INDEX
A
Absence: attendance requirements, 8.39.10-13;
leave
of absence, 8.42.20; making upwork, 8.51.11-14.
Abolition of Programs: process, 8.87.10-11
Academic Affairs: see Provost and Vice President
for
Academic Affairs; Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Academic Credits: see Credits.
Academic Advising: see University College.
Academic Deans: duties, 3.20.10-11.
Academic Freedom: political activity, 6.11.16;
see
also American Association of University Professors, Freedom of
Expression.
Academic Integrity: cheating defined, 8.27.10;
instructor's
responsibility, 8.27.16-21; plagiarism, 8.27.11-12; students accused of
academic
dishonesty, 8.27.20-21; written work and examinations, 8.27.13-15.
Academic Program Review: committee,
5.86.10-12,
confidentiality,
5.86.13; definition of academic program,
8.86.10; instrument, 5.86.10, 8.86,12; meeting with the provost,
8.86.14; reports, 8.86.13.
Academic Programs: abolition, 8.87.10-11; suspension, 8.87.12.
Academic Progress of Freshmen: reporting,
8.54.20.
Academic Records: changes, 8.56.10-11; off-campus credits, 8.38.14;
procedure,
8.50.10; reinstatements, 8.25.10-16; reporting, 8.54.10-12; retention
by
instructors, 8.52.20-21; see also Academic Standards, Credits, Grading,
Incompletes, Pass/Fail.
Academic Standards: dismissal, 8.23.12,
8.24.10-16;
effect of incomplete, 8.23.13; graduate, 5.16.34; probation,
8.23.10-12,
8.24.11; reinstatement, 8.25.10-16 transfer students, 8.13.12-14,
8.17.10-11.
Accessibility: for physically disabled students,
8.46.11;
policy on accommodations for qualified students with disabilities,
Appendix
G #92-2; procedures, 6.40.10-21.
Accidents: reporting, 10.60.10.
Accommodations: policy for handicapped
employees,
Appendix G #91-1; policy for qualified
students with disabilities,
Appendix
G #92-2; procedures for students,
6.40.10-21.
Accounting Office: payment orders, 10.10.15.
Accreditation: see Student Learning,
Outcomes Assessment and Accreditation.
Adjunct Professor: defined, 7.11.22.
Additional Compensation and Release Time for
Non-Faculty
Employees: policy, Appendix G (not available in 11th edition).
Administration: duties of vice president,
2.13.11,
2.40.10-2.49.10.
Administration of Grants, Contracts and
Gifts: policy,
Appendix G #00-1
Administrative Officers: appointment, 2.14.10;
identified,
2.11.10-11; President, 2.11.10, 2.15.10; succession, 2.13.10-12.
Administrative Policies, Establishment of,
Appendix
G #80-1.
Administrative Staff: identified, 2.12.10;
committee
service, 5.10.10; family privileges, 8.40.10-11; see also Leaves of
Absence,
Vacation.
Administrator Evaluation by Faculty: committees,
5.76.10-12; confidentiality, 10.90.15;
coordinator, 4.4 of Senate
By-Laws; establishment, 10.90.13; dissemination
of results, 10.90.14; participation in, 5.76.12; procedure, 10.90.11-13; purpose,
10.90.10; review letters, 10.90.12.
Administrator
Evaluation Committees: constituent groups, 5.76.12; establishment,
5.76.10;
membership, 5.76.11.
Administrator Evaluation Coordinator:
responsibilities,
4.4 of Senate By-Laws.
Admissions: duties of Dean of Admissions,
2.22.20,
5.70.10; early admissions candidates, 8.12.20; graduate, 5.16.31; high
school
seniors, 8.12.40-42; matriculating students, 8.10.10; performance
based,
8.11.20; policy, 8.10.20-22; procedures for undergraduates, 8.11.10-20;
special admissions, 8.12.34; removal of deficiencies, 8.21.14; special,
8.12.34;
transfer students, 8.13.11-14; see also Classification of Applicants
Admissions
Advisory
Committee: membership, 5.77.11; purpose, 5.77.10;
recommendations, 5.77.10;
reports 5.77.12.
Adult Education: see Continuing Education.
Advanced Manufacturing, Institute for:
described,
3.70.10.
Advance Sick Leave: policy, Appendix G (not
available
in 11th edition).
Advanced Placement: provisions, 8.12.30-33.
Advanced Standing: see Advanced Placement,
Transfer
Students.
Advancement: duties of director of
advancement
services, 2.83.10. See also University Advancement.
Advertising for Non-Classified and Faculty
Positions:
policy, Appendix G #99-2.
Advertising Solicitation: regulations, 9.11.11.
Advisers: Student organizations, 6.12.18,
9.12.13;
workload, 4.62.17; University College, 3.21.22.
Advising Day: scheduling, 8.70.21
Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and
Diversity:
duties of director, 2.91.10.
Affirmative
Action
& Equal Opportunity Committee:
membership,
5.54.11; purpose, 5.54.10;
Senate
representatives, 5.54.12; subcommittees on sexual harassment and racial
and
ethnic harassment, 5.54.20-21.
Affirmative Action: See Sexual Harassment
Policy;
Discrimination.
Agricultural Experiment Station: duties of
director,
3.50.11; programs, 3.50.10.
Agricultural Extension Service: see Cooperative
Extension
Service.
Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing
Education:
see Continuing Education.
Alton Jones Campus: See W. Alton Jones Campus.
Alumni Association: member of Athletics Advisory
Board,
5.14.14.
Alumni Relations: duties of director, 2.83.10.
American Association of University Professors:
academic
freedom statement, 6.11.10-15.
Annual Leave: policy, Appendix G (not available
in
11th edition).
Animal Care and Use: See Institutional Animal
Care
and Use Committee.
Appeals Board: see University Appeals Board.
Appeals: faculty heard, 2.20.13; procedure for
students
on academic matters, 8.26.10-13; procedure for students in conduct
process,
9.21.29-30, 9.24.11.
Appointments: administrative officers, 2.14.10;
administrative
staff, 2.12.10; administrative with faculty status, 4.12.11; assistant
provost,
assistant vice presidents, assistant and associate deans, 2.14.20-25;
clinical
faculty, 4.13.10; coaching, 4.12.13; department chairperson, 7.30.10;
College
of Continuing Education, 4.60.14, 7.72.10-13; faculty, 3.21.10,
4.11.10, 4.61.10-12;
faculty equivalency, 4.12.14; family relationship, 7.12.10; Summer
Session, 4.60.14;
temporary and part-time, 4.12.12; see also Reappointment, Salary.
APRC: see Academic Program Review Committee.
Articulation/Transfer: Board of Governors
Policy, Appendix F.
Arts and Sciences, College of:
departments, 3.21.11.
Assessment: general education, 4.69 of Faculty
Senate By-Laws. See also Learning Outcomes Oversight Committee; Student
Learning, Outcomes Assessment and
Accreditation.
Assistant Professor: promotion, 7.23.12; rank,
7.10.10; resignation or retirement, 7.46.11; tenure, 7.43.14-15.
Assistant Provost: appointment, 2.14.20-25;
duties, 2.21.10.
Assistant Vice Presidents: appointment,
2.14.20-25; business services, 2.41.10; public affairs, 2.92.10;
student affairs, 2.61.10, 2.62.10.
Assistant Vice President for Public Affairs:
duties, 2.92.10
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and
Dean of Students: duties, 2.61.10
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of
Residential Life: duties, 2.62.10
Articulation/Transfer: Board of Governors
Policy,
Appendix F.
Associate Professor: promotion, 7.23.12; rank,
7.10.10;
resignation or retirement, 7.46.11; tenure, 7.43.12-13.
Associate Vice President for Development:
duties,
2.81.10.
Association of American Colleges: statement of
principles,
6.11.10-15; statement on tenure, 7.41.10.
Athletes: responsibility for academic advising
program
for, 3.21.21.
Athletics
Advisory
Board:
meetings, 5.14.15; membership, 5.14.11-14; purpose, 5.14.10;
report to the faculty senate, 5.14.16. role in final examination
scheduling, 5.14.10.
Athletic Development: duties of director,
2.84.10.
See also University Advancement.
Athletics: duties of director, 2.92.10;
eligibility, 9.12.10-13;
off-campus playing restriction, 9.12.12; scheduling during final
examinations,
8.51.30-31, 5.14.10.
