This report is an investigation into the crisis in academic governance that has occurred in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many institutions faced dire challenges in the 2020-21 academic year; for some, the pandemic exacerbated long-festering conditions. It was found that, at other institutions, governing boards and administrations…

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)

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)

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 Howard University (District of Columbia) policy on tenure, as defined in the new faculty handbook, allows the board of trustees exceptional power in removing faculty. At a time when Howard University faculty are enjoying greater participation than ever in governance, this and other policy issues are creating faculty dissatisfaction. (MSE)

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…

Included in this faculty handbook of Wheaton College, Illinois, are outlines of faculty organization (academic and legislative), faculty responsibilities (including code of ethics), personnel policies, and the purposes of the college. (JT)

Contents of this faculty handbook are academic and non-academic campus regulations, statements regarding the Privacy Act of 1974, an organizational chart, Marlboro College Community Constitution and By-Laws, Articles of Association of the Corporation of Marlboro College, and Alumni Association By-Laws. (JT)