PRP 3870 - Graduate Faculty Appointment
Effective Date: Fall 2000
Notes: Endorsed by Graduate Council February 25, 1991. Endorsed by Bloomsburg University Curriculum Committee April 3, 1991. Presented as information item to University Forum April 24, 1991. Amended by Graduate Council March 3, 2000. Amended by BUCC April 19, 2000. Presented to University Forum April 26, 2000 for information purposes.
Definition
The Graduate Faculty is composed of individuals who have earned terminal degrees in their discipline and are active scholars as demonstrated through one of the following: peer reviewed publications, peer reviewed regional/national presentations, juried exhibitions, and/or other activities that bring their work under critical review by professionals in their discipline. Individuals not possessing terminal degrees may be appointed to the Graduate Faculty only when their record of scholarship and subject mastery, as evidenced through peer review, is exceptional. Graduate Faculty is uniquely qualified to teach graduate classes. They are equally qualified to guide and evaluate research and creative activities of graduate students.
Appointment to the Graduate Faculty
Graduate Faculty members are appointed by the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research upon the recommendation of the Graduate Council. Procedures for appointment are as follows:
The candidate's department chair and if appropriate, program coordinator, shall recommend the appointment through the appropriate college dean to the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. In addition to a letter of support, the recommendation should include the candidate's curriculum vitae. The vitae should contain current and sufficient detail to allow Council members to judge the candidate against standards identified in Article I.
The letter of support and vitae shall be referred to the Graduate Council, who, by ballot, shall indicate a recommendation to the Assistant Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research will act on the application.
Upon considering the chair's letter of support, curriculum vitae, and recommendation of the Graduate Council, the Assistant Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research will act on the application.
Emergency appointments can be made to the Graduate Faculty by the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research for a period not to exceed one semester. Emergency appointments are recommended to the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research by the department chair in consultation with the program coordinator. Course or committee assignments may be limited by the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research during the emergency appointment. The Assistant Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research may limit the activities during the emergency appointment to specific courses or committee.
An individual who is not a member of the graduate faculty but has the appropriate background and experience needed to teach a specific course may be approved to teach that course by Assistant Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. Subsequent approvals for the same faculty member and course must be reviewed by the graduate faculty prior to reappointment by the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.
Functions of the Graduate Faculty:
- The Graduate Faculty shall be listed in the Graduate Catalog.
- Graduate courses in a department are taught exclusively by Graduate Faculty appointed through the department or those granted a waiver under IIE.
- Graduate thesis and examination committees must be chaired by a member of the graduate faculty.
- The Graduate Council is comprised exclusively of individuals elected or appointed from the Graduate Faculty.
Adjunct Graduate Faculty
Individuals who are not members of the Bloomsburg University Faculty may serve on thesis committees. They are appointee by the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research upon the recommendation of the department chair in consultation with the program coordinator. Adjunct members of the Graduate Faculty cannot chair a thesis committee and shall serve in addition to the standard compliment of committee members.
Periodic Review of Graduate Faculty
Graduate Faculty shall maintain a high level of scholarship in graduate teaching, scholastic/creative activities, and professional service. Evidence of these activities are routinely submitted through the tenure and/or five-year review stipulated in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. On the same schedule as the five year review and using the five year review documentation, the candidate's department chair, in collaboration with the appropriate program coordinator, shall recommend the continue appointment through the appropriate college dean to the Assistant Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. In addition to a letter of support, the recommendation should include the candidate's curriculum vitae. The members to judge the candidate against standards identified in Article I. In the case of a decision of either the dean or department chair not to recommend a member for reappointment the member can request an independent review and recommendation from the Graduate Council upon considering the dean's letter of support, candidate's curriculum vitae, and recommendation of the Graduate Council, the Assistant Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research will act on the application.
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