Attendance Requirements: absences, 8.39.10-12;
responsibility,
8.39.10.
Audiovisual Policy--Copyrights: outlined,
Appendix
G #84-1.
Auditors: defined, 8.35.10.
Auditors, Internal: duties, 2.48.10.
Auxiliaries: duties of Vice President for
Student
Affairs, 2.60.10.
B
Bachelor of General Studies: see BGS Committees,
General
Studies.
Benefits: policy on survivor benefits, Appendix
G
(not available in 11th edition).
BGS Committees: Curriculum,
5.80.10-12; Scholastic Standing,
5.81.10-11; Special Faculty,
5.80.13.
Biotechnology Center: described, 3.68.10.
Blue Cross: see Hospitalization Plans.
Board of Governors for Higher Education:
Articulation/Transfer
Policy, Appendix F; authority, 1.12.10;
delegation of powers, Appendix A;
Education Act of 1981, 1.10.10-11; organization and
composition, 1.11.10; powers and duties, 1.13.10; salary control,
7.56.10.
Board of Regents for Education: see Board of
Governors
for Higher Education.
Board of Trustees: see Board of Governors for
Higher
Education.
Boards: see by name.
Budget: dean's responsibility, 3.20.10; duties
of
director, 2.44.10; preparation, 10.10.10-12; process for University,
10.80.10-13; reports to the Senate, 5.56.13; 11.1-2 of Senate By-Laws.
Budget and Financial Planning: duties of
director,
2.44.10.
Bureaus: defined, 8.90.10; establishment,
8.90.20;
faculty evaluation, 8.90.40; new program review, 8.85.10-30;
non-affiliation,
8.90.12; permanent authorization, 8.90.22; review, 8.90.30; temporary
authorization,
8.90.21.
Business Administration, College of: 3.21.12.
Business and Economics Research: see Research
Center
in Business and Economics.
Business and Finance: See Administration.
Business Procedures: budgets and purchasing,
10.10.10-15;
interdepartmental services, 10.12.10-12; outside services, 10.12.13;
requisitions,
10.11.10-11; responsibility of deans and directors, 10.10.10-12; see
also
Payroll, Controller.
Business Services: duties of Assistant Vice
President,
2.41.10-14
By-Laws of the Faculty Senate, Appendix C:
amendment, 12.1; committees, 6.1-3; disposition of
Senate
action, 10.1-7; election of officers, 5.17; election of Senators,
2.1-9; limitation of debate, 7.2; parliamentary authority, 9.1; powers
and duties of committees, 4.1-16; powers and duties of officers, 3.1-9;
quorum and meetings, 7.1-3; rights and responsibilities of senators,
1.1-3; voting, 8.1-2; see also Constitution of Faculty Senate.
C
Calendar: academic year, changes,
8.70.13-14; 8.70.20-22; fall
semester, 8.70.30; preparation 8.70.10-14; spring semester, 8.70.40;
summer
session, 8.70.11.
Campus Master Plan: described, 5.40.11.
Candidacy for Public Office: policy,
Appendix
G #84-3.
Candidates' Travel: policy, Appendix G #82-11.
Capital Planning and Design:
duties
of director, 2.41.17.
Capital Projects: duties of
director,
2.41.16.
Career Services: duties of director,
2.69.10.
Catering: policy, Appendix G, #07-1; See also Dining
Services.
Centers: continuing authorization,
8.90.22;
defined, 8.90.10; establishment, 8.90.20; faculty evaluation, 8.90.40;
new
program review, 8.85.10-30; non-affiliation, 8.90.12; review, 8.90.30;
temporary
authorization, 8.90.21.
Center for the Humanities: described,
3.96.10-13;
evaluation, 3.96.20.
Center for Molecular Toxicology: described, 3.75.10-12
CEU's: defined, 8.44.10; procedures,
8.44.15.
Changes: Manual, Chapter 11, see also
Faculty
Senate Constitution and By-Laws.
Chaplains: described, 2.75.10
Cheating: see Plagiarism.
Classes: delayed convening rule,
8.46.13;
scheduling, 8.46.10-12; see also attendance requirements.
Classification of Applicants: advanced
placement,
8.12.30-33; auditors, 8.35.10; college level examination program,
8.15.10-24; disadvantaged students, 8.10.21; early admissions, 8.12.20;
employees' families, 8.40.10-12; freshman candidates, 8.12.11- 42; high
school seniors, 8.12.40-42; interinstitutional exchange programs,
8.10.50; military personnel and dependents,
8.10.20; New England Board of Higher Education, 8.10.40;
non-matriculating
students, 8.19.10-17; performance based admissions, 8.11.20; special
admissions,
8.12.34; transfer students, 8.13.10-14; visiting students, 8.14.10;
veterans,
8.18.10.
Classrooms: joint classroom steering committee, 5.84.10-12; use,
10.61.10-11.
CLEP Examinations: general
examinations,
8.15.10-14; subject examinations, 8.15.20-24.
Clinical Faculty: appointments,
4.13.10;
defined, 7.11.23-26.
Clinical Services: duties of director,
2.67.11;
see also Health Services.
Coaches: appointments, 4.12.13;
defined,
7.11.20.
Coastal Institute: purpose, 3.84.10.
Coastal Resource Center: purpose,
3.65.10.
College Faculties: jurisdiction,
4.32.10-11;
meetings, 4.50.11-12; membership, 4.50.10; voting, 4.50.13.
College of Continuing Education: see
Continuing
Education.
Colleges of the University: 3.10.10,
3.21.11-23,
3.40.10.
Complaint Process for Discrimination:
described.
Appendix G #85-1.
Commencement Committee: purpose,
5.34.10.
Commission on the Status of
Women: See President’s Commission on the Status of Women.
Commissioner of Higher Education:
delegation
of authority, Appendix A.
Committees:
joint committees, 5.70.10-5.81.10; of the Faculty Senate, 5.90.10,
Section 4 of By-Laws; of
the
General Faculty, 5.60.10; of the Graduate Faculty, 5.65.10-43;
of the President,
5.11.10-5.55.10; of the University,
5.11.10-5.81.11; see also by name, Councils and Boards.
Communications: duties of director,
2.82.10.
Community Service: responsibility of
Curricular
Affairs Committee, 4.81 of Senate By-Laws
Commuter Students: absences, 8.39.13.
Compensatory Time: policy, Appendix G
(not
available in 11th edition).
Computing and Information Technology: policy on acceptable use,
Appendix G #04-1
Conduct: employees, Appendix G (not
available
in 11th edition); faculty, 6.11.15; student, 6.12.10, 9.18.10 students
off-campus,
9.24.10-11; see also University Conduct Board.
Conferences: duties of Manager of
Conference
and Special Program Development, 2.47.10.
Conflict of Interest: policy, Appendix G
#95-1; policy on nepotism and conflict of
interest,
Appendix G (not available in 11th edition).
Constitution of the Faculty Senate, Appendix
B: amendment, VII.1; authority,
Preamble;
executive committee, V.1; meetings, VI.1-4; membership, III.1; name,
I.1;
officers, IV.1-2; powers, II.1-6; see also By-Laws of Faculty Senate.
Continuing Education: Alan Shawn
Feinstein
College of, 3.40.10; departmental authority, 7.72.11-13; duties of Vice
Provost
for Urban Programs, 3.40.12-16, 8.19.15; 8.19.17; leaves of absence,
7.72.10;
lines of authority, 7.72.10; non-credit courses, 8.45.10;
non-matriculating
students, 8.19.15, 8.19.17; portfolio development course, 8.36.31-32;
programs,
3.45.10; teaching
appointments, 3.40.12, 3.40.16, 4.60.14, 7.72.11-12; teaching salaries,
7.53.10, 7.53.12,
7.72.10; see also General Studies.
Continuing Education Unit Courses
(CEU's):
defined, 8.44.10; regulations, 8.44.11-14; responsibilities of
instructor
or coordinator, 8.44.15.
Contracts, Policy for the
Administration
of: Appendix G, #00-1.
Contract Year: defined, 10.20.12.
Controllers: duties, 2.45.10-14; duties
of
assistant controllers, 2.45.12; duties of associate controllers,
2.45.11;
financial policies, 10.15.10.
Controversial Persons: guidelines,
6.14.10-17.
