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Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-5 - Responsibility of Academic Instruction › Section 3339-5-01 - Principles of academic freedom

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following statement of principles
				of academic freedom adopted by the American association of university
				professors in 1940 was approved by the board of trustees, June,
				1950:
Institutions of higher education are
				conducted for the common good and not to further the interest of either the
				individual teacher or the institution as a whole. The common good depends upon
				the free search for truth and its free exposition. (The word "teacher" as used
				in this document is understood to include the investigator who is attached to
				an academic institution without teaching duties.)
Academic freedom is essential to these
				purposes and applies to both teaching and research. Freedom in research is
				fundamental to the advancement of truth. Academic freedom in its teaching
				aspect is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the teacher in
				teaching and of the student to freedom in learning. It carries with it duties
				correlative with rights.
Tenure is a means to certain ends,
				specifically: freedom of teaching and research and of extramural activities,
				and a sufficient degree of economic security to make the profession attractive
				to men and women of ability. Freedom and economic security, hence tenure, are
				indispensable to the success of an institution in fulfilling its obligations to
				its students and to society.
No faculty member shall be obliged to
				make her/his non-public work available for inspection by a second party in the
				absence of compulsory legal process.
Replaces: 3339-5-01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-5 - Responsibility of Academic Instruction › Section 3339-5-02 - Faculty responsibilities

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The teacher is entitled to full freedom
				in research and in the publication of the results, subject to the performance
				of his or her other academic duties; but research for pecuniary return should
				be based upon an understanding with the authorities of the
				institution.
The teacher is entitled to freedom in
				the classroom in discussing their subject, but should be careful not to
				introduce into their teaching controversial matter which has no relation to the
				subject. Limitations of academic freedom because of religious or other aims of
				the institution should be clearly stated in writing at the time of
				appointment.
College or university teachers are
				citizens, members of a learned profession, and officers of an educational
				institution. When they speak or write as a citizen teachers should be free from
				institutional censorship or discipline, but their special position in the
				community imposes special obligations. As individuals of learning and as
				educational officers, they should remember that the public may judge the
				profession and the institution by their utterance. Hence, faculty members
				should at all times be accurate, should exercise appropriate restraint, should
				show respect for the opinions of others, and should make every effort to
				indicate that they are not speaking for the institution.
The university also recognizes that the
				faculty member is an integral part of the institution. While observing the
				stated regulations of the university, the faculty member maintains the right to
				criticize and seek revision of university policy, both administrative and
				academic.
Replaces: 3339-5-02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-5 - Responsibility of Academic Instruction › Section 3339-5-04 - Statement of essential teaching practices

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every instructor is responsible for
				creating an informative syllabus and organizing an effective, equitable, and
				inclusive learning environment by:
(A)
								Providing a
			 written syllabus to students on the first day of the course, including but not
			 limited to learning outcomes class attendance policy (aligned with "class
			 attendance" policy in the policy library), content, examinations and/or
			 assignments (including due dates), policy on return of student work, required
			 course materials and technology, and method of grade
			 calculation.
(B)
								Adhering to the syllabus and communicating clearly any
			 necessary modifications to the students;
(C)
								Maintaining and
			 informing students of regularly scheduled office hours (see office hours for
			 instructional staff policy in policy library);
(D)
								Ascribing to a
			 standard of grading that follows the accepted practices within the discipline
			 including providing and receiving feedback that is offered in a timely manner
			 and is critical and respectful of others' views;
(E)
								Informing
			 students of Miami's academic integrity policy and adhering to its
			 principles;
(F)
								Utilizing a Miami university supported learning
			 management system to communicate course information;
(G)
								Treating students
			 with courtesy and respect at all times. Courtesy and respect do not prohibit
			 strong criticism directed at the student's academic errors and scholarly
			 responsibilities;
(H)
								Endeavoring to ensure that the classroom learning
			 environment is free of discrimination and harassment based upon all forms of
			 prejudice that negatively influence student learning, such as those based on
			 age, ethnicity, gender, mental or physical impairment, race, religion, sexual
			 orientation, or gender identity and inclusive of all students;
(I)
								Following
			 specific student accomodations received from student disability
			 services;
(J)
								Adhering to the "statement on professional ethics" in
			 the policy titled "professional ethics and responsibilities."
Replaces: 3339-5-04
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-5 - Responsibility of Academic Instruction › Section 3339-5-05 - Student complaints about the quality of instruction

