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3335-1-04 The faculty and staff.
(A) University faculty; membership.
(1) As used in these rules and in the "Rules of the University Faculty," the term faculty shall include persons with regular tenure-track, regular clinical, regular research, auxiliary, and emeritus faculty titles on full or part-time appointments with or without salary.
(2) For purposes of the legislative authority described in paragraph (B) of this rule, the term university faculty shall mean all regular tenure-track faculty, the president, members of the president's planning cabinet serving at the president's pleasure and designated as executive heads of offices, the deans of the colleges and of the graduate school, executive dean of the colleges of the arts and sciences, and the dean for undergraduate education.
(B) University faculty; powers.
(1) The legislative authority to establish educational and academic policies of the university is vested in the university faculty, subject to the approval of the board of trustees. In this connection, the university faculty shall have the authority, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, to adopt rules to effectuate the educational and academic policies of the university. It shall also act upon all matters of routine faculty business in pursuance of already established university policies and shall recommend to the board of trustees candidates for honorary degrees.
(2) The university faculty may delegate any or all of its authority and responsibility to a university senate if such senate is established by rule and approved by the board.
(C) Graduate faculty. There shall be established a graduate faculty with such membership and having such authority and responsibility as provided by rule promulgated by the university faculty or university senate and approved by the board.
(D) College and department or school faculties. There shall be established college and department or school faculties with such membership and having such authority and responsibility as provided by rule promulgated by the university faculty or university senate and approved by the board.
(E) Faculty responsibility to president. All members of the faculty shall be responsible to the chair of their department or to the director of their school and through the chair or director to the dean and the president for the faithful and efficient performance of their duties (see paragraph (D) of rule 3335-1-03 of the Administrative Code).
(F) Faculty communication with president.
(1) The ordinary method of communication between a member of the faculty and the president shall be through the chair or director, the dean of the college, the appropriate member or members of the president's planning cabinet, and then to the president. For faculty members with the rank of professor this usual method of communication may be altered in an individual case.
(2) This rule shall in no way limit the president in communicating with members of the faculty.
(G) Communication with the board of trustees. The ordinary method of communication between the employees of the university and the board of trustees shall be in writing and shall be presented through the president of the university as provided in paragraph (F) of this rule. This rule shall not be interpreted, however, as in any way limiting the right of communication between the employees of the university and the board, or as limiting the manner in which the trustees may gain information as to the work of the university. All business presented to the trustees in pursuance of this paragraph shall be in the hands of the president not later than two weeks prior to the day of the board meeting at which business is to be considered.
(H) Appointment of faculty and staff. The board of trustees shall appoint the president, members of the faculty and all other employees of the university not in the classified civil service.
(I) Appointments. Upon nomination and recommendation by the president of the university, the board of trustees shall make all appointments to all positions within the university and approve the salaries therefor. (B/T 5/4/2001, B/T 12/5/2003, B/T 6/7/2005, B/T 2/1/2006)