Cooperative Extension Service: duties
of
director, 3.51.10.
Copyright: audiovisual copyright
policy,
Appendix G #84-1; defined, 10.42.10,
ownership,
10.42.15-18.
Council
for
Research: membership, 4.56 of the Senate By-Laws; meetings, 4.57 of
the
Senate By-Laws; purpose, 4.55 of
the
Senate By-Laws; responsibilities, 4.58 of the Senate By-Laws; see also
Research.
Council on Sustainability: See President's Council on
Sustainability.
Counseling Center: duties of director.
2.61.30.
County Agents: faculty equivalency,
4.12.14;
no tenure, 7.43.17.
Courses: approval, 8.81.10; content,
8.81.80;
deletion of, 8.81.62-63; failure, 8.55.10; general education, 8.21.11;
intensive
short courses, 8.32.10-13, 8.81.35; limitations, 8.81.60-62; multiple
section,
8.81.80; new, 4.60.11, 8.81.10; non-credit, 8.45.10; not originating in
a college, 8.81.50; numbering, 8.30.10; open-ended, 8.81.20-22,
8.81.50, 8.81.70; pass-fail option, 8.37.10-16; permanent, 8.80.11;
portfolio development, 8.36.31-32; procedures, Appendix E; repeating,
8.33.10-13, 8.55.11; required, 8.21.12; scheduling, 8.81.50; student
registration, 8.33.10; S/U credit, 8.53.30; temporary,
8.80.12, 8.81.30-31, 8.81.60-61; temporary University College mini,
8.81.30;
work completion, 8.51.12; writing intensive, 8.81.40-43; see also
Failures,
scholastic.
Credits: advanced placement,
8.12.30-33;
deficiencies, 8.21.14; defined, 8.31.10; eight-year limit, 8.21.15;
examination,
8.36.20-23; graduation requirements, 8.22.10; Honors Program,
8.61.11-14,
8.63.10-11; limits, 8.21.10, 8.23.11, 8.38.10-14; non-classroom
activity,
8.36.10; 8.36.30-36; normal maximum rate, 8.32.10; other institutions,
8.38.14;
policies, 8.38.10; see also Pass/Fail, Veterans.
Credit Union: eligibility, 10.22.10.
Criminal Investigation: see
Laboratories
for Scientific Criminal Investigation.
Cum Laude: see Distinction.
Curricular
Affairs Committee: duties, 4.75-76,
4.80-82; of Senate By-Laws, 3.95.11; membership, 4.77-80 of Senate
By-Laws;
new programs, 8.85.10.
Curriculum: change of, 8.17.10-11;
faculty
responsibility, 4.32.10; Faculty Senate policy, 4.32.10; new,
8.85.10-30;
procedures, Appendix E; requirements, 8.21.10.
D
DCB: see Diving Control Board
Dean of Students: duties of assistant
vice president for student affairs and dean of students, 2.61.10;
membership on committees, 5.73.12. See also Discipline.
Dean of the Graduate School: duties, 2.27.10, 3.30.11-16.
Deans, Academic: duties, 3.20.10-11;
internal
transfer,
8.17.10; promotion process, 7.21.11-7.22.10.
Deans' Council: duties, 5.12.11;
membership,
5.12.10.
Dean's List: requirements, 8.57.10.
Degree Programs on the Providence Campus:
approval,
8.88.10.
Degrees: faculty responsibility, 4.32.10,
4.40.11;
graduate, 5.16.31, 5.16.35; honorary, 5.12.17; posthumous, 8.22.50-51;
two
degrees, 8.22.20; two major fields, 8.22.21-22; see also Graduation.
Demonstrations: controversial persons,
6.14.10-17;
student, 6.12.14, 6.12.19.
Department Chairpersons: appointment, 7.30.10;
duties,
3.21.10, 4.60.10; promotion process, 7.21.10-7.22.10; staffing
responsibility,
4.60.14-15; work loads, 4.62.10-17.
Department Faculties: courses, 4.60.11;
disputes,
4.63.10-11; evaluation of candidates, 4.60.10-15, 4.61.10-11; outside
activities, 4.63.11; procedures for staffing continuing education
courses, 7.72.11-13; secretarial assistance, 4.65.10; voting, 4.60.12;
work loads, 4.62.10-17.
Departments: listed, 3.21.11-17.
Design for Manufacturability Center: described,
3.70.30.
Development: duties of associate vice president,
2.81.10.
Dining Services: duties of administrator,
2.64.10.
Disabilities: policies on accommodation for
handicapped
employees and for qualified students with disabilities, Appendix G #91-1,
#92-2; procedures for students, 6.40.10-21.
Discipline: administrative action, 9.21.15,
9.21.25;
appeals, 8.27.17-18, 9.21.29-30, 9.24.11; athletic eligibility,
9.10.10-12;
cheating, 8.27.17-19; disciplinary action, 9.20.10; dismissal, 8.23.12,
8.24.10-16,
9.25.18; judicial action, 9.22.10-18; mediation, 9.25.10; probation,
8.23.10-12,
8.24.12, 9.22.14, 9.22.16; records, 9.21.31; regulations, 9.20.10;
suspension, 8.27.19, 9.22.17, 9.23.10; see also University Appeals
Board, University Conduct Board.
Discrimination: process for complaint, Appendix
G
#85-1
Dismissal, Classified Employees: policy,
Appendix
G (not available in 11th edition).
Dismissal, Faculty: chairperson's
responsibility,
3.21.10; College of Continuing Education, 7.72.10; dean's
responsibility, 3.20.10; due process, 7.40.12-7.41.11; notice, 7.21.11,
7.24.10; unused vacation,
7.65.16.
Dismissal, Student: cheating defined, 8.27.10;
defined,
9.22.18; scholastic, 8.23.12, 8.24.10-16; see also Academic Standards;
Discipline.
Distinction: described, 8.22.40.
Diversity: general education requirement,
8.20.24;
see also Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and Diversity; Diversity
Week
Committee.
Diving Safety Officer: see Diving Control Board.
Dropping a course: provisions, 8.34.10.
Drug and Alcohol Task Force: membership 5.62.11;
purpose,
5.62.10.
Drug Use on Campus: policy statement, 6.30.10-13.
E
Early Admission: provisions, 8.12.20.
Early Course Registration: process, 833.15-19.
Early Drop Courses: provisions, 8.34.10.
Economic Development: See Vice President for Research and
Economic Development.
Education Act of 1981: establishing Board of
Governors
for Higher Education, 1.10.10-11; see also Board of Governors for
Higher
Education.
Eight-Year Rule: credit towards graduation,
8.21.15.
Emergencies: policies and procedures for
research
laboratories and other special facilities, Appendix G #97-1;
policies and procedures for snow storms and certain emergencies,
Appendix
G #83-2.
Emergency Suspension: described, 9.23.10.
Emeriti Faculty: rank and privileges, 7.10.11-12.
Employee Assistance Program: outlined, Appendix
G
#80-2.
Employees: courses, 8.40.10-12; policy on
conduct
of, Appendix G (not available in 11th edition).
Employee Relations: see Personnel Services.
Employment: policy on relatives and minors,
Appendix
G (not available in 11th edition); policy for students, Appendix G #81-1;
policy on pre-employment records check, Appendix G, #91-2.
Engineering, College of: departments, 3.21.13;
duties
of dean, 3.52.11.
Enrolled - No Grade Reported, described, 8.53.13.
Enrolled - No Work Submitted: described,
8.53.12.
Enrollment Services: academic records, 8.50.10,
8.54.10-12;
cash deposits, 10.10.14, duties of director 2.22.30-34, 4.20.12,
outside
services, 10.12.13, responsibility, 2.22.30-34, 8.33.10, 8.33.12,
8.80.13;
summer session grades, 3.41.11; internal transfer, 8.17.10; see also
Registration.
Entrance requirements: college responsibility,
4.32.10;
removal of deficiencies, 8.21.14; University College, 8.16.10-15; see
also Admissions.
Environment and Life Sciences, College of the:
departments,
3.21.17; duties of dean, 3.20.11; faculty equivalency appointments,
4.12.14.
Equal Opportunity: see Affirmative Action and
Equal
Opportunity Committee, Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity and
Diversity.
Ethics and Public Service, John Hazen White Sr.
