Bill 140. This legislation authorized the University to offer programs in a number of areas “including pharmacy, dentistry, arts and sciences, journalism, education, literature, law, medicine, and other professional courses.”. A subsequent enabling act and other legislation stipulated that “these courses shall be equivalent to those offered at other institutions of this type supported by the State of Texas” and that “upon demand by qualified applicants and upon meeting the stipulations of the Act, the University shall, at all times, offer educational opportunities equal to and comparable with those offered by other institutions of its type supported by the State of Texas.” To house the new University, the State sought to acquire the physical plant of the Houston College for Negroes, a four-year institution operated by the Houston Independent School District.
Prior to 1947 the Houston College had held its classes in the old Jack Yates High School building (now James D. Ryan Junior High). In 1947 it moved to a fifty-three acre tract in the southeastern part of the city, which is the present location of Texas Southern University. To construct the new campus for the Houston College for Negroes, a citizens’ committee headed by Dr. John W. Davis raised $100,000, a substantial portion of which was contributed by Thornton M. Fairchild and by Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dupree. Hugh Roy Cullen and friends (including the Anderson Foundation) donated an additional $100,000, and in April 1947, the Thornton M. Fairchild Memorial Building was dedicated as the first building on the new campus.
