2004 Faculty Handbook
At its 28 April 2004 meeting, the Faculty of Illinois Institute of
Technology passed a revision of its faculty handbook. The vote was taken
in two parts.
The vote on the Faculty Constitution, i.e. the main body
of the handbook and Appendix A, was tallied separately from the vote
on the Faculty Bylaws, i.e. Appendices B through P.
Both parts passed at that meeting in the forms depicted on this webpage;
the Constitution passed without revision, whereas some changes were
made in Appendices B and C at the meeting.
The new handbook will become the operational faculty handbook if it is
approved by the IIT Board of Trustees at its meeting on 18 May 2004.
Passage of the revised handbook brought to near-completion a process
that began eighteen months earlier.
At its October 10, 2002 meeting, the University Faculty Council
established the ad-hoc Faculty Handbook Revision Committee to draft
revisions to the Faculty Handbook to make it consistent with a
single-campus university with a provost instead of campus vice-presidents.
The committee membership is Howard Eglit, Ellen Mitchell, Mary Anne Smith,
and Geoff Williamson.
The committee met from October 2002 through fall 2003 as it
prepared a draft revision of the handbook for consideration.
In addition to making the
Faculty Handbook consistent with a single-campus university, the committee
has made some clarifications and informational updates.
The committee submitted its draft revision to the University Faculty
Council (UniFC) in late 2003, and further revisions were made to the
documents seen here, based on votes taken at UniFC meetings.
Finally, there were revisions made by the University faculty at
the April 2004 meeting.
All changes (deletions and additions) are clearly marked in the draft
revised documents.
The revised the Faculty Handbook is now available here.
Because the Constitution (main body and appendix A)
passed in April without revision,
it is presented here in "clean" (continuous-text) form, without editing marks.
Appendices B and C are presented in "marked-up" form, wherein the
changes made at the 28 April meeting are highlighted.
Appendices D through P are presented in clean form.
For reference, the current Faculty Handbook is on the IIT web site at http://www.iit.edu/staff/faculty_handbook.
Please send comments or questions to Michael Young at youngm@iit.edu.
Approved Revision of the Faculty Handbook
- Revision in "clean" form showing the final appearance
- Main text of the Faculty
Handbook
- Appendix A: Constitution of the
Faculty of Illinois Institute of Technology
- Appendix D: Suggested Outline for
the Preparation of Curriculum Vitae
- Appendix E: Procedures for the
Search for, and the Review of, Academic Deans and Directors
- Appendix F: Procedures for
Selection, Retention, and Replacement of Department Chairs
- Appendix G: Procedures for the
Search for Provost
- Appendix H: IIT Policy on Joint
Faculty Appointments
- Appendix I: Procedures for
Hearing Faculty Grievances
- Appendix J: Procedures for
Suspension or Termination for Cause
- Appendix K: Patent and Copyright
Policy
- Appendix L: Review of Alleged
Scientific Misconduct
- Appendix M: Policy on Sexual
Harassment
- Appendix N: Privacy Rights and
Access to Educational Records
- Appendix O: Honorific Title:
Distinguished Professor
- Appendix P: Process for Change in
Policy, Procedure, and Curriculum, and for Elimination of Degrees or
Programs
- Appendix Q: Policies and
Procedures Relating to Non-Tenure Track Ranks
- Appendix R: Standards for
Extending the Probationary Period of Tenure-Track Faculty
- Revisions in "marked-up" form showing changes made at
the 28 April 2004 University Faculty Meeting
- Appendix B: By-Laws of
the Faculty of Illinois Institute of Technology
- Appendix C: Standards
and Procedures for Promotion and Tenure
- "Clean-text" forms of Appendices B and C prior to the
revisions of the Faculty Meeting
- Appendix B: By-Laws of the
Faculty of Illinois Institute of Technology
- Appendix C: Standards and
Procedures for Promotion and Tenure
- Revisions, in marked-up form,
made by the University Faculty Council, and comments from the
Handbook Revision Committee on Appendices I, J, and P.
- Memorandum from the committee to the
UFC describing the changes made in preparing the draft.