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
When a student wishes to make a
				compliant about the quality of instruction, the student should approach the
				administrator (e.g., chair, director) of the department or program located on
				the campus where the course is offered. Under ordinary circumstances, a
				student approaching an administrator to complain about a member of the
				instructional staff will be encouraged first of all to confer with the staff
				member and seek a resolution. When a student is unable to resolve a difficulty
				with an instructor to the student's satisfaction, there are two acceptable ways
				in which the student may lodge a complaint against a member of the
				instructional staff before an administrator or any individual who has
				administrative duties. The student may file a formal grievance or the student
				may submit a letter of complaint to the administrator. Anonymous or unsigned
				statements must be disregarded and destroyed. Formal letters of complaint are
				to be filed in the departmental student complaint file.
Upon receipt and before acting upon a letter of complaint, the
				staff member shall be informed of the complaint and given timely opportunity to
				rebut the accusations or explain the circumstances as viewed by the staff
				member. If submitted, documents presenting the staff member's position also are
				to be placed in the departmental student complaint file.
The student who files a complaint is entitled to know how the
				complaint was processed and what actions were taken in response to it.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-5 - Responsibility of Academic Instruction › Section 3339-5-06 - Teaching load

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
There is no policy on teaching load
				that applies absolutely throughout the university; hence there are differences
				among academic divisions and among departments. Within academic divisions and
				departments differences in teaching load reflect the differing commitments to
				research, administration, teaching, and the tenure and experience of the
				faculty, as well as the differing market conditions, accrediting standards, and
				academic traditions of the disciplines.
Replaces: 3339-5-06
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-5 - Responsibility of Academic Instruction › Section 3339-5-07 - Office hours for instructional staff

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Every member of the instructional staff is expected to
				establish and maintain regular office hours in order that he or she may be
				readily available to students and other staff members. These office hours
				should be announced to students in the staff member's classes near the
				beginning of each term, included in the instructor's
				course syllabi, posted on the office door and reported to the department
				chair. When a student or advisee has a class scheduling
				conflict or work conflict with the instructor's regular office hours,
				instructors should arrange an alternative meeting time or means of
				communication with the student.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-5 - Responsibility of Academic Instruction › Section 3339-5-08 - Advising

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Most members of the instructional staff
				serve as academic advisors to students who are assigned them by the department
				chair or designated assistant. Students usually remain with their adviser
				throughout their undergraduate career or so long as they continue a major
				within the division and department of the adviser.
Besides advising students on immediate
				academic problems and long-term academic programs, advisors also discuss with
				them the vocational and career opportunities and opportunities for graduate
				study in the field of their major, as well as the scholarships and fellowships
				available to them. They also write recommendations for students applying for
				jobs or to graduate schools.
Replaces: 3339-5-08
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-5 - Responsibility of Academic Instruction › Section 3339-5-09 - Attendance and absence of instructional staff