Center:
described: 3.86.10.
Exchange Programs, International: policy for
students:
Appendix G #82-10.
Executive Assistants to the President and
Directors of Planning Services, duties, 2.90.10; 5.70.10-11.
Exit Interviews: policy, Appendix G (not
available
in 11th edition).
F
Facilities Planning: see Capital
Planning
and Design.
Facilities Services: duties of
director,
2.41.11
Faculty: see Appointments, faculty;
College Faculties; Department Faculties; General Faculty; Graduate
Faculty.
Faculty Advisers: student
organizations, 6.12.18,
9.12.13; workload consideration, 4.62.17, University College, 3.21.22.
Faculty Equivalency: appointments,
4.12.14.
Faculty Institute on Writing:
administration, 3.95.11; purpose, 3.95.10; role of subcommittee on
student writing, 3.95.11.
Faculty Salary: see Salaries.
Faculty Senate: amendment to UNIVERSITY
MANUAL, 11.10.10-11; authority, 4.30.10; By-Laws,
Appendix C; Constitution, Appendix B;
scope,
4.30.10.
Faculty Senate Committees: 5.90.10;
Section
4 of Senate By-Laws; see also by name.
Failures, scholastic: cheating,
8.27.17;
make-up work, 8.56.13, 8.55.11-14; quality point computation, 8.55.10;
reporting,
8.54.11; see also Academic Records; Academic Standards, Discipline.
Family Relationship: policies on
nepotism
and on relatives and minors, Appendix G (not available in 11th
edition); regulations,
7.12.10.
Fees: adjustment, 8.43.20; indebtedness
policy, Appendix G #85-2; late
registration, 8.33.20;
part-time students, 4.41.10; refunds, 8.43.10.
Feinstein Center for a Hunger Free
America: described, 3.59.10.
Feinstein Center for Service Learning:
described,
3.85.10.
Feinstein College of Continuing
Education:
See Continuing Education.
Field Trips: charges, 10.33.11; faculty
or
staff presence, 10.33.12; liability waiver, 10.33.12; procedure,
10.33.10.
Fields of Study: major, 8.20.50; minor,
8.20.60-63.
Final Examinations: scheduling,
8.51.20-27; scheduling of athletic events, 8.51.30-31; security,
8.51.40; repository,
8.51.50.
Financial Aid: duties of Vice Provost
for Academic Affairs, 2.22.11; student employees, 10.21.10. See also
Enrollment
Services.
Fiscal year: defined, 10.10.10.
Foundation: see URI Foundation; URI Research Foundation.
Fraternities: see Vice President for
Student Affairs.
4-H agents, faculty equivalency:
4.12.14;
see also Cooperative Extension Service.
Freedom of Expression: controversial
persons, 6.14.10-17; faculty, 6.11.10-15, 6.12.11; policy, 6.10.10;
students, 6.12.10,
6.12.12-20.
Freedom of the Press: endorsement,
6.12.15.
Freshmen: academic progress, 8.54.20.
Fringe Benefits: eligibility policy,
Appendix
G (not available in 11th edition).
Fund Raising: policies, 10.70.10-16;
students, 9.11.12.
G
General Counsel: duties, 2.93.10.
General
Education:
administration and evaluation of program, 8.20.25; assessment, 4.69 of
Senate By-Laws; courses, 8.20.22;
diversity
overlap, 8.20.24; proficiency examination, 8.20.19; portion of degree
program,
8.20.30, purpose, 8.20.10; requirements, 8.20.11-8.20.24; skills,
8.20.10,
8.20.23-24.
General Faculty: administrative appointments,
4.12.11;
clinical appointments, 4.13.10; coaching, 4.12.13; committee service,
5.10.10;
equivalency appointments, 4.12.14, 7.10.10; exclusion, 4.11.14; family
privileges,
8.40.10-12; family relationship, 7.12.10; governance, 4.10.10; graduate
study,
6.11.19; jurisdiction, 4.32.10-11; meetings, 4.40.10-16; membership,
4.11.10-13;
organization, 4.20.10-13; powers, 4.40.16; processions, 4.64.10; rank,
7.10.10; resignation or retirement, 7.46.10-11; salary levels, 7.50.10;
special-status
appointments, 4.12.10; teaching excellence, 6.11.20; temporary and
part-time
appointments, 4.12.12; transfer status, 4.11.13; unsatisfactory work,
7.21.13;
voting membership, 4.21.10; see also Appointments, faculty; Dismissal,
faculty;
Promotions; Reappointment; Salaries; Tenure.
General Studies: committees for Bachelor of,
5.80.10-13,
5.81.10-11; responsibilities of vice provost for urban programs,
3.40.12,
3.40.15-16; faculty, 4.80.10-11.
Gerontology: program, 3.61.10.
Gifts: academic implications, 10.48.10;
application,
10.48.10. See also Policy for the Administration of Grants, Contracts
and
Gifts, Appendix G #00-1; Policy on the
Acceptance of Non-Cash Gifts Other Than
Real
Estate, Research and Library Donations, Appendix G, #00-2.
Governors: See Board of Governors for Higher
Education.
Grading: appeals procedure, 8.26.13; changes,
8.56.10-11; criteria, 8.52.10;
definitions,
8.53.10; enrolled - no work submitted, 8.53.12; freshmen, 8.54.20;
incomplete,
8.53.20-21; no grade submitted, 8.53,13; no work submitted, 8.53.12;
pass/fail, 8.37.10-17 quality
points,
8.53.11; reinstated students, 8.25.14-16; S/U courses, 8.53.30;
withdrawal,
8.42.11-12; see also Academic Standards; Failures, scholastic;
Incompletes.
Graduate Assistants: appointment, 4.61.11,
7.80.10-11;
defined, 7.11.12; duties, 7.80.13; stipend, 7,80.12; supervision,
7.80.14-15.
Graduate Assistantships: allocation, 7.81.10-11;
apportionment
and assignment, 7.80.10; description of duties, 7.83.10-11.
Graduate
Council: meetings, 5.65.20-26;
membership, 5.65.10-19; powers, 5.65.30-43.
Graduate Faculty: committee of, 5.65.10-43;
membership, 4.70.10; meetings,
4.70.11-13;
powers, 4.71.10-11; review of Graduate Council decisions, 5.65.40.
Graduate Research Assistants: appointment,
7.11.13,
7.80.10; duties, 7.80.16-17; stipend, 7.80.18.
Graduate School: duties of associate deans,
3.30.16;
duties of dean of the graduate school,
2.27.10, 3.30.11-15, 10.49.11; fellowship-scholarship program, 3.30.14;
nonmatriculating
students, 8.19.13; programs, 3.30.10; see also Graduate Council.
Graduate School of Oceanography: programs,
3.31.10;
duties of dean, 3.31.11.
Graduate Student Association: Graduate Council
member,
5.65.10.
Graduate Students: sponsored research, 10.49.11.
Graduate Studies: see Dean of the
Graduate
School.
Graduation: eight-year rule, 8.21.15;
requirements,
8.21.10, 8.22.10; senior year in residence, 8.22.11; time limits,
8.21.15;
two major fields, 8.22.21-22; with distinction, 8.22.40; see also
Degrees.
Grants: academic implications, 10.48.10;
applications,
10.47.10, 10.48.10; policy for the administration of, Appendix G #00-1.
Grievance Procedures: policy for non-union
employees,
Appendix G (not available in 11th edition); process for discrimination
complaint,
Appendix G #85-1.
Guidelines for Hiring Non-Classified and Faculty
Positions:
policy, Appendix G #87-1.
H
Handicapped Employees: policy on reasonable
accommodation,
Appendix G #91-1.
Handicapped Students: accessibility, 8.46.11;
policy
on accommodation of qualified students with disabilities, Appendix G #92-2;
procedures, 6.40.10-21.
Harassment: policy on sexual, Appendix G #83-19;
grievance policy on sexual, Appendix G #85-1;
racial and ethnic harassment and sexual harassment subcommittees,
5.54.20-21.
Health Benefits: eligibility for temporary
faculty,
Appendix G (not available in 11th edition).
Health Professions Advisory Committee:
described,
5.50.10.
Health Services: duties of director, 2.67.10;
employee
injury, 10.60.10.
High School Seniors: admissions procedures,
8.11.10-11;
8.12.40-42.
