District of Columbia Administrative Code

1308 EXTENDED LEAVES OF ABSENCE 1308.1 A leave of absence shall be granted to an employee called to military service in accordance with the applicable federal, state, or District statutes. 1308.2 Employees shall be entitled to take up to thirty (30) days of leave in connection wi…

1309 EMERGENCY LEAVE AND BEREAVEMENT LEAVE 1309.1 Full-time faculty members shall be entitled to emergency leave with pay to deal with the sudden illness or death of a family member or other emergency circumstances beyond the control of the employee. 1309.2 Bereavement leave of t…

1310 FUNERAL LEAVE 1310.1 Leave with pay, without loss of vacation or other leave, may be granted to allow an employee to attend the funeral of a fellow employee. 1310.2 Funeral leave may be taken if approved by the employee's department head or supervisor and shall be limited to…

1311 ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE 1311.1 When special circumstances require an employee to be absent from the workplace, and leave is recommended by a duly authorized official, administrative leave with pay may be granted. 1311.2 If a non-faculty employee is unable to vote outside of reg…

1312 LEAVE-WITHOUT-PAY 1312.1 Consistent with the interests of the University, leave-without-pay may be granted, at the request of the employee, in the following circumstances: (a) When vacation and sick leave have been exhausted due to a long period of illness; (b) For education…

1315 EDUCATIONAL LEAVE 1315.1 All full-time employees shall be eligible to apply for leave-without-pay for educational purposes not to exceed one (1) year at a time. 1315.2 Educational leave may be granted for the following purposes: (a) Study, research, or travel in connection w…

1316 SABBATICAL LEAVE 1316.1 For each six (6) years of full-time service at the University, a faculty member shall be eligible for sabbatical leave. 1316.2 Application for sabbatical leave shall be filed by November 1 of the academic year prior to the year of absence requested. 1…

1317 ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE 1317.1 Department heads shall have authority to determine whether employees under their supervision who are absent from their assigned tour and place of duty are absent without leave ("AWOL"). 1317.2 One (1) hour of pay shall be deducted from the employ…

1320 HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS 1320.1 The University shall provide a group hospitalization plan including surgical, basic, and major medical coverage for eligible employees and their dependents. For purposes of this section, the term "dependents" includes the employee's …

1321 DISABILITY BENEFITS 1321.1 In addition to the protection afforded to all employees under the Worker's Compensation Act of the District of Columbia, the University shall provide a disability plan for all full-time employees. 1321.2 Coverage under the disability benefits plan …

1322 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 1322.1 The University shall establish and maintain a comprehensive program of occupational safety and health management in accordance with all applicable federal and District standards, codes, and regulations. 1322.2 The program shall encompass…

1323 RETIREMENT BENEFITS 1323.1 The University shall provide retirement plans for all full-time employees. 1323.2 The mandatory retirement age shall be seventy (70) years of age for all employees unless, by special vote, the Board of Trustees extends service for an employee beyon…

1324 ANNUITY PROGRAM 1324.1 The University shall offer tax sheltered annuity plans for employees through a non-forfeitable annuity contract under the provisions of §403(b) of the 1954 Federal Internal Revenue Code.

1330 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING 1330.1 Recognizing that professional development and training are essential to effective employee performance, the University shall provide, within the resources available, opportunities for full-time employees to do the following: (a) P…

1331 TUITION ASSISTANCE 1331.1 Tuition assistance shall be provided to eligible full-time employees in the form of reimbursement for tuition paid for approved courses at educational institutions other than the University, within budgetary limitations and guidelines established by…

1332 REMITTED TUITION 1332.1 The University shall provide remitted tuition for “for-credit” courses at the University to eligible regular full-time staff, regular full-time faculty, retirees and their spouses and dependent children, in accordance with the requirements and limits …

1333 RELEASED TIME 1333.1 Full-time permanent status employees shall be permitted released time during on-duty hours to take one (1) course per semester for credit or audit. 1333.2 The time away from work shall not exceed eight (8) hours per week. 1333.3 Absences under this progr…

1334 INCENTIVE AWARDS 1334.1 The University Incentive Awards Program shall provide monetary or honorary awards to employees whose ideas and sustained outstanding performance contribute to the efficiency, development, or increased effectiveness of the University. 1334.2 The Incent…

1335 INCIDENTAL BENEFITS 1335.1 Faculty employees shall be entitled to the use of all University facilities consistent with applicable University rules and procedures.

1400 FACULTY PERSONNEL POLICIES 1400.1 The provisions of this chapter shall apply to faculty employees in the Educational Service at the University. 1400.2 Faculty employees shall be responsible for teaching, research, and public service activities essential to the mission of the…

1401 ACADEMIC FREEDOM 1401.1 Because the University is a marketplace of ideas, its mission and purpose can be fulfilled only where there is the freedom to transmit, to evaluate, and to extend knowledge without strict conformity with any orthodoxy of content and method. Therefore,…

1402 FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES 1402.1 Because the faculty has a special position in the community, and the public judges the faculty's profession and the University by the acts of its members, the rights and freedoms set forth in §1401 require that the primary professional respons…

1403 FACULTY DUTIES AND TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS 1403.1 Faculty members shall be deemed to be on duty for the academic year contract, excluding approved University recesses and holidays. 1403.2 Class schedules shall be developed after consultation with affected faculty members in ord…

1404 OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT 1404.1 The University shall encourage faculty members in their outside professional pursuits to the extent that those pursuits enhance its mission. However, a faculty member's primary obligation shall be to the University and his or her professional respon…

1405 FACULTY RESEARCH 1405.1 Because its primary mission is the education of students, the University shall be dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and scholarship. 1405.2 Because continuous study and research are necessary complements to excellence in teach…

1406 GOVERNANCE OF THE UNIVERSITY 1406.1 Members of the faculty shall be expected and required to participate in the governance of the University. 1406.2 Discontinuance or curtailment of any department, program, or function not mandated by financial exigency shall be based upon e…

1410 APPOINTMENT OF FACULTY MEMBERS 1410.1 Each appointment to the faculty shall be made in consultation with the appropriate academic official, departmental chairperson, and members of the department. 1410.2 Recommendations for all faculty appointments shall be initiated by the …

1411 TYPES OF APPOINTMENTS 1411.1 There shall be three (3) basic types of appointments, as follows: (a) Special appointments; (b) Regular full-time appointments; and (c) Regular part-time appointments. 1411.2 Special appointments shall include the following: (a) Professor Emeritu…

1412 SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS 1412.1 The title "Professor Emeritus" may be awarded by the Board to a retired professor who has rendered distinguished service. 1412.2 Professors emeriti shall be entitled to use the facilities of the University and shall be included in published facult…

1413 APPOINTMENTS: PROFESSOR 1413.1 A candidate for appointment to the rank of Professor shall be required to meet the following qualifications: (a) An earned doctorate or the highest appropriate credential in the field of specialization, or experience and achievements comparable…

1414 APPOINTMENTS: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 1414.1 A candidate for appointment to the rank of Associate Professor shall be required to meet the following qualifications: (a) An earned doctorate or the highest appropriate credential in the field of specialization, or experience and ach…

1415 APPOINTMENTS: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 1415.1 A candidate for appointment to the rank of Assistant Professor shall be required to meet the following qualifications: (a) An appropriate terminal degree or agree to complete this degree within a period of time to be specified in the …

1416 APPOINTMENTS: INSTRUCTOR 1416.1 A candidate for appointment to the rank of Instructor shall be required to possess a master's degree in the field of specialization or experience and achievement comparable to that degree. 1416.2 The candidate shall be required to demonstrate …

1417 PART-TIME FACULTY APPOINTMENTS 1417.1 Contracts for persons employed for a teaching assignment of no more than six (6) semester hours or the equivalent shall be made on a semester basis. 1417.2 Part-time appointments may be made at all regular academic ranks. SOURCE: Section…

1418 LIBRARIANS AND MEDIA SPECIALISTS WITH FACULTY STATUS 1418.1 Because the nature of librarian and media specialist work duties and settings differ from those of classroom faculty in substantial ways, the official duty hours and contract year dates of both librarians and media …

1420 FACULTY RECRUITMENT 1420.1 The responsibility for recruitment shall rest with the departments. Each department shall maintain records of the recruitment process. 1420.2 The faculty members of each department shall establish a recruitment committee. The department chairperson…

1421 SUMMER APPOINTMENTS 1421.1 Summer faculty employment is optional. Full-time departmental faculty members shall be given first priority for summer employment. 1421.2 Each regular faculty member to be employed for the summer session shall receive a written contract no later th…