These policies replace those in the 1987 USC Faculty Handbook . Maintaining the Tenure System Appointment and Promotion Benefits eligibility Governance Governance Of The University Academic Definitions And Designations Regular Faculty Non-tenure Track Faculty Affiliated Academic Staff Return to MFA Home Page 2.5.
Every school is required to maintain a written statement of policy on non-tenure track faculty.
Proposed non-tenure track faculty policies of a school are formulated with the concurrence of the Dean and the tenure track faculty, e.g. the tenure track faculty on the elected faculty council or, in some smaller units, the entire tenure track faculty. The statement of policy will be submitted for approval by the Provost. School policies determined by the Senate Executive Board to meet the standards set out in this paragraph need not be considered by the full Academic Senate according to the process used for revisions of the Faculty Handbook. Statements in this section in standard type apply to all schools- Statements in bold type indicate issues that every school policy must address in order to be approved. All categories of non-tenure track faculty as described in Section 2.2.c. to be available for use in a school must be specified in the school policy.