Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3344 - Cleveland State University › Chapter 3344-11 - Appointment of Leadership › Section 3344-11-03 - Standards and procedure for faculty appointments, continuation, promotion and tenure (non-bargaining unit members only)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Recommendations for appointments and
				promotion shall be made to the president and thence to the board of trustees
				pursuant to the procedures set forth in paragraphs (D)(1) to (D)(2) of this
				rule and shall be accompanied by the academic and personal qualifications of
				nominees, as stipulated in paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(6) of this rule, including
				relevant biographical data, evidence of academic degrees and honors, a
				statement of publications and other professional achievements, and letters or
				memoranda evidencing recommendations from at least three responsible academic
				or professional sources.
(A)
								Qualifications for academic rank.
Appointment to the faculty shall be on
				the basis of merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national
				or ethnic origin, age, handicap or disability, sexual orientation, or special
				disabled or Vietnam-era veteran status. In addition to requirements of formal
				education, the relevant standards are teaching ability, creative achievement,
				professional service, and professional ethics and academic
				responsibility.
(1)
									Standards of professional merit.
(a)
										Teaching. The
			 highest standards are comprehensive knowledge of the field of study, thorough
			 preparation, intense interest in students as well as sensitivity to student
			 interest, open-mindedness, independence and integrity, and above all,
			 intellectual enthusiasm that is transmitted to students.
(b)
										Creative
			 achievement. The standard of scholarship requires a working commitment to
			 inquiry and research and to creative achievement. The university obligation for
			 the generation of new knowledge and practices imposes a responsibility for
			 creativity, whether in inquiry and investigation, writing, design and
			 production, or in the performing and fine arts. In the best of scholars and the
			 best of teachers, creative inquiry is joined with effective classroom
			 teaching.
(c)
										Professional service. A university faculty member is "a
			 citizen, a member of a learned profession, and an officer of an educational
			 institution," see rule 3344-11-13 of the Administrative Code. After a period of
			 personal growth in which the faculty member is encouraged to develop abilities
			 as a teacher and creative scholar, a faculty member may properly be expected to
			 assume increased responsibility, in keeping with the faculty member's
			 professional interest, for the government of the university, the standards of
			 the faculty member's discipline, and the welfare of the civic
			 community.
(d)
										Professional ethics and academic responsibility.
			 Commitment to acceptable professional ethics and academic responsibility shall
			 be a relevant consideration in appointments and promotion. Rule 3344-11-14 of
			 the Administrative Code provides that a statement may be used as a standard to
			 the extent that it is not in conflict with university
			 policies.