Policies and Procedures
- Chairperson or Director Review Policy
Policies regarding the review of unit executive officers (department chairs or program directors) wishing to continue in the position taken place in the chair’s/director’s fifth year or earlier if required by the unit’s bylaws.
- Evaluation Policy & Resources
Forms and documents for use with faculty, teaching, chair, associate dean and director reviews.
- Faculty Development Policy
This document describes the college policies for faculty development and evaluation. Each unit with tenure system faculty positions should have a parallel set of policies.
- Faculty Mentoring Policy
Effective mentoring at the department level is particularly important to the success of new tenure system faculty members.
- Faculty and Academic Staff Search Procedures
Documents and procedure required to complete the Faculty and Academic Staff search process.
- Faculty Workload and Summer Salary Policies
The principal roles of the tenured and tenure system members of the faculty of the College of Natural Science are many. It is important that all faculty members fully understand their workload and performance expectations as well as be aware of the summer salary policy.
- Graduate Student Academic Grievance Hearing Procedures
Graduate Student Academic Grievance Hearing Procedures for the College of Natural Science.
- Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure/Continuing System Guidelines
Criteria for promotion and tenure in the College of Natural Science and guidelines for the evaluation process. It adds to and is consistent with MSU policy and timetable.
- Reporting Protocols
University Reporting Protocols for child abuse, sexual assault and child pornography.
- Research & Grants Procedures
The Office of Research Support provides coordination for grant development for faculty within the College of Natural Science.
- Sabbatical Leave Policy
The NatSci policies related to sabbatical leaves described here build on and are consistent with the University sabbatical leaves policies.