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
One of the primary obligations of each
				member of the instructional staff is to meet all class engagements for which he
				or she is scheduled. Class absences by instructors are normally justified on
				professional, medical, or bona fide emergency grounds.
An instructor who expects to be absent
				from any classes should obtain prior authorization of the chair or of the dean
				of the regional campuses. Emergency absences should be reported to the
				appropriate chair or the dean of the regional campuses
				immediately.
Members of the instructional staff
				shall conduct the entire meeting of each class before and after each vacation
				period unless excused by the chair or the dean of the regional
				campuses.
Replaces: 3339-5-09
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-6 - Academic Affairs Unit › Section 3339-6-02 - Contract of employment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Duties of tenure
			 track and tenured members of the instructional staff
The principle of tenure shall be
				observed as an act of good faith on the part of the university. Financial
				exigency procedures are described in
									rule
				3339-9-05.oftheAdministrative
				code At the same time, it must be recognized by all concerned that changes in
				status or compensation may become necessary at any time because of reduction in
				financial support of the university. Under these circumstances, the president
				shall make a full explanation to the members of the instructional staff and the
				action of the board of trustees must necessarily be final and not subject to
				the procedures described in other sections of this manual.
The primary duties of the tenured and
				tenure-track members of the instructional staff include, teaching, research,
				scholarly and creative achievement, academic advising and counseling,
				professional and institutional service, and committee assignments. Fulltime
				members of the faculty are expected to attend all meetings of faculty
				assembly.
(B)
								Academic year
Unless on an approved leave of absence
				or other leave, full-time members of the instructional staff (defined as an
				appointment of .80FTE or greater) are expected to be available during the
				academic year for teaching, research scholarly and creative activities,
				academic advising and counseling, professional and institutional service, and
				committee assignments. The academic year, herein defined includes the fall
				semester, winter term, and spring semester. The acedmic year, begins one week
				prior to the beginning of classes in the fall and ends the day of commencement
				exercises in May. For purposes of interpreting the individual terms, the fall
				semester begins one week prior to the beginning of classes and ends the last
				day of December final exams, winter term begins and ends on the dates
				established by the university calendar and the spring semester begins with the
				first day of classes and ends the day of commencement exercises in
				May.
(C)
								Change in duties
Any major change or reassignment of
				duties of a full-time member of the instructional staff shall include adequate
				notice, explanation, consultation, a sincere effort to find a mutually
				agreeable conclusion, and the right of appropriate appeal up to and including
				the committee on faculty rights and responsibilities and the
				president.
Replaces: 3339-6-02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-6 - Academic Affairs Unit › Section 3339-6-04 - Employment of persons holding a Miami degree

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Effective July 1, 2022, a person whose
				last degree is from Miami university may not be hired into a tenurable or
				promotable but non-tenurable position (TCPL) unless one of the following
				conditions prevails:
(A)
								The person held the position and rank at Miami
			 university at the time of the award of the degree and the degree is unrelated
			 to the discipline in which the faculty member is employed; or since receiving
			 the Miami degree, a person seeking a tenured or tenure-eligible position has
			 been employed elsewhere for at least three years and has gained significant
			 achievement in teaching and/or research; or
(B)
								Since receiving
			 the Miami degree, the person applying for a TCPL position has had at least
			 three years of applicable experience that demonstrates new knowledge, skills,
			 and ideas to advance their teaching; or
(C)
								Since receiving
			 the Miami degree, the person has earned a higher degree from another
			 institution.
For the purpose of hiring someone with
				a Miami degree into a non-tenurable position (TCPL) in the context of a
				competitive national search. An exception to this rule may be sought. Any
				exception requires the support of the dean and the approval of the
				provost.
Replaces: 3339-6-04
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-6 - Academic Affairs Unit › Section 3339-6-05 - Overload teaching

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The university does not permit the use of overload teaching nor
				any other form of extra compensation as a recruiting inducement.
For all fulltime, non-visiting members
				of the instructional staff in a department, overload teaching is equally
				available. Overload teaching remains available to all instructional faculty on
				an as-needed basis,
Overload teaching during the fall and spring semesters is
				available only to faculty in a department who are already teaching a "normal
				load" as defined by the department chair with the approval of the divisional
				dean. Persons not teaching a "normal load" as so defined are not eligible for
				overload assignments since it is assumed that anyone teaching less than a
				"normal load" has been granted this privilege to engage in some other scholarly
				or worthwhile endeavor.
Full time administrators may receive, on the same basis as
				members of the instructional staff, additional compensation for instructional
				duties if the services rendered are outside normal responsibilities, and if the
				contracting administrator (e.g., summer workshop coordinator) does not report
				directly or indirectly to the administrator receiving additional compensation.
				For example, a dean may not receive additional compensation for a program
				involving his or her division. The arrangement for additional compensation must
				specifically be approved by the president prior to the time services are
				rendered. This policy may be waived under special circumstances, with the
				approval of the president
The president and the vice presidents may not receive any
				additional compensation for any programs dealing with Miami university.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-6 - Academic Affairs Unit › Section 3339-6-06 - Summer and winter term teaching

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Summer and winter
			 term teaching is equally available to all fulltime non-visiting members of the
			 instructional staff in a department with the approval of the divisional dean.
			 While departmental policy and curricular needs may further specify
			 eligibility:
(1)
									No rank will be systematically discriminated against in
			 the selection of eligible faculty;
(2)
									Non-visiting
			 full-time faculty will be given priority over visiting, full-time faculty;
			 and
(3)
									Faculty members may not be required to teach during the
			 summer or winter term.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-7 - Tenured and Nontentured Staff › Section 3339-7-01 - Evaluation of members of the instructional staff