Hiring Guidelines: policy for non-classified and
faculty
positions, Appendix G #87-1.
Home Demonstration Agents: faculty equivalency,
4.12.14.
Honors Program: content, 8.61.10-13; department
and
college responsibilities, 8.65.10-13; director, 2.22.60; objectives,
8.60.10-15;
not required of faculty, 8.64.11; program direction and development,
8.64.10-14;
requirements, 8.63.10-12.
Honors
Program
and
Visiting Scholars Committee: coordinator,
4.43
of Senate By-Laws; purpose, 4.40
of Senate By-Laws;
director,
4.42 of Senate By-Laws; distinguished scholars series, 4.44 of Senate
By-Laws,
powers and responsibilities, 8.64.10-14.
Hospitalization Plans: deductions, 10.20.11;
membership
form, 10.20.10.
Housing and Residential Life: See Vice President for Student
Affairs and Director Residential Life.
Humanities, Center for: described, 3.96.10-13;
evaluation,
3.96.20.
Human Resources: duties of assistant vice
president,
2.42.10.
Human Science and Services, College of:
departments,
3.21.14.
Human Services, Center for: described, 3.83.10.
Human Subjects: policy and procedures for the
protection
of, Appendix G #84-2; see also
Institutional Review Board.
I
IACUC: see Institutional Animal Care and Use
Committee.
IDP: purpose, 3.57.10.
Illnesses, Life-Threatening: policy, Appendix G #89-1.
Impacted Status: described, 8.16.16.
Incompletes: defined, 8.53.20; effect on
standing,
8.23.13; removal, 8.53.21; reporting, 8.53.21.
Indebtedness to the University: policy, Appendix
G
#85-2.
Infirmary: duties of Director of Health
Services,
2.67.10; employee injury, 10.60.10.
Informational Changes for University Bulletin:
see
Appendix E.
Information Technology Services: office of,
3.43.10.
Injuries: employee claims, 10.60.10.
Institutes: defined, 8.90.10; establishment,
8.90.20;
faculty evaluation, 8.90.40; new program review, 8.85.10-30;
non-affiliation,
8.90.12; permanent authorization, 8.90.22-23; review, 8.90.30;
temporary
authorization, 8.90.21.
Institutional
Review
Board: charge, 5.25.10;
conflict of interest, 5.25.12; membership, 5.25.11. See
Human
Resources.
Instructional Development Program: director,
2.22.50,
4.6 of Senate By-Laws; purpose, 3.57.10.
Instructor: no tenure, 7.43.16; promotion,
7.23.10-11;
rank, 7.10.10.
Intellectual
Property: defined, 10.40.14;
policy.
10.40.10-27; Appendix H.
Intercollegiate Competition: eligibility,
9.12.10-13;
see also Athletics, Coaches.
Interdepartmental Services: procedures,
10.12.10-12
Intergovernmental Personnel Act: policy,
Appendix
G (not available in 11th edition).
Interinstitutional Student Exchange Program:
defined,
8.10.50.
Internal Transfer: procedure, 8.17.10.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Program:
credit
policy, 8.12.25, Appendix F Part II
International Business, Institute for:
described,
3.80.10.
International Center for Marine Resource
Development:
program, 3.62.10.
International Education, responsibility for
Office
of, 3.21.21
International Exchange Programs: policy for
undergraduate
students, Appendix G #82-10.
Internships and Experiential Education:
responsibility
for Office of, 3.21.21.
IRB: see Institutional Review Board.
IRC: see Information Resources Council.
J
Joint Appointments: described, 4.60.20; limited,
4.60.22;
renewal, 4.60.23; unlimited, 4.60.21.
JCSC: see Joint Classroom Steering Committee.
Joint
Strategic
Planning Committee: duties, 5.70.10;
membership, 5.70.11;
recommendations and reports,
5.70.12.
JSPC: see Joint Strategic Planning Committee.
Judicial Action: described, 9.22.10-18.
L
Laboratories: use, 10.61.10-11.
Laboratories for Scientific Criminal
Investigation:
program, 3.53.10.
Labor Relations: see Human Resources.
Labor Research Center: described, 3.69.10
Layoffs: policy for classified employees,
Appendix
G #83-16.
Learning Assistance Center: responsibility for,
3.21.21.
Leaves of Absence: applications, 7.60.10-17;
Board
of Review, 7.60.12; classified employees, Appendix G (not available in
11th
edition); College of Continuing Education, 7.72.10; deferred leave,
7.61.15;
graduate study, 7.60.16, 7.61.11; long-term, 7.60.13; military duty,
7.61.16;
personal, Appendix G (not available in 11th edition); return to duty,
7.60.16,
7.61.12, 7.64.10; sabbatical for administrators, 7.60.15, 7.62.10-14;
sabbatical
for faculty, 7.61.10-20; service credit, 7.61.17, 7.63.13; short-term,
7.60.10;
sick leave, 7.63.10-15; Appendix G (not available in 11th edition);
terminal,
7.62.15; undergraduate students, 8.42.20; without pay, 7.60.15; see
also
Vacation.
Lecturer: defined, 7.11.11, 7.11.15; faculty
status,
4.12.12.
Legal services: see General
Counsel.
Librarians: faculty status, 7.10.10; ranks,
7.10.10.
Libraries: duties of Dean of University
Libraries,
3.42.11; purpose, 3.42.10.
Library: dissertations deposited, 10.51.11;
examinations
repository, 8.51.40.
Licensing, responsibility for: outlined,
10.43.11.
Life Insurance: payroll deductions, 10.20.11.
Life-Threatening Illnesses: policy, Appendix G #89-1.
Limited Period Positions: policy,
Appendix G
(not
available in 11th edition).
LOOC: see Learning Outcomes
Oversight Committee.
M
Magna Cum Laude: see Distinction.
Major Fields of Study: defined, 8.20.50.
Make-up work: absence, 8.39.11, 8.51.10-14;
commuters,
8.39.13; disciplinary action, 8.39.12, 8.56.13; failures, 8.55.11;
incompletes,
8.53.21, 8.56.11.
Manual: changes, 11.10.10-13; committee, 4.25 of
Senate
By-Laws; editor 11.10.13.
Marine Advisory Service: program, 3.63.10.
Marine Resources: see New England Marine
Resources
Information Program, Marine Advisory Service, Center for Ocean
Management
Studies.
Marshal: appointment, 4.20.11; duties, 4.20.13.
Master Plan: see Campus Master Plan; Campus
Master
Plan Review Team.
Matriculating students: defined, 8.10.10;
reinstatement,
8.25.10-18.
Mediation: intellectual property review,
10.40.26;
student disciplinary process, 9.25.10.
Medical service: see Health Services.
Memorial
Union
and Student Involvement: duties of director, 2.66.10, 5.17.12; see also
Memorial
Union Advisory Council.
Military Science: veteran's credit, 8.18.10.
Military service: credit for, 8.18.10; see also
Undergraduate
Transfer Policy, Appendix
F.
Minor Fields of Study: application for, 8.20.63
defined,
8.20.60; restrictions, 8.20.61-62.
Misconduct in Scholarship and Research: policy,
Appendix
G #92-1.
Molecular Toxicology, Center for: described, 3.75.10-12.
Monthly Payroll: policy, Appendix G #82-1.
Multicultural Student Services: duties of
director,
2.71.10.
N
National Collegiate Athletic Association: rules,
9.10.13.
National Student Exchange: responsibility for,
3.21.21.
Nepotism and Conflict of Interest: policy,
Appendix
G (not available in 11th edition).
New England Board of Higher Education Compact:
student
classifications, 8.10.40.
New Positions: policy on advertising for,
Appendix
G #99-2; policy on candidates' travel,
Appendix G #82-11; policy on posting,
Appendix G (not available in 11th
edition);
policy on request for, Appendix G (not available in 11th edition).
New Programs: coordinating and review
committees,
8.85.11-17; classification, 8.85.30; defined, 8.85.10; evaluation
criteria, 8.85.20-24; no new funding, 8.85.31.
News and Information: general, 10.62.10; duties
of
director of communications, 2.82.10; see also University Advancement.
New Student Programs: responsibility for,
3.21.21.
No Grade Reported: see Enrolled-No Grade Reported.
Non-Classroom Activity: awarding
credit,
8.36.10;
prior learning assessment, 8.36.30-34.
