STATEMENT FROM UNIVERSITY COUNSEL:

This handbook describes various Cornell University policies and procedures of interest to the University Faculty. The handbook, however, is not intended to create a contract between the university and its employees or to set forth terms or conditions of employment. NOTE: In many cases, policies governing the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University differ from policies governing Cornell’s Ithaca campus. Faculty at the Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences should consult the Office of the Provost for Medical Affairs for the relevant policies.

CHAPTER 1:  HISTORY, GENERAL ORGANIZATION & GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

History 

General Organization

Governance Structure

• University Appeals Panel

CHAPTER 2:  ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, REAPPOINTMENT, TENURE & PROMOTION

• Academic Appointments
• Authority to Make Appointment
• Letters of Appointment
• Academic Titles
• Appointments with Modified Titles
• Academic Appointments in the ROTC Program
• Academic Appointments of Foreign Nationals
• Part Time Policy
• Moving Allowances
• Appointment of Candidates for Cornell Degrees
• Supplemental Summer Employment

Reappointment

• Reappointment Not Involving Probationary Tenure Status
• Faculty Members in Probationary Tenure Status

Tenure

• University Criteria
• Time Period to Review for Tenure
• Review Process for Tenure
• Faculty Advisory Committee on Tenure Appointments

Promotion

• Time Period Prior to Review for Promotion to Full Professor
• Review Process for Promotion to Full Professor

CHAPTER 3:  BENEFITS, FACULTY DEVELOPMENT, LEAVES OF ABSENCE

• Sabbatic Leave

Leaves of Absence

CHAPTER 4:  RETIREMENT, UNIVERSITY POLICIES FOR EMERITUS FACULTY AND SEPARATION

CHAPTER 5:  ACADEMIC POLICIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

CHAPTER 6:   UNIVERSITY POLICIES APPLICABLE TO FACULTY (AND OTHERS) 

• Campus Code of Conduct
• Effort Planning and Confirmation
• Environmental Communications
• Health and Safety Policies, International
• Legal Defense and Indemnification
• Nepotism
• Records Retention
• Student Information
• Student Leaves
• Student on Assistantships

CHAPTER 7:  SERVICES & FACILITIES

APPENDICES

• The Academic Responsibilities of the Faculty
• Organization and Procedures of the University Faculty (OPUF)
• Procedures for Appealing a Decision Not to Renew a Non-Tenure Appointment
• Procedures for Appealing a Decision Not to Conduct a Tenure Review at the End of the Ordinary Tenure Probation Period on the Basis of Factors Other than the Candidate’s Merits
• Procedures for Appealing a Negative Tenure Decision
• Procedures for Appealing a Negative Decision on Promotion to Full Professo

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