Policy Manual by Number Start with 15
15.0.1
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS AND GRANTING OF TENURE (15.0.1)
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.0.2
TIME PERIOD EXCLUSION FROM THE PROBATIONARY PERIOD (15.0.2)
Excluding time from the probationary period allows balance between work and life away from work for tenure track faculty members who experience significant personal obligations (e.g. medical, family...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.10
TENURED ADMINISTRATORS RETURNING TO FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STATUS (15.1.10)
This policy applies to members of the tenured faculty who serve on at least 50 percent administrative appointments in positions noted above for a period of at least one year. When such person...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.11
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVE POLICY AND GUIDELINES (15.1.11)
Faculty development leaves are authorized for the primary purpose of increasing the value of the recipient’s sustained contribution to the university by providing the individual an opportunity...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.12
FACULTY LEAVES OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY (15.1.12)
Full-time or part-time leaves of absence without pay may be granted to members of the faculty for study, research, writing, convalescence, or other suitable purpose at the discretion and upon the...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.14
PAYMENT OF NINE-MONTH CONTRACTS (15.1.14)
The procedure of payment of a nine-month contract over twelve months is intended for those employees with a stable income expectation. Any payroll change requested during the year regardless of the...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.15
FACULTY ATTENDANCE AT COMMENCEMENT (15.1.15)
The procedure of payment of a nine-month contract over twelve months is intended for those employees with a stable income expectation. Any payroll change requested during the year regardless of the...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.16
HONORARY DEGREE AWARDS POLICY (15.1.16)
The award of an honorary degree by a university is an extension of its role as the unique institution in society devoted to the discovery, transmission and preservation of knowledge. The...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.17
GUIDELINES FOR SELECTION OF A FACULTY LECTURER FOR REGENTS' FACULTY LECTURE SERIES (15.1.17)
The Regents' Faculty Lecture Series was initiated at the University of North Texas in 1983. The Regents' Faculty Lecturer will be a person whose strong scholarly or artistic achievements have brought...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.18
CONFERRING OF EMERITUS STATUS (15.1.18)
The title “Emeritus” may be conferred by the Board of Regents to a faculty member or librarian at the time of retirement, upon the recommendation of the department/unit, and with...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.2.4
SUPPLEMENTAL POLICY ON EVALUATING TENURED FACULTY AT UNT (15.1.2.4)
The evaluation of tenured faculty is a comprehensive process that results in a fair and equitable evaluation of faculty, while rewarding quality performance. A faculty member with administrative...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.22
DISTINGUISHED TEACHING PROFESSORSHIP(15.1.22)
The University Distinguished Teaching Professorship award recognizes tenured faculty who perform outstanding teaching, teach at the introductory levels of their disciplines, promote the continuous...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.23
DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSORSHIP (15.1.23)
The University Distinguished Research Professorship award recognizes tenured faculty at the rank of professor who have achieved an exceptionally outstanding record of creative activities or research...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.24
REGENTS PROFESSORSHIPS (15.1.24)
The purpose of the Regents Professorship award is to provide recognition and salary support for individuals at the rank of professor who have performed outstanding teaching, research and service to...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.25
PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS (15.1.25)
The goal of these principles and procedures is to provide sustained information to academic administrators in order that they can perform effectively and can improve in the performance of their...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.25.1
ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS SURVEY (15.1.25.1)
The annual performance review of academic administrators is anonymous. The evaluation form forwarded to each eligible faculty member is a document that is reviewed and updated annually prior to use....
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.26
FINANCIAL EXIGENCY POLICY (15.1.26)
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.27
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF TEACHING FELLOWS AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS (15.1.27)
Each academic unit shall meet minimal academic criteria required for teaching fellows/teaching assistants in the department, in accordance with relevant accreditation standards for the University and...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.28
GUIDELINES FOR ORIENTATION, SUPERVISION, AND EVALUATION OF TEACHING FELLOWS AND TEACHING ASSISTANTS (15.1.28)
Prior to the beginning of the fall semester each school/college will conduct an orientation for all TF/TAs. The school/college may elect to hold this orientation at the department or unit level. All...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.30
GUIDELINES FOR USE OF TEACHING ASSISTANTS IN LARGE CLASSES (15.1.30)
Faculty require logistical support when teaching large lecture sections as well as assistance to meet specialized instructional needs. The need is particularly strong when the nature of the course...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.31
TEACHING PERSONNEL WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH (15.1.31)
It is the policy of the university to comply with the provisions of House Bill 638 of the Seventy-First Legislature of the State of Texas (Section 1, Chapter 51.917 of the Education Code) by...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.31.1
PROGRAM OF ASSISTANCE TO FACULTY WHOSE PRIMARY LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH (15.1.31.1)
Texas Education Code Section 51.917 requires each public institution of higher education in Texas to establish a program of assessment and assistance for faculty and teaching personnel whose primary...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.31.2
INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANT/TEACHING FELLOW LANGUAGE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM (15.1.31.2)
To ensure that all courses (with the exception of foreign language courses) will be taught clearly in the English language, the university requires that all persons who are employed as a teaching...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.32
PART-TIME FACULTY (15.1.32)
N/A
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.33
FACULTY DISCIPLINE POLICY (15.1.33)
N/A
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.34
UNIVERSITY OMBUDS (15.1.34)
The University is committed to providing its employees an outlet for informally raising and addressing work-related concerns in a confidential, independent, and neutral environment. The Office...