Non-Smoking: policy, 10.61.11, Appendix G #93-1.
Non-Credit Courses: policy, 8.45.10.
Non-matriculating Students: defined, 8.19.10;
policies,
8.19.10-15.
Northeast Journal of Business and Economics:
content,
3.56.10.
No Work Submitted: see Enrolled - No Work
Submitted.
NR: See Enrolled-No Grade Reported.
Nursing, College of: described, 3.21.15.
NW: see Enrolled - No Work Submitted.
O
Oceanography: programs, 3.31.10; duties of Dean
of
Graduate School of Oceanography, 3.31.11.
Ocean Management Studies, Center for: program,
3.66.10.
Off-Campus Conduct: jurisdiction of student
judicial
system, 9.24.10-11.
Office of Higher Education: purpose, Appendix
A.
Ombud:
2.39.10;
compensation and release time, 2.39.18; conflict of interest, 2.39.20;
responsibility,
2.39.13; powers, 2.39.16; primary task, 2.39.14; student assistant,
2.39.19;
term of office, 2.39.12.
Open-ended courses: defined, 8.81.10; rules
governing,
8.81.20-22
Operating Executive Committee: membership and
purpose,
Appendix A.
Options: approval process, 8.20.72; described,
8.20.70-71.
Organizational Outline: Appendix D.
Outcomes Assessment: see Learning Outcomes Oversight Committee;
Student
Learning, Outcomes Assessment and Accreditation.
Outreach: Council for, 5.35.10-11; see also Vice President
for Research and Economic Development.
Oversubscribed Programs: procedures, 8.16.16.
Overtime Pay: policy, Appendix G (not available
in
11th edition).
P
Pacific Basin Capital Markets Research Center:
described,
3.81.10.
Parking Committee: see Campus Security and
Parking
Committee.
Parliamentarian of General Faculty: appointment,
4.20.11.
Parliamentary Authority:
described, 4.50.10.
Parliamentary procedures: Faculty Senate,
Appendix
C, 9.1; general faculty meetings, 4.40.14.
Partnerships: defined, 8.90.10-11;
establishment,
8.90.20; faculty evaluation, 8.90.40; new program review, 8.85.10-30;
non-affiliation,
8.90.12; permanent authorization, 8.90.22-23; review, 8.90.30;
temporary
authorization, 8.90.21.
Pass/Fail: courses, 8.37.11; eligibility,
8.37.10-12;
grading, 8.37.16-17, 8.37.14-15; procedure, 8.37.12-13, 8.37.15.
Patents: See Intellectual Property.
Patent Committee: see Intellectual Property
Committee.
Payroll, Faculty and Staff: contract year,
10.20.12;
deductions, 10.20.11; duties of manager, 2.45.13; new employees,
10.20.10,
10.20.13; paydays, 10.20.15; procedure, 10.20.10-16; resignations,
10.20.14;
see also Salaries.
Payroll Policy, monthly: described, Appendix G #82-1.
Payroll, Student: procedure, 10.21.10.
Personal Financial Education,
Center for: described, 2.62.10.
Personnel Services: duties of director, 2.42.11.
Petitions: students, 4.32.10, 5.16.33,
8.26.10-13.
Pharmacy, College of: departments, 3.21.16.
Physical Plant: duties of director of facilities
and
operations, 2.41.11; work orders, 10.12.10.
Placement: see Career Services.
Plagiarism: instructor's responsibilities,
8.27.16-19;
judicial action, 8.27.17-19; student's responsibilities, 8.27.10-15.
Planning: duties of directors of planning
services, 2.90.10, 5.70.10-11; office described, 3.45.10.
Police: controversial persons, 6.14.15, 6.14.17.
Police and Security, duties of
director,
2.41.13.
Policies,
University:
Appendix G.
Political Activity: see Public Office, Students.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow: defined, 7.11.28;
policy,
Appendix G (not available in 11th edition).
Posthumous Degrees: eligibility, 8.22.50;
presentation,
8.22.51.
Posting of New and Vacant Positions: policy,
Appendix
G (not available in 11th edition).
Pre-Employment Security Records Check: policy,
Appendix
G #91-2.
President: administrative officer, 2.11.10,
2.15.10;
authority, 2.10.10, succession, 2.13.10-12.
Prior Learning Assessment: administration of,
8.36.33;
credit for, 8.36.30, 8.36.35; faculty role, 8.36.34; fee for portfolio
evaluation,
8.36.36; portfolio development, 8.36.31-32; report to Faculty Senate,
8.36.37;
role of Curricular Affairs Committee, 4.82 of Senate By-Laws.
Probation: academic standards, 8.23.10-12;
disciplinary,
9.22.16; nonmatriculating students, 8.19.14; procedure, 8.24.10-12;
residence,
9.22.14.
Processions: faculty duties, 4.64.10; marshal,
4.20.13;
placement, 4.11.11.
Professor: rank, 7.10.10; resignation or
retirement,
7.46.10-11; tenure, 7.43.10-11.
Proficiency Examinations: for general education
requirements,
8.20.19; policy and procedures, 8.36.10-13.
Program Review: see Academic Program
Review, Academic Program Review Committee.
Programs: abolition, 8.87.10-11; degree programs
on
Providence Campus, 8.88.10; new, 8.85.10-31; existing,
8.86.10-14; suspension, 8.87.10; see also Academic Program Review;
Academic Program Review Committee; New Programs.
Promotions: annual review, 7.20.10-12;
chairperson's
responsibility, 3.21.10, 7.21.11-13; College of Continuing Education,
7.72.10;
criteria, 7.22.10; dean's responsibility, 3.20.10, 7.21.11-13;
eligibility,
7.23.10-13; family relationship, 7.12.10; not automatic, 7.23.11-12;
policy
for non faculty employees, Appendix G (not available in 11th edition);
process, 7.21.10-13.
Property: duties of director of property and
support
services, 2.41.15.
Protection of Human Subjects: policy, Appendix G
#84-2.
Providence Campus: see
Providence Campus Undergraduate Initiative Committee; Vice Provost for
Urban Programs.
Provost
and Vice President for Academic Affairs:
duties,
2.20.10-19; duties of assistant, 2.21.10. See also Vice Provost for
Academic
Programs and Services,
Vice Provost for Information Technology Services; Vice Provost
for Urban Programs.
Publications: copyright, 10.45.11; duties of
director,
2.83-11; rights, 10.40.27; 10.50.10.
Public Affairs: see Assistant
Vice President for Public Affairs.
Public Information: see News and Information.
Public Office: policy on holding, Appendix G #84-3.
Public Relations: See University Advancement.
Public Safety: see duties of director, 2.41.13.
Public Service: See John Hazen White Sr. Center
for
Ethics and Public Service.
Purchasing: duties of director, 2.41.14;
see
also Business procedures.
Q
Quality Points: computation of failures,
8.55.10;
for "distinction," 8.22.40; graduation requirements, 8.22.10; transfer
students,
8.13.13; see also Academic Standards.
Quality Review of Programs: see Academic Program
Review, Academic Program Review Committee.
R
Racial and Ethnic Harassment: subcommittee of
affirmative
action & equal opportunity committee, 5.54.20-21.
Radio Spectrum
Policy: policy,
Appendix G #03-1.
Rank, Faculty: listed, 7.10.10.
Reading Days: defined, 8.50.20; minimum
requirement,
8.51.25, 8.70.22.
Reappointment: department chairpersons, 7.30.10;
instructor,
7.23.10; notice of non-reappointment, 7.24.10; see also Appointments.
Reasonable Accommodation for Handicapped
Employees:
policy, Appendix G
#91-1.
Records: changes, 8.56.10; progress of freshmen,
8.54.20;
reporting, 8.54.10-11; retention by instructors, 8.52.20-21.
Recruitment of Students for Employment and
Volunteer
Positions: policy, Appendix G #90-1.
Refunds: policy, 8.43.10.
Regents: See Board of Governors for Higher
Education.
Registrar: see Enrollment Services.
Registration: auditor, 8.35.10; deletion from
roster,
8.33.13; drop and add, 8.33.11, 8.34.10; early, 8.8.33.15-19;
employees, 8.40.10-12;
employees'
families, 8.40.10-12; late fee, 8.33.20; other institutions, 8.38.14;
refunds,
8.43.10; requirements, 8.33.10; withdrawal, 8.42.10-13; see also
Enrollment Services.
