Reed College
Reed College

Dean of the Faculty

Faculty Handbook

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

    1. Mission Statement
    2. Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity Employment
    3. Academic Freedom and Responsibility
    4. Dissent
    5. Honor Principle
  2. Faculty Employment, Evaluation and Recruitment
    1. The Faculty
    2. Conditions of Appointment
    3. Tenure
    4. Termination
    5. Resignation
    6. Retirement
    7. Visiting Faculty
    8. Faculty Evaluation
    9. Reconsideration
      1. Salary Scale
      2. Ranks 64 and 65
      3. Salary to Teach a Single Course
    10. Faculty Searches (Reed faculty only, login required)
    11. Reappointment of Visiting Faculty (Reed faculty only, login required)
  3. Academic Duties
    1. The College Calendar
    2. Faculty Activities
    3. Absences by Faculty
    4. Course Loads
    5. Part-Time Leaves and Appointments
    6. Emeritus Faculty
    7. Endowed Chairs
  4. Faculty Development
    1. Sabbaticals and Leaves of Absence
    2. Medical Benefits during Unpaid Research Leaves
    3. Travel
      1. Professional Travel
      2. Humanities Travel Program
    4. Faculty Development Funds
      1. Stillman Drake Fund
      2. Summer Scholarship Fund
    5. Sabbatical Fellowship Award Research Expense Fund
    6. Supplemental Awards
  5. Employee Benefits
    1. Summary of Benefits
    2. Domestic Partners
    3. Medical Leave
    4. Mandatory Medical Leave
    5. Faculty Parental Leave
    6. Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  6. Grievance Procedures
  7. Special Policies
    1. Discriminatory Harassment and Misconduct
    2. Alcohol and Other Drug Policy
  8. Other Policy Statements
    1. Faculty Administrative Assistants
    2. Student Records
    3. Intellectual Property Rights
    4. Research Misconduct Policy
    5. Conflict of Interest Policies and Procedures
    6. Use of Campus Facilities
    7. Smoking Policy
    8. Animals
    9. Solicitation on Campus
    10. Investment Responsibility
    11. Visiting Scholars
    12. Environmental Policy Statement
    13. Background Checks
    14. Principal Investigator Eligibility Policy
    15. Photography and Videography Protocol
    16. Faculty Requests for Work Accommodations
    17. Higher than Typical Thesis Loads
    18. Writing Course Releases into Grants