The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs with recommendations from the Faculty Senate has prepared this handbook for use by faculty members of East Tennessee State University. Its purpose is to record some of the duties and privileges of faculty members and to provide information not readily available in other University publications. Because of frequent changes directed by the Tennessee Board of Regents and the growth of the University itself, the material is arranged in loose-leaf fashion, so that new policies and revisions may be added quickly. The size of the handbook and the need for frequent updating of policies prevent its being feasible to give every faculty member a copy. Statements or Guidelines have come from appropriate University personnel.
Some items have more than one date.
In most cases the first date is the original. The last one indicates the most recent date that the information has been updated or revised. All information in the handbook has been reviewed by appropriate personnel and declared current. In Tennessee Board of Regents policies, the numbering system has been changed to blend with that of this handbook. The content is unchanged.