Relatives and Minors, Employment of: Appendix G
(not
available in 11th edition).
Released Time: Chairperson and Vice Chairperson
of
Faculty Senate, Article IV.2 of Senate Constitution; Chairperson of
Curricular
Affairs Committee, 4.77 of Senate By-Laws; Coordinator of Honors
Colloquium,
4.41 of Senate By-Laws; Director of Honors Program, 4.42 of Senate
By-Laws;
Ombud, 2.39.18; policy for non-faculty employees, Appendix G (not
available
in 11th edition).
Religious Activity: freedom to organize,
6.12.13;
see also Chaplains.
Religious Observance: policy, 6.20.10-11; making
up
missed work for, 8.51.11.
Repeating Courses: policy, 8.33.30-32.
Requisitions: procedure, 10.10.10-12.
Research: application for grants and contracts,
10.47.10;
criterion for promotion, 7.22.10; duties of vice president for
research and economic development 2.50.10-13;
emergency procedures, Appendix G #97-1;
evaluation by chairperson, 3.21.10; freedom to conduct, 6.11.11-13;
graduate
students engaged in sponsored research, 10.49.11; misconduct policy,
Appendix
G #92-1; non-affiliation with centers,
8.90.12; ownership,
10.40.14-18;
policy, 4.62.16; publication rights, 10.40.27,10.50.10; sponsored
research defined, 10.49.10; work-load consideration, 4.62.16. See also
URI Research Foundation; Appendix H.
Research and Development: projects and
procedures,
10.40.10-10.43.15.
Research Assistant: defined, 7.11.17, 7.11.19;
no
tenure, 7.43.18.
Research Associate: defined, 7.11.17-18; no
tenure, 7.43.18.
Research Center in Business and Economics:
program,
3.56.10.
Research,
Council
for: duties, 4.58 of Senate By-Laws; membership, 4.56 of Senate
By-Laws;
meetings, 4.57 of Senate By-Laws; purpose, 4.55 of Senate By-Laws; see
also
Centers, Research.
Research Foundation: see URA Research Foundation.
Research Vessel, small: policy,
Appendix
G #03-3.
Research Fellow: see Postdoctoral
Research Fellow.
Residential Life: see Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
and Director of Residential Life.
Residency: students, 8.10.20.
Resignation: policy, Appendix G #83-17;
refund of salary payments, 10.20.14; result of illness,
7.63.14;
under tenure, 7.46.10-11; unused vacation, 7.65.16.
Resource Development, College of: see
Environment
and Life Sciences, College of.
Retirement: payroll deductions, 10.20.11;
policy,
Appendix G (not available in 11th edition); state system, 7.70.10;
TIAA, 7.70.10-13, transfer credit, 7.70.13; under tenure, 7.46.10-11.
Rhode Island Public Institutions of Higher
Education:
transfer students, 8.13.13; Appendix F.
Rhode Island Water Resources Center: See Water
Resources
Center.
Robotics Center: described, 3.70.20.
Room Entry and Search Procedure: policy,
Appendix
G #86-1.
ROTC: 8.41.10; veteran's credit, 8.18.10.
S
Sabbatical Leave: see Leaves of Absence.
Safety: non-smoking policy, 10.61.11, Appendix G
#93-1.
Safety and Risk Management: duties of director,
2.41.12.
Salaries, Faculty: annual review, 7.20.10-11;
appeal
procedure, 7.55.10; contract year, 10.20.12; College of Continuing
Education,
7.50.11, 7.72.10; family relationship, 7.12.10; levels, 7.50.10;
nondistinction
of sex, 7.54.10; Summer Session, 7.50.11; suspension by Board of
Governors,
7.56.10; see also Payroll.
Sales and Services: to outside agencies,
10.12.13;
to students, 10.13.10; see also Business Procedures.
Scheduling: responsibility, 2.22.30; see also
Classes,
Examinations.
Schmidt, Charles T. Labor Research Center: 3.69.10
Scholarship and Research: policy on possible
misconduct,
Appendix G #92-1.
Scholastic Discipline: procedure, 8.24.10-16;
reinstatement,
8.25.10-16.
Scholastic Integrity: expectations, 8.27.10-16;
infractions,
8.27.17-19.
Scholastic Standing: faculty responsibility,
4.32.10.
Scholastic Standing Committees: authorized,
4.32.10;
functions, 8.24.10-8.25.16.
Sea Grant program: described, 3.60.10.
Second Grade Option: procedures, 8.33.32.
Secretary of the General Faculty: appointment,
4.20.11;
duties, 4.20.12.
Secretarial Assistance: departmental, 4.65.10.
Security: duties of director of police and
security,
2.41.13; see Campus Security and Parking Committee, Pre-Employment
Security
Records Check Policy.
SEDA: See Space Enhancement, Design and
Allocation
Committee.
Senate: see Faculty Senate.
Senior Year: residency requirements, 8.22.11.
Service Learning, Feinstein Center for:
described,
3.85.10.
Sexual Harassment: policy, Appendix G #83-19;
subcommittee of affirmative action & equal
opportunity
committee, 5.54.20-21. See also Discrimination Complaint Process for
the
University of Rhode Island.
Sick Leave: policies, Appendix G (not available
in
11th edition).
Skills: general education, 8.20.10; 8.20.23-24.
Small Research Vessel:
policy,
Appendix G #03-3.
Smoking: policy on non-smoking,
Appendix
G #93-1, 10.61.11.
Snow Storms: policies and procedures, Appendix G
#83-2.
Social Regulations Committee: see Student Rights
and
Responsibilities Committee.
Social Security: membership, 7.70.14.
Sororities: see Vice President for Student
Affairs.
Space Allocation and Utilization: policy,
Appendix
G #05-1.
Speakers: controversial persons, 6.14.10-17;
freedom
to select, 6.12.17, 6.13.10.
Special Academic Programs: duties of Dean of
University
College and Special Academic Programs, 3.21.21-23.
Special Assistant: defined, 7.11.15-16.
Special Instructor: defined, 7.11.15-16.
Special Programs for Talent Development: duties
of
Director, 2.72.10.
Sponsored Research: defined, 10.49.10; graduate
student
policy, 10.49.11.
Sports Information: duties of assistant
director,
2.62.11.
SPTD: see Special Programs for Talent
Development.
Staff: see Administrative staff.
Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate:
5.90.10,
Section 4 of Senate By-Laws.
State Employees Credit Union: membership,
10.22.10.
State Employees' Retirement System: described
7.70.10;
see also Retirement Policy.
Strategic Planning: See Joint Strategic Planning
Committee,
Planning.
Student
Affairs: duties of vice president, 2.13.11, 2.60.10-2.72.10; faculty
status of vice president, 4.12.11. See also Assistant Vice President
for Student Affairs and Dean of Students; Assistant Vice
President for Student Affairs an Director of Residential Life.
Student Conduct: community standards of behavior, 9.18.10, 9.21.10;
policies, 9.21.10-30; see also University Appeals Board, University
Judicial Board.
Student Development: see Student Affairs.
Student Employment: graduates, 7.80.10-7.81.13;
graduate
student payroll policy, Appendix G #03-2;
part-time,
2.67.10; pay schedule, 5.60.10; payroll, 10.21.20; policy, Appendix G #81-1.
Student Financial Aid: duties of vice provost
for
academic affairs, 2.22.20; student employees, 10.21.10. See also
Enrollment Services.
Student
Housing: see Assistant Vice
President for Student Affairs an Director of Residential Life.
Student Involvement: duties of Director of
Memorial
Union and Student Involvement, 2.66.10, 5.17.10.
Student Judicial System: see
Discipline, Student Conduct, University
Appeals Board, University Conduct Board.
Student Leadership Development, Center for: described, 8.37.10.
Student Learning, Outcomes Assessment and Accreditation, duties of
director, 2.22.70; see also Learning Outcomes Oversight
Committee.
Student Life: see Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean
of Students.
Student Organizations: faculty advisers,
6.12.18;
finances, 9.11.13; freedom to organize, 6.12.13-14; off-campus
activity,
6.12.19; recognition of, 9.10.10-11; regulations, 9.11.10-13; speaker
selection,
6.12.17, 6.13.10; see also Students.
