Ohio Administrative Code

11.15 PDF: (A) Officers.The officers of the board shall be a chairperson and a vice chairperson, who shall be members of the board, a secretary of the board, and an assistant secretary who need not be members of the board. The nominating committee shall meet annually and its repo…

11.15 PDF: (A) Standing committees.The members, chairperson and, if deemed necessary or desirable, vice chairperson(s) of each standing committee shall be appointed annually by the chairperson of the board. Each such committee shall be self-governed and may subdivide its work amo…

11.15 PDF: (A) Meetings.(1) Regular meetings. Unless otherwise specified by the chair, there shall be at least four regular meetings of the board of trustees each year. At such meetings any business related to the authority of the board of trustees may be discussed and transacted…

11.15 PDF: (A) The board shall elect a president of the university to hold office at its discretion, in accord with its authority set forth in section 3359.03 of the Revised Code. The following procedures shall serve to guide the selection process, unless revised as provided here…

11.15 PDF: (A) The university faculty shall consist of the president of the university, vice presidents, deans, distinguished professors, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, instructors, part-time faculty, and all others giving instruction for college credit w…

11.15 PDF: (A) Name. The name of this body is the university council.(B) Defining shared governance. The university council will operate under the principle of consultative decision-making whereby the opinion and advice of the university council membership are sought, but decisio…

11.15 PDF: (A) Name. The name of this body is the faculty senate of the university of Akron.(B) Duties. As delegated by the board of trustees of the university, the faculty senate is the legislative body of the faculty regarding its academic mission and is empowered to:(1) Formul…

11.15 PDF: (A) General policy.(1) The university shall provide paid sick leave to all school of law faculty, professional staff, and other non-bargaining unit faculty in accordance with the provisions of sections 124.38 and 124.39 of the Revised Code, and all employees other than…

11.15 PDF: (A) Family and medical leave.(1) Under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA"), up to twelve weeks of leave without pay during any twelve-month period are provided to eligible employees for certain family and medical reasons. Employees are eligible if they ha…

11.15 PDF: (A) Introduction.(1) The university is required to balance its operating budget each fiscal year. This rule provides the framework for the implementation of an employee furlough plan that would allow the university to balance its budget if it experiences a reduction in…

11.15 PDF: This rule shall apply to all administrative faculty who are not bargaining unit faculty, and it shall apply to professional staff. The term administrative shall mean faculty serving in full-time administrative roles such as dean, department chair, school director, or a…

11.15 PDF: (A) Court leave.(1) Except as otherwise provided by law or collective bargaining agreement, employees will be granted leave with pay if:(a) Summoned for jury duty by a court of competent jurisdiction,(b) Subpoenaed to appear before any court, commission, board or other…

11.15 PDF: (A) Authority.The university of Akron is the legal owner or operator of all university "IT" systems, university "IT" resources and university information stored on those systems and resources.(B) Definitions and functions.(1) "IT." "IT" means information technology.(2)…

11.15 PDF: (A) Need for security and integrity.The university abides by and honors its long history of supporting the diverse academic values and perspectives engendered in its academic culture, and the university deeply respects the freedom of expression and thought of its users…

11.15 PDF: (A) Statement of policy.(1) The university of Akron affirms its commitment to an academic, work, and study environment free of inappropriate and disrespectful conduct and communication. All students, faculty, and staff shall be protected under the guidelines of this po…

11.15 PDF: This rule shall apply to all employees other than members of a bargaining unit in which an agreement governs the reemployment of retirees.(A) Am. Sub. Senate Bill 144, effective September 14, 2000, and other relevant sections of the Revised Code facilitate the reemploy…

11.15 PDF: (A) The university shall develop policies to address ethics concerns for university employees. This includes conflicts of interests and conflicts of commitments for university employees. The policy shall require preapproval of potential conflicts with a process to revi…

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose.The university of Akron is committed to providing a safe environment for all students and employees. The university endeavors to protect the health, welfare and safety of all students, employees and visitors on our campus. As such, the university will condu…

11.15 PDF: (A) The teaching, research and service mission of the university of Akron is enhanced by the knowledge and expertise shared by foreign nationals joining our community as teachers, scholars and specialists. In order to employ international faculty and staff, whether on …

11.15 PDF: (A) President of the university.As specified in rule 3359-01-05 of the Administrative Code, the president is the executive head of all university colleges, libraries, branches, schools, and departments, possessing duties, responsibilities, and powers as delineated in t…

11.15 PDF: (A) Deans of the degree-granting and professional colleges and schools.(1) Each dean of a degree-granting college or school shall be appointed by the board or the board's designee(s) upon recommendation of the president, shall be responsible to the president through th…

11.15 PDF: (A) University organization.(1) The university of Akron is a state university operating under the laws of the state of Ohio. It comprises the following degree granting colleges and schools of instruction:(a) Buchtel college of arts and sciences.(b) College of engineeri…

11.15 PDF: Librarian of the school of law.The librarian of the school of law shall be appointed by the board or the board's designee(s) upon recommendation of the president; shall be responsible to the president through the dean of the school of law and the senior vice president …

11.15 PDF: The university research council shall serve in an advisory capacity to the vice president for research and business engagement regarding sponsored and contractual research activities carried out at the university of Akron. The research council shall be chaired by the v…