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Frequency and purpose of evaluation
Each tenured and probationary member of the instructional staff
				shall receive at a minimum a written annual evaluation based at least in part
				on data supplied by the person in his or her annual report of professional
				activities. Evaluations shall serve two functions:
(1) To guide the professional development of
			 the person, and
(2) To record part
			 of the evidence upon which personnel decisions and salary recommendations shall
			 be based.
Accordingly, each annual evaluation should include strengths,
				weaknesses, and specific recommendations for improvement. Additional
				assessments may be conducted if deemed desirable by the chair, the program
				director (when appropriate), or their dean.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-7 - Tenured and Nontentured Staff › Section 3339-7-03 - Tenure and promotion

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
			 Purpose of tenure and promotion
The best faculty members combine intense intellectual curiosity
				with a talent for high-quality teaching, active prosecution of research,
				scholarly and/or creative work, and a demonstrable commitment to productive
				professional service. The university seeks to reward through tenure and
				promotion those persons who exhibit the highest standards of teaching,
				research, and service.
Tenure is a means of assuring academic freedom: that is, the
				freedom to teach, to inquire, to create, to debate, to question, and to dissent
				(see rule
				3339-5-01 of the Administrative
				Code). Such activity is the essence of the search for truth and knowledge, and
				is primary to the university. This atmosphere is necessary as the university
				seeks to attract, maintain, and nurture a diverse and exceptional faculty.
				Promotion is a means of recognizing meritorious performance and professional
				accomplishment.
Each candidate for tenure and promotion is judged individually
				on the criteria, not relative to other candidates. Fulltime members of the
				instructional staff serving with a rank of professor, associate professor,
				assistant professor, or senior instructor either are tenured or are serving a
				prescribed probationary period. The probationary period is intended to give the
				individual an opportunity for professional growth and to give the university an
				opportunity to assess the individual's qualifications for a continuing
				appointment. If a candidate demonstrates the high quality of professional
				performance expected by Miami, tenure will be conferred, regardless of how many
				other candidates may be considered in a given year. However, it is not
				anticipated that all individuals will be able to demonstrate the high quality
				of professional performance required to achieve tenure.
(B) Eligibility for tenure
Tenure at Miami university is conferred by the board of
				trustees upon the positive recommendation of the president. Eligibility for
				tenure requires that a person:
(1)
			 Serve as a fulltime member of the instructional staff;
(2) Be engaged at least fifty per cent of his
			 or her appointment in regular teaching assignments and research, except when in
			 the judgment of the department, the department chair, the program director
			 (when appropriate), the divisional dean, and the provost, an instructional
			 staff member's responsibilities warrant the protection of tenure; and
(3) Have an appointment with a
			 tenure-eligible rank.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-7 - Tenured and Nontentured Staff › Section 3339-7-04 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Definition of
			 terms
(1) "High-quality teaching and academic
			 advising" is defined as meaning that the person has demonstrated the following:
(a) Proficiency in classroom instruction
(i) Through the discharge of such
			 responsibilities as: meeting scheduled classes on time; being prepared for each
			 class; being able to present material clearly; integrating new developments in
			 the field and new methods of instruction; and
(ii) Through continuing evidence of favorable
			 teaching evaluation.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-7 - Tenured and Nontentured Staff › Section 3339-7-06 - Tenure and time