Student Petitions: academic, 8.26.10-12; faculty
responsibility,
4.32.10.
Student Recruitment for Employment or Volunteer
Positions:
policy, Appendix G
#90-1.
Students: advertising solicitation, 9.11.11-12;
associations,
6.12.13; field trips, 10.33.10-12; freedom of the press, 6.12.15;
freedoms
and responsibilities, 6.12.10-20, 9.13.10-11; fund raising, 9.11.12;
government,
6.12.14; organizations, 6.12.17-18, 9.11.10-13, 9.13.10-11; payroll,
10.21.10;
petitions, 4.32.10, 5.16.33, 8.26.10-13; policies for, 9.19.10;
political
activity, 6.12.19-20; scheduling events, 9.11.11; standards of
behavior,
9.18.10; see also Student Organizations.
Student Services Auxiliaries: duties of vice
president
for student affairs, 2.60.10,
Student Services for Alan Shawn Feinstein
College
of Continuing Education: duties of director, 2.70.10.
Study Abroad: administrative responsibility for,
3.21.21.
Subrecipient Monitoring: policy, Appendix G #99-1.
Succession: in absence of President, 2.13.10-12.
S/U Courses: defined, 8.53.30.
Suma Cum Laude: see Distinction.
Summer Session: limit on credits, 8.38.13-14;
programs,
3.40.11; teaching opportunities, 4.60.14-15; teaching salaries, 7.50.11.
Survivor Benefits: policy, Appendix G (not
available
in 11th edition).
Suspended courses: described, 8.81.63.
Suspension, Classified Employees: policy on
dismissal
and suspension, Appendix G (not available in 11th edition).
Suspension of Programs: procedure, 8.87.12.
Suspension, Student: cheating defined, 8.27.19;
defined,
9.22.17; emergency, 9.23.10; registration conditions, 8.33.12; see also
Discipline,
Conduct.
T
Talent Development: See Special
Programs
for Talent Development.
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association
(TIAA):
described, 7.70.10-13; see also Retirement Policy.
Teaching Assistant: defined, 7.11.14, 7.11.16.
Teaching Effectiveness: criterion for promotion,
7.22.10;
dean's responsibility, 3.20.10; department chairperson's
responsibility,
3.21.10.
Teaching Load: workload, 4.62.10-17.
Telecommunications and Information Marketing
Research
Institute: purpose, 3.82.10.
Tenure: Alan Shawn Feinstein College of
Continuing
Education, 7.72.10; definitions, 7.42.10-13; dismissal, 7.41.10-11; due
process,
7.40,12-7.41.11; eligibility, 7.43.10-18; family relationship, 7.12.10;
not
automatic, 7.45.10; principles, 7.40.10-12; resignation or retirement,
7.46.10-11;
withholding of, 7.44.10; see also Rank
Temporary and Part-Time Appointments: described,
4.12.12;
eligibility for health benefits, Appendix G (not available in 11th
edition).
Testing: examination policy, 8.51.10-11.
Textbooks: selection responsibility, 8.81.80.
TIAA-CREF: described, 7.70.10-13; see also
Retirement
Policy.
Titles: faculty ranks and privileges,
7.10.10-12;
non-faculty, 7.11.12-28; faculty equivalent appointments, 4.12.14.
Topics courses: see Open Ended Courses.
Trade Secret: defined, 10.46.10; owner, 10.46.11.
Traffic: See Director of Security.
Transcripts: issuance, 2.22.30; transfer,
8.13.11.
Transfer Students: admission, 8.13.10-12;
conditional
status, 8.17.11; credits, 8.13.13; curriculum change, 8.17.10-11;
policy,
8.13.10; Rhode Island Public Institutions of Higher Education, 8.13.12;
transcripts,
8.13.11; within the University, 8.17.10-11; see also Undergraduate
Transfer
Policy, Appendix F, Veterans.
Transportation Center: see URI Transportation Center.
Travel: authorization, 10.30.10-11; reimbursement,
10.31.10-11.
Trips: See Field Trips, Travel.
Trustees: see Board of Governors for Higher
Education.
Tuition Waiver: policy, Appendix G (not
available
in 11th edition).
Tutoring: faculty, 7.53.10; student pay rates,
5.60.10.
U
Undergraduate Students: international exchange
policy,
Appendix G #82-10.
University Advancement: duties of vice
president,
2.80.10-2.84.10.
University
Appeals
Board: membership, 5.75.11-12;
procedures, 9.21.29-30, 9.24.11; purpose 5.75.10.
University Bookstores: duties of administrator,
2.63.10;
operation, 10.13.10.
University College: 3.21.20; duties of dean,
3.21.21;
admissions, 8.16.12; advising staff, 3.21.22-23; students, 8.16.12-16;
temporary
mini courses, 8.81.30.
University
College
and General Education Committee:
administration
and evaluation of general education program, 8.20.23; purpose, 4.65 of
Senate By-Laws; membership,
4.66-67 of Senate
By-Laws;
faculty request, 4.68 of Senate By-Laws.
University Faculty: see General Faculty.
University
Judicial
Board: membership, 5.74.11-12; hearing
panels, 5.74.20-
21; procedures,
9.2.10-28; purpose, 5.74.10.
University Libraries: duties of dean of
university
libraries, 2.25.10; 3.42.11; purpose, 3.42.10.
UNIVERSITY MANUAL: changes, 11.10.10-13;
committee,
4.24 of Senate By-Laws; editor, 11.10.13.
University Sanctioned Events: make-up policy for
absence
because of, 8.51.12.
University Year for Action: see Internships and
Experiential
Education.
Urban Agents: equivalency appointments, 4.12.14.
Urban Programs: duties of vice provost,
3.40.12-16.
See also Continuing Education.
URI Foundation: competitive grants,
5.71.10.;
development
and licensing, 10.43.10-11; patent management, 10.43.15.
URI Research Foundation: board of
directors, 3.50.20-21; described, 3.50.10-12;
development
and licensing, 10.43.10-11; patent management, 10.43.15.
URI Transportation Center: described, 3.72.10-12.
V
Vacancies: offices of administration,
2.14.10;
guidelines for hiring, Appendix G #87-1;
policy on
advertising,
Appendix G #99-2; posting of vacant
positions, Appendix G (not available
in
11th edition) see also Succession.
Vacation: administrators, 7.65.11-12;
classified,
7.65.15; faculty, 7.65.10-13; notice to Human Resource Administration,
10.20.16; policy, Appendix G (not available in 11th edition);
unclassified, 7.65.14; unused time, 7.65.16.
Vector-Borne Diseases, Center for: description,
3.90.10-12.
Veterans: credit for military service, 8.18.10;
see
also Undergraduate Transfer Policy, Appendix F
Vice President for Administration: duties,
2.40.10-2.49.10.
Vice President for Research and
Outreach and Economic Development:
duties, 2.50.10-13, 3.50-20.
Vice President for Student Affairs: duties,
2.60.10-2.72.10.
Vice President for University Advancement:
duties,
2.80.10-2.83.10
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs: 2.22.10-70.
Vice Provost for Information
Technology
Services: duties;
2.24.10;
3.43.10-11.
Vice Provost for Urban Programs; duties,
2.26.10; 3.40.12-16.
Visiting Faculty: defined, 7.11.21.
Visiting Scholars: invitational procedure,
7.90.11-12;
privileges, 7.90.10.
Visiting Students: defined, 8.14.10.
Vocational Counseling: see Career Services.
Volunteer Positions: policy on student
recruitment
for, Appendix G, #90-1.
W
W. Alton Jones Campus: duties of director,
2.49.10.
Water Resources Center, Rhode Island:
administrative
responsibility, 3.20.12; director, 3.20.13; described, 3.58.10.
White Sr., John Hazen, Center for Ethics and
Public
Service: described, 3.86.10
WI: See Writing Intensive Courses.
Wireless Network: policy,
Appendix
G #03-1.
Withdrawal: procedure, 8.42.10-13.
Worker's Compensation: policy, Appendix
G
#83-20.
Work Loads: policy, 4.62.10-17.
Working Out of Classification: policy, Appendix
G
#83-14.
World Wide Web: policy, Appendix G #02-1.
Writing Intensive Courses: described,
8.81.40-43;
role of Curricular Affairs Committee, 4.80 of Faculty Senate By-Laws.