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III.B.7. Procedure For Termination For Cause.................................................................................................30 III.B.8. Discontinuance of an Academic Program or Department and Terminations Due to Educational Considerations ...................................................................................................................................................34 III.B.9. Declaration of Financial Exigency, Resulting Discontinuance of Programs and Departments, Reductions in Force, and Resulting Terminations .............................................................................................38 III.C. FACULTY EVALUATION .........................................................................................................................40 III.D. FACULTY DEVELOPMENT .....................................................................................................................40 III.D.1. Philosophy of Faculty Development......................................................................................................40 III.D.2. Sabbatical Leave ...................................................................................................................................41 III.D.3. Working for Pay during Sabbatical.......................................................................................................42 III.D.4. January Leave .......................................................................................................................................43 III.D.5. Scholarly and Personal Leave...............................................................................................................43 III.D.6. Summer Stipends ...................................................................................................................................44 III.D.7. Professional Travel and Conferences ...................................................................................................44 III.D.8. Named Chairs and Funding ..................................................................................................................44 III.D.9. Taking Courses at the College ..............................................................................................................45 III.D.10. The Bob Whetstone Faculty Development Award ...............................................................................45 III.D.11. New Faculty Mentors ..........................................................................................................................45 III.E. WORKLOAD ...............................................................................................................................................45 III.E.1. Academic ...............................................................................................................................................45 III.E.2. Outside Employment/Consulting ...........................................................................................................46 III.E.3. Responsibilities Outside of the Classroom.............................................................................................46 III.E.4. Offices and Equipment...........................................................................................................................46 III.F. BENEFITS....................................................................................................................................................46 IIIF.1. Medical Insurance ..................................................................................................................................46 III.F.2. Retirement..............................................................................................................................................47 III.F.3. Life Insurance ........................................................................................................................................47 III.F.4. Flexible Benefits Plan............................................................................................................................47 III.F.5. Long-Term Disability Insurance............................................................................................................47 III.F.6. Institutional Benefits: Tuition Remission/Grants...................................................................................47 III.F.7. Faculty Family and Medical Leave Policy ............................................................................................47 III.F.8. Other......................................................................................................................................................48 III.G. C OMPENSATION P OLICIES , S ALARY S CHEDULE , AND R ATIONALE .................................................................48 III.H. E MPLOYMENT OF R ELATIVES .........................................................................................................................48 CHAPTER IV: ACADEMIC POLICIES AND SERVICES .................................................................................49 IV.A. TEACHING AND ACADEMIC ADVISING..............................................................................................49 IV.A.1. Teaching Methods..................................................................................................................................49 IV.A.2. Academic Advising.................................................................................................................................49 IV.A.3. Advising Mission Statement ...................................................................................................................49 IV.A.4. FERPA ...................................................................................................................................................50 IV.A.5. Student Referrals....................................................................................................................................51 IV.B. STUDENT EVALUATION .........................................................................................................................51 IV.B.1. Syllabi ....................................................................................................................................................51 IV.B.2. Tests .......................................................................................................................................................52 IV.B.3. Final Examinations................................................................................................................................52 IV.C. GRADES ......................................................................................................................................................52 IV.D. GRADE APPEALS ......................................................................................................................................53 IV.E. COURSE EVALUATION............................................................................................................................54 IV.F. THE HONOR CODE ....................................................................................................................................54 IV.F.1. Description of the Honor Code..............................................................................................................54 IV.F.2. Examinations .........................................................................................................................................56 IV.F.3. Out-of-Class Work .................................................................................................................................56 IV.F.4. Use of Old Quizzes and Papers..............................................................................................................56 IV.F.5. Instructor's Interpretation......................................................................................................................56