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Probationary
			 period
(1)
									Unless otherwise permitted by these policies, all members of
			 the instructional staff holding an appointment with a tenure-eligible rank
			 ordinarily serve a probationary period of six years at Miami university. In
			 unusual circumstances the president, upon recommendation of the department, the
			 department chair, the program director (when appropriate), the dean of the
			 regional campuses (when appropriate), the dean, and the provost, may waive the
			 probationary period and recommend tenure for a person being appointed to the
			 rank of associate professor or professor. For a person who begins Miami service
			 after the start of an academic year, the time counted toward the probationary
			 period shall begin at the start of the person's first full academic year of
			 service.
(2)
									A person is usually considered for tenure in the last
			 year of the prescribed probationary period. Upon application by the candidate
			 and with the permission of the department, the department chair, the program
			 director (when appropriate), the dean of the regional campuses (when
			 appropriate), the dean and the provost, candidates may choose to waive part of
			 their probationary period and come up for tenure before the beginning of the
			 sixth year. A person may be considered for tenure only once (except as
			 permitted by paragraph (C) of rule
			 3339-7-09
			 of the Administrative Code. A leave of one year or less will count as part of
			 the probationary period unless the candidate, the department, the department
			 chair, the program director (when appropriate), the dean of the regional
			 campuses (when appropriate), the dean, and the provost agree in writing at the
			 time the leave is granted to an exception to this provision.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-7 - Tenured and Nontentured Staff › Section 3339-7-07 - Criteria for tenure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
In order to secure and retain an
				exemplary faculty, the following all-university criteria, as demonstrated by
				suitable evidence, shall be used to make tenure recommendations:
(A)
								High-quality
			 teaching and academic advising;
(B)
								Research,
			 scholarly and/or creative achievement of high quality and its prospective
			 continuation;
(C)
								Productive professional service; and,
(D)
								Professional
			 collegiality within the department, division, campuses, and university
			 community.
The usual emphasis, in descending order
				of significance, in paragraphs (A) to (D) 
									of this rule shall
				be:
									high-quality teaching and academic advising,
									a record of
				research, scholarly and/or creative achievement of high quality and its
				prospective continuation
									;
									productive professional service; and
									professional
				collegiality. The university places importance on both teaching and research,
				scholarly and/or creative achievement. Neither aspect of a candidate's career
				should be neglected if tenure is to be achieved.
For regional campus faculty, the usual
				emphasis, in descending order of significance, shall be:
									
									high-quality
				teaching and academic advising;
									
									productive professional service;
									
									a record of
				research, scholarly and/or creative achievement of high quality and its
				prospective continuation; and
									
									professional collegiality.
If the emphasis is to differ from
				the
									,
				order listed at the beginning of a candidate's probationary period, or when
				there is a significant change in the candidate's assigned responsibilities, the
				department, the department chair, the program director (when appropriate), the
				dean, the dean of the regional campuses (when appropriate), the provost and the
				candidate shall agree in writing upon the relative importance to be attached to
				each of the
									listed criteria.
The criteria applied to tenure
				recommendations are normally the criteria in force at the time the application
				is considered. In cases where new specifically-stated criteria have been
				adopted since a candidate was first appointed to a tenure-eligible position at
				Miami, the candidate has the option of being judged by the criteria in force at
				the time of appointment.
Replaces: 3339-7-07
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-7 - Tenured and Nontentured Staff › Section 3339-7-10 - Failure to attain tenure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
If a probationary faculty member is not
				granted tenure during the final year of the probationary period, his or her
				Miami service will be terminated no later than the end of the following
				academic year. Reconsideration and appeal procedures do not extend the date of
				termination of employment.
Replaces: 3339-7-10
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-7 - Tenured and Nontentured Staff › Section 3339-7-11 - Teaching, clinical professors and lecturers (TCPLs)

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
TCPL faculty includes lecturers and clinical lecturers with the
				ranks of assistant, associate and senior lecturer as well as teaching and
				clinical faculty with the ranks of assistant, associate and full professor.
				Collectively, these positions are referred to as TCPL faculty.
(A) TCPLs may not exceed the following
			 percentages of continuing faculty (full-time TCPL and tenure/tenure-track)
			 within each division:
(1) CAS: twenty-three
			 per cent
(2) CCA: twenty-nine per cent
(3) EHS: twenty-six per cent
(4) CEC: twenty-nine per cent
(5) FSB: twenty-nine per cent
(6) CLAAS: twenty-nine per cent
Divisions must work within the structure of governance
				processes to modify this limitation and to address faculty composition more
				broadly. Divisions must adhere to their faculty composition policy and the dean
				of the college/school must annually communicate with faculty on current and
				historical trends in faculty mix. This communication should provide context
				including relevant budgetary resources and curricular needs. The provost will
				annually update the university senate on changes to divisional policies and
				faculty mix. Any changes that incur a raising of the new caps in this
				resolution must be approved by senate.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-7 - Tenured and Nontentured Staff › Section 3339-7-12 - Other instructional staff titles

