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Faculty Handbook
October 6,
1998 Introduction The Faculty Senate Handbook Committee created this electronic version of Savannah State University’s Faculty Handbook to provide an easily accessible online reference that members of the faculty can review prior to approval of the document by the Faculty Senate. We took this action to reduce the need for printed copies. A printed copy has been placed on reserve in the Asa Gordon Library. We will include hypertext links in the final online document to assist the reader in finding information. The Faculty Senate Handbook Committee undertook this major revision of the handbook during the 1996-1997 academic year. The Handbook was adopted by the faculty senate on October 6, 1998. ForewordThe Savannah State University Faculty Handbook contains policies and procedures regarding the governance and management of the institution as a unit of the University System of Georgia. The official handbook is maintained in the offices of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Faculty Secretary. All other copies are unofficial and provided only for the general information and use of the members of the faculty and other personnel of the university. Faculty members covered by this handbook are current employees of Savannah State University and, through the Board of Regents, the University System of Georgia. This edition of the handbook replaces the earlier revisions of 1989, 1992, and 1994. The original Faculty Handbook replaced two earlier documents, Organization and Statues and Faculty Manual, both published in 1979. This handbook is limited, so far as is possible, to those matters that pertain directly to the interests of academic personnel at Savannah State University. To the extent these policies and procedures affect the employment of members of the faculty, they describe the contractual obligations of the university and the faculty members concerning the terms and conditions of employment. Copies of this handbook are available in the faculty member's department, division, or college. Copies are also on reserve in the Asa Gordon Library. Amendments to any part of this handbook, not required by state statute or Board of Regents’ policy, require compliance with the amending procedures set forth in Faculty Senate bylaws. Such policies become effective at the beginning of the next contract term, unless otherwise approved by the Faculty Senate. Amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Faculty Senate are made following the amending provisions contained in those documents and become effective as specified therein. Other university policies and procedures become effective immediately upon the signature of the president or his or her designee. Another resource that details policy and procedure for Savannah State University is the Policy Manual of the Board of Regents.
Table of Contents
1
History, Mission, General
Organization and Governance 1.3
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia 1.4 Organizational
Structure and Function (See Also Section 1.5) 1.4.2 Vice
President for Academic Affairs 1.4.3 Vice
President for Business and Finance 1.4.4 Vice
President for Student Affairs 1.4.5
Vice President for Institutional Advancement and University Relations 1.4.6 Dean of
Enrollment Management 1.4.10 Director of Library
and Media Services 1.4.11 Director of
Institutional Research and Planning 1.4.12 Director of
Title III Programs 1.4.13 Executive
Assistant to the President 1.5
Organizational Chart (See next page.) 1.6
Search Procedures for Administrators with Faculty and Ex Officio Faculty Status 1.7
Evaluation of Administrators 1.8
Other Administrative and Management Positions of Interest to the Faculty 1.9.1 General
Institutional Governance 1.9.1.3 Meetings and Procedures 1.9.2 Legislative
Authority of the Faculty 1.9.3
Guiding Principle for Faculty 1.10.1 The Board
of Regents of the University System of Georgia 1.10.2 Savannah
State University Administrative Committees 1.10.2.2 President's Planning
and Budgeting Group 1.10.2.5 Campus Safety
and Security Committee 1.10.2.6 Computer
Technology and Utilization Committee 1.10.2.7 Facilities
Management Committee 1.10.2.8 Institutional
Effectiveness Committee 1.10.2.9 Recruitment
and Admissions Committee 1.10.3
Faculty Senate Committees 1.10.3.2 Committee
on Committees 1.10.3.3 Curriculum
and New Programs Committee 1.10.3.4 Distinguished
Faculty Selection Committee 1.10.3.6 Faculty
Affairs Committee 1.10.3.7 Faculty
Development Committee 1.10.3.9 International
Students, Programs, and Activities Committee 1.10.3.10 Library and
Education Media Committee 1.10.3.11 Scholarship and
Financial Aid Committee 1.10.3.12 Statutes,
Bylaws, and Rules Committee 1.10.3.13 Student
Affairs Committee 1.10.4 Duties
of Committee Chairpersons 1.10.5 Duties
of Committee Recorders 1.10.6 College
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