4. Administration
Ruby Raines
Office of the President
15.1.4
CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS REVIEW COMMITTEE (15.1.4)
N/A
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.4.1
BYLAWS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS REVIEW COMMITTEE (15.1.4.1)
N/A
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.5
GRADUATE FACULTY MEMBERSHIP (15.1.5)
This policy describes the process and conditions for appointment to the Graduate Faculty at the University of North Texas. Graduate Faculty advance the research, teaching and professional development...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.6
APPOINTMENT OF DISTINGUISHED PROFESSORS (15.1.6)
An individual whose long, continuing superior scholarly or creative achievement has resulted in a national or international reputation may be appointed as Distinguished Professor. Such achievement...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.7
APPOINTMENT OF NAMED PROFESSORSHIPS OR CHAIRS (15.1.7)
Named professorships or chairs may be established where sources of funding provide for the creation of such positions. The holder of such a professorship or chair should be an outstanding scholar,...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.8
ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES FOR JOINT APPOINTMENTS WITHIN OR BETWEEN INSTITUTIONS : UNT/UNTHSC (15.1.8)
The University of North Texas and the University of North Texas Health Science Center-Ft. Worth consider that joint appointments between or within the institutions often may be advantageous. Through...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.1.9
ACADEMIC WORKLOAD AND MERIT EVALUATION OF FACULTY (15.1.9)
Faculty members at the University of North Texas have a variety of duties and responsibilities associated with the mission of the institution, including the essential functions of teaching, research...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.1
ACCELERATED COURSES (15.2.1)
Courses of an unusual type, especially those offered for professional development and certification, often lend themselves to acceleration. A course shall be considered accelerated if it meets over a...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.10
REQUIRED COURSES IN GOVERNMENT OR POLITICAL SCIENCE (15.2.10)
The University may not award a baccalaureate degree or a lesser degree or academic certificate unless the student has completed six hours or its equivalent of credit in American government to include...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.11
GRADUATION WITH HONORS(15.2.11)
Candidates for graduation whose overall grade point average, based on grades earned in the University of North Texas resident credit courses and transferred resident credit courses, is at least 3.5...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.12
INTERNSHIPS AND COOPERATIVE EDUCATION (15.2.12)
The policy provides definition and guidance for internships and cooperative education programs.
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.13
ACADEMIC PROGRAM REVIEW POLICY (15.2.13)
The University of North Texas will periodically conduct a review of all of its degree programs. The objective of program review is to promote the quality of each UNT academic program through an...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.14
APPROVAL OF DISTRIBUTED LEARNING COURSES AND PROGRAMS (15.2.14)
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has transferred the authority to approve electronically delivered undergraduate and masters level courses and degree programs to the university governing...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.15
AEROSPACE SCIENCE (15.2.15)
The United States Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) detachment at the University of North Texas operates under "Air Force ROTC Cadet Flying Programs and Special Activities,"...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.16
PRE-FINAL WEEK AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS (15.2.16)
So that students can more adequately prepare for their final examinations, special rules apply to pre-finals week activities and the administering of final examinations.
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.17
DISTRIBUTED LEARNING-CREATION, USE, OWNERSHIP, ROYALTIES, REVISION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONICALLY DEVELOPED COURSE MATERIALS (15.2.17)
This policy addresses the use of distributed learning at the University of North Texas. Distributed learning is a pedagogy whereby students are instructed via electronic transmissions, often...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.18
STUDY ABROAD POLICY (15.2.18)
The University of North Texas will endeavor to provide out-of-country study opportunities for students in their academic degree programs through a variety of mechanisms. The university Study Abroad...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.19
AWARDING POSTHUMOUS DEGREES (15.2.19)
UNT may confer posthumous baccalaureate and graduate degrees upon deceased students who have successfully completed a substantial portion of their academic program at the time of death.
6. Faculty Affairs
Yolanda Niemann
VP for Academic Affairs
15.2.2
OFF-CAMPUS INSTRUCTION (FACILITIES AND RESOURCES) (15.2.2)
Before scheduling off-campus classes (including classes offered through distance education) the Dean of each college or school offering off-campus or distance education classes will certify prior to...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.3
COURSE AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT (15.2.3)
N/A
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.4
SAFETY IN INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES (15.2.4)
All university administrators, faculty and staff are expected to be continuously and actively concerned about safety in the teaching environment. The University Safety Policy mandates...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.5
ATTENDANCE POLICY (15.2.5)
The attendance policy as described within this policy was voted approval by the Faculty Senate, endorsed by the Faculty Senate, and approved by the President.
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.6
ACADEMIC PROGRESS REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (15.2.6)
Federal regulations require the University of North Texas to monitor student academic progress to ensure students establish and remain eligible, to receive Federal Title IV sources of student...
6. Faculty Affairs
Zelma DeLeon
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.7
GRADE APPEALS PROCEDURE (15.2.7)
Any student who believes that a grade has been inequitably awarded should first contact the instructor who awarded the grade to discuss the issue and attempt to resolve the differences. Any...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.8
CONTINUING EDUCATION POLICY (15.2.8)
The goal of the policy is to establish a well-defined and clearly understood administrative and organizational structure which (1) supports the efforts of the faculty of the various schools and...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs
15.2.9
REQUIRED COURSES IN HISTORY (15.2.9)
The university may not award a baccalaureate degree or a lesser degree or academic certificate unless the student has credit for six semester hours or its equivalent in American History. A student is...
6. Faculty Affairs
Mary Foster
VP Academic Affairs