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Visiting faculty
			 (visiting assistant professor, associate or full visiting professor)
A visiting faculty member
				must:
(1)
									Hold a Ph.D or terminal degree in the discipline from an
			 accredited college or university or the equivalent thereof,
(2)
									Have evident
			 ability or promise as a teacher.
Title is assigned at time of
				appointment. Visiting faculty are eligible to receive, but not entitled to
				expect, annual reappointment not to exceed five academic years.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-8 - Procedures for Displinary Action on Instructional Staff › Section 3339-8-01 - Grievance procedures available to members of the instructional staff

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Pre-grievance
			 requirements
Before a grievance is initiated, the faculty member is expected
				to engage in constructive discussion and consultation with the individual(s)
				involved, in order to assure that concerns are understood, and to attempt to
				reach a resolution. Faculty members are also encouraged to consult as
				appropriate with deans, chairs, colleagues, representatives of the provost's
				office, or the chair or any member of the committee on faculty rights and
				responsibilities for advice and counsel. The objective of such consultation is
				to resolve disputes and misunderstandings by clarification and conciliation, in
				order to avoid the need to initiate a grievance.
(B) Scope of grievance procedure
(1) A grievance is a request for a particular
			 decision or action; or a request for modification of, or relief from, a
			 decision or action previously taken. The purpose of the grievance procedure is
			 to enable members of the faculty to raise questions and concerns, to attempt to
			 resolve differences and, where appropriate, obtain redress, in matters directly
			 affecting an individual or group relationship with the university.
(2) A grievance must identify a particular
			 action, inaction, or decision, and an individual or individuals within the
			 academic division of the university believed to be responsible for
			 it.
(3) A grievance may not be
			 initiated where the subject matter of the proposed grievance is:
(a) An action or decision exclusively
			 affecting one or more individuals other than the grievant.
(b) A decision or action as to which the
			 grievant has already been afforded the right to a university level hearing,
			 whether or not such right was exercised.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-8 - Procedures for Displinary Action on Instructional Staff › Section 3339-8-02 - Termination of appointment or tenure for cause

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Any appointment can be terminated for
				cause through the procedures set forth in
								rule
				3339-8-03.oftheAdministrative
				code In such cases the usual provisions of advance notice of non reappointment
				may be set aside.
A member of the instructional staff
				with tenure shall not be dismissed except for cause. In turn, the privilege of
				tenure requires that a member of the instructional staff shall conduct oneself
				as a person of learning with the obligations of scholarly objectivity,
				accuracy, tolerance, restraint, and social responsibility. A change in status
				from tenure to annual appointment may be made at any time for cause and through
				the procedures hereinafter set forth in
								rule
				3339-8-03.oftheAdministrative
				code Causes shall include the following:
(A)
								Intentional or
			 repeated violations of expressly stated university regulations or University
			 policy.
(B)
								Professional incompetence.
(C)
								Refusal to
			 perform properly assigned academic duties or assignments.
(D)
								Commission of an
			 act involving moral turpitude which is punishable by a criminal statute of the
			 state of Ohio.
(E)
								Violation of professional ethics as adopted by the
			 university senate.
Replaces: 3339-8-02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-8 - Procedures for Displinary Action on Instructional Staff › Section 3339-8-03 - Procedures for disciplinary action

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) General
Nothing in this rule, and elsewhere as adopted by the
				university senate shall be interpreted to reduce the scope of authority of the
				committee on faculty rights and responsibilities as has been established by
				university regulations and usage or shall lessen faculty members' timely access
				to consultation with members of that committee. (See paragraph (L) of this rule
				regarding time limits).
(B)
			 Matters handled by department chairs
(1) Each
			 department chair is expected to advise any member of his or her department
			 regarding any known failure by such member to comply with any applicable
			 policies or guidelines, violation of standards of conduct, professional
			 incompetence, or failure to carry out job responsibilities. This will be done
			 on an as-needed basis or periodically in annual reviews. If problems identified
			 by the department chair are not resolved following one or more personal
			 meetings, and/or written communications, then the chair may issue a written
			 summary, which will be placed in the faculty member's personnel file, along
			 with any response from the faculty member, consistent with rule
			 3339-3-08
			 of the Administrative Code.
(2) If
			 a faculty member is dissatisfied