Section A: Philosophical Precepts

  • Definition of "Faculty"
  • Consultation
  • Academic Freedom, Professional Ethics, and Faculty Rights
  • Principles of Academic Freedom
  • Statement of Professional Ethics
  • Faculty Rights
  • Related Procedures
  • Protection Against Misconduct in Research
  • Procedures for Handling Alleged Misconduct in Research
  • Statement of Diversity and Inclusivity
  • Statement of Responsibility for Providing Student Advisement
  • Office Hours
  • Faculty Responsibilities
  • Incompatible Activities
  • Employment Levels of Temporary Faculty
  • Political Activities
  • Conflict of Interest
  • Attendance at Commencement and Honors Convocations

    Section B: Appointment, Retention, Tenure, Promotion, and Evaluation

  • Recruitment of Faculty
  • Appointment
  • Personnel Information and Personnel Reports
  • Expectations Regarding English Proficiency of Faculty
  • Personnel Files and Other Employment Records
  • Departmental/Divisional/School and College Personnel Documents
  • Faculty Archives
  • Personnel Committees
  • Calendar
  • Evaluation of Permanent Instructional Faculty
  • Evaluation of Permanent Counselor Faculty
  • Evaluation of Temporary Instructional Faculty
  • Evaluation of Temporary Counselor Faculty
  • Peer Observations of Instruction
  • Oral Testimony
  • Resignation
  • Eligibility Criteria for Tenure and Promotion
  • Procedures for Nomination and Recommendation for Promotion
  • Evaluation of Faculty Active in Interdisciplinary Programs
  • Evaluation of Faculty Serving as Administrators
  • Student Input in Academic Personnel Processes
  • Temporary Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty (Lecturers)
  • Appointment Procedures for Grant-Related Instructional Faculty of Exceptional Merit
  • International Faculty Exchange Program
  • Guidelines for the Administration of the Distinguished Visiting Professors Program
  • Guidelines for Appointment of Adjunct Professors
  • Volunteer Faculty
  • Distinguished Visiting Fellow

    Section C: Reduced Worktime, Preretirement, and Retirement Plans

  • Reduced Worktime Program
  • Preretirement and Retirement Plans
  • Voting Rights of Faculty

    Section D: Teaching Assignments

  • The Academic Year
  • Teaching Assignments
  • Direction of Graduate Theses and Projects
  • Teaching Responsibilities
  • Teaching and Extra Quarter Assignment

    Section E: Employment Policies and Procedures

  • Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Policy Statement on Equal Employment Opportunity
  • Policy for The California State University
  • Policy on Nepotism
  • Policy on Prohibition of Sexual Harassment
  • Policy on Consensual Sexual Relations
  • Policy on Campus Violence
  • Policy on Drugs in the Workplace
  • Pay Periods
  • Change of Status Reporting
  • Additional Employment Assignment and Payment
  • Employment in External Grants and Contracts
  • Employment of Graduate Students in Instruction
  • Layoff Procedures
  • Participation in the Deliberations Prior to Layoff
  • Procedures for Grievances and Faculty Status Disputes
  • Disciplinary Action Procedures for Academic Personnel
  • Absence Without Leave as Resignation; Reinstatement
  • Dismissal

    Section F: Leaves and Vacations

  • Vacations
  • Leaves of Absence with Pay
  • Sabbatical Leave
  • The College Sabbatical Leave Committee
  • The University Sabbatical Leave Committee
  • Standards and Criteria for Sabbatical Leaves
  • Special Leaves for Research or Creative Activity
  • Sick Leave
  • Other Leaves of Absence with Pay
  • Leave of Absence without Pay