Faculty Handbook

The Wright State University Faculty Handbook is jointly maintained by the Office of the Faculty President in cooperation with the Office of the Provost.  Additions, deletions or modifications to this material may only be made with the written approval of the Provost and either the Faculty Senate or its Executive Committee.

I.  University Organization

• Administrative Organization
• Academic Organization
• Policy on Changes to Academic Units

II.  University Aim, Mission, and Plan

• Mission Statement
• Aim Statement
• Strategic Plan

III.  Academic Freedom, Free Speech and Diversity

• Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibilities
• Demonstrations and Marches
• Speaker's Corner
• Diversity Statement

IV.  Faculty Rights and Responsibilities

• Faculty Constitution
• Promotion and Tenure
• Guidelines for University Promotion and Tenure Committee Deliberations
• Appointment, Promotion and Termination of Faculty in Non-Tenure Track Positions
• Policies and Procedures for Promotion to Senior Lecturer (with Transitional Provision)
• Faculty Workload
• Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
• Annual Faculty Evaluation
• Outside Employment
• Graduate Faculty Membership
• Faculty Awards and Recognition
• Due Process Mechanism
• Salary Inequity Appeals Procedure
• Consensual Relations
• Discipline
• Emeritus Faculty
• Review of Administrators
• Parental Accommodations

V.  Teaching (policies affecting faculty as they teach courses)

• Grading System
• Registration/Add & Attendance/Drop Policy
• Procedures for Implementation of Registration and Add Policy and Attendance and Drop Policy
• Drop Date
• Student Evaluation of Instruction
• Final Exam Policy
• Course Substitutions to Accommodate Disabilities
• Academic Integrity
• Release of Information about Students (Wright Way Policy 4010)
• Writing Across the Curriculum
• Copyrighted Materials (Wright Way Policy 2303)

VI.  Curriculum (policies governing curricular development)

• Procedures for Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Courses
• Effective Implementation of Course Modifications
• Procedures for Adding and Changing Programs (Majors, Minors, Certificates, Distance Learning)
• Deactivation, Reactivation and Termination of Programs

VII.  Admission, Transfer Credit, and Graduation

• Academic Honors - Graduation with Academic Distinction
• Graduating with Latin Honors
• Transfer Credit Regulations
• Policy for Transfer of Grades Under "+" and "-" Grading Systems
• Advanced Placement Policy
• Fresh Start Policy
• Posthumous Degrees
• Second Degree Policy
• Honorary Degrees

VIII.  Research (policies governing faculty research)

• Administrative Procedures for Allegations of Research Misconduct
• Human Subjects
• Laboratory Animals
• Intellectual Property
• Conflict of Interest

IX.  Resources

• Documents
  • Collective Bargaining Agreement between the University and the AAUP-WSU
  • School of Graduate Studies Policies and Procedures Manual
  • Student Handbook
  • Administrative Policies and Procedures Manual of WSU (Wright Way)
  • Program Review
  • Assessment Plans and Reports
• Services
  • University Libraries
  • Computing and Telecommunication Services (CATS)
  • Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Writing Center
  • Cultural Centers
    Asian/Hispanic/Native American Center
    Bolinga Black Cultural Resources Center
    Women's Center
  • University Center for International Education (UCIE)