Each year, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) receives many inquiries about the legal status of faculty handbooks. To respond to some common inquiries, the Association's legal office prepared this overview of faculty handbook decisions. It is arranged by state and includes decisions of which the Association is aware and that…

Personnel policies (professional, fiscal, and administrative) and basic academic policies and procedures for Governors State University are outlined in this 1975 faculty handbook. (JT)

Faculty personnel policies and academic policies for San Diego State University are summarized in this 1975 faculty handbook. (JT)

Policies on tenure and promotion, academic freedom, and sabbatical leave are highlighted in this faculty handbook. (JT)

General information on faculty personnel policies and benefits, instructional policies, and services are included in the 1972 faculty handbook for Louisiana State University in New Orleans. (JT)

Outlines of basic information on administrative organization, instructional policies, and conditions of faculty employment are included in this 1975-76 faculty handbook for Bloomsburg State College, Pennsylvania. (JT)

Personnel information in this faculty handbook includes full statements from the University Code regarding academic freedom, tenure, and suspension and discharge. Also included are an organizational chart for the university and The Instrument of Government of the Faculty Council with revisions through 1971. (JT)

Four sections constitute the 1973 faculty handbook for Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana: faculty rank, tenure, part-time appointments, retirement, early retirement and freedom; faculty compensation; faculty responsibilities, including student-faculty honor code; and faculty organization. (JT)

The 1975 faculty handbook for Drew University covers: (1) academic calendar; (2) academic standards; (3) attendance; (4) convocations; (5) course examinations; (6) departments; (7) special programs; (8) faculty organizations; (9) leaves of absence; (10) degree requirements; and (11) registration. (Author/KE)

DePauw University organization, policies, and faculty benefits are presented in the 1971 faculty handbook. Included are descriptions of administrator responsibilities, including department heads, faculty leave and tenure regulations, and academic standards. (JT)

Description of responsibilities for the faculty committees, instructional policies, employment policies (appointment, promotion, and tenure), and the constitution and bylaws of the Massachusetts College of Art are included in its 1970 faculty handbook. (JT)

The 1975 faculty handbook of the University of Missouri is designed to acquaint members of the university faculty with information that should be useful to them. Included is an account about the history and organization of the university, as well as material about university-wide councils and committees, classification of ranks and titles, tenure…

Contents of the Trenton State College, New Jersey, faculty handbook include policies on academic affairs including student records, procedures and criteria for faculty appointment, tenure, and promotion, functions of standing committees, New Jersey code of ethics and travel regulations, and description of faculty organizations. (JT)

Brief descriptions of Chicago State University history and organization, personnel policies, institutional procedures and services, student affairs, and university services and procedures are included in the 1974 faculty handbook. Subsections contain goals of the university and statements on academic freedom, faculty appointment, evaluation,…

Included in this 1973 revision of the faculty handbook from Castleton State College, Vermont, are a statement of faculty professional ethics, list of duties of administrative officers and of the faculty, guidelines used by the president's advisory council on promotion and tenure, and personnel information on faculty appointments through the…