11.15 PDF: (A) The vice president for research and dean of the graduate school shall be appointed by the board or the board's designee(s) upon recommendation of the president; shall hold office at the discretion of the president; and shall be responsible to the president.Notwiths…

11.15 PDF: The following statement represents the board mission and goals adopted by the board of trustees and under which the university is currently operating.(A) Mission.(1) The university of Akron maintains a commitment to:(a) Provide learning opportunities for the full spect…

11.15 PDF: (A) Categories of full-time faculty.The full-time faculty of the university of Akron school of law comprises all school of law employees who have been appointed as full-time faculty by the board of trustees. The following constitute the categories of full-time faculty …

11.15 PDF: (A) This post-tenure review rule, as well as any policy developed pursuant to such rule, is enacted pursuant to board resolution 6-14-25 and section 3345.453 of the Revised Code.(B) Pursuant to Ohio law, post-tenure review is a management right and not an appropriate s…

11.15 PDF: (A) This full-time faculty workload policy is enacted pursuant to section 3345.45 of the Revised Code and is intended to comply with the 2025 Standards for Instructional Workloads ("Standards") as published by the Ohio department of education and approved by the chance…

11.15 PDF: (A) Joint appointments.(1) A joint appointment is defined as applying to regular faculty whose research and teaching competencies are better served through activities involving two or more academic units of the university, each of which offers academic programs leading…

11.15 PDF: (A) Salary payments.(1) Salary checks are distributed by the associate vice president/controller on the last banking day of each month. For those regular or full-time auxiliary faculty who desire a twelve months' pay schedule, options are available through the universi…

11.15 PDF: (A) Under the various headings of this "Faculty Manual," some of the policies, procedures, instructions, and traditions may be regarded also as faculty benefits and privileges. They include:(1) Extended circulation periods and other instructional support services in un…

11.15 PDF: (A) Scope of policyPursuant to section 3345.454 of the Revised Code, each state institution of higher education is required to develop a policy for the retrenchment of faculty. This policy shall apply to all full-time faculty at the university of Akron ("University"), …

11.15 PDF: (A) Unit of instruction.The unit of instruction is the "credit," which represents one fifty-minute period of classroom activity, or its equivalent, per week for one semester. An hour laboratory period is equivalent to one-half hour classroom instruction. Information co…

11.15 PDF: (A) Faculty grade records.(1) The faculty member is expected to maintain a careful and orderly record of each student's academic performance in each class. A record of all grades earned for each course must be retained for a period of five years and shall be uploaded t…

11.15 PDF: (A) Policy statement.(1) The university of Akron recognizes the serious health consequences of tobacco use both to users and non-users as well as creating issues with liter and cleanliness. The university is committed to maintaining a safe, healthy, clean and respectfu…

11.15 PDF: (A) University-wide approval required: The following curriculum changes require university-wide approval:(1) Addition of courses.(2) Deletion of courses.(3) Changes in bulletin descriptions.(4) Addition of degrees, majors, minors, tracks, certificates and programs.(5) …

11.15 PDF: (A) Textbook selection. (1) Although selection of textbooks is the prerogative of the instructor(s) and subject to departmental policies, faculty members must keep in mind their responsibilities to students in choosing textbooks. Textbooks should be selected carefully,…

11.15 PDF: (A) Restrictions on alcoholic beverages.All sales or consumption of alcoholic beverages on property owned, leased or operated by the university of Akron shall be in accord with the laws of the state of Ohio. Unless authorized upon written application to the president, …

11.15 PDF: (A) Publications.(1) Internal publications are those materials which are not distributed in whole or part to the general public or off-campus. Internal publications include exams and other classroom materials, meeting notices and minutes, invitations, notepads and form…

11.15 PDF: (A) The evaluation processes, forms, etc. shall be determined by an ad-hoc committee constituted by faculty senate composed of faculty representing diverse units across campus and student representatives. The resulting processes and forms will be approved by the office…

11.15 PDF: (A) Definition of part-time faculty.(1) The designation of lecturer is used for part-time faculty members. Part-time faculty are appointed for a particular term, upon recommendation of the department chair and approval of the dean of the college and the president or th…

11.15 PDF: (A) Professional staff. Professional staff are full-time or part-time non-teaching professional personnel of the university. Any professional staff originally appointed prior to July 1, 1986 shall be designated as a member of the general faculty as long as the person c…

11.15 PDF: (A) The professional staff advisory committee," PSAC," shall serve as an advisory body to the president on matters relating to employment and any other issues for professional staff and on matters relating to any other issues directed to the committee.(B) The committee…

11.15 PDF: (A) Name. This organization shall be known as the graduate faculty of the university of Akron.(B) Purpose. The purpose of the graduate faculty shall be to encourage and contribute to the advancement of knowledge through instruction and research of highest quality, and …

11.15 PDF: (A) Purpose.The procedures set forth are intended to provide graduate students with a formal channel of appeal and redress of grievances arising out of their academic and/or employment relationship with the university.(B) Procedures.(1) Any graduate student who believe…

11.15 PDF: (A) All positions in the classified service at the university of Akron are placed in classifications in accordance with section 3345.31 and division (F) of section 124.14 of the Revised Code, except as exempted by law.(B) Job profiles. The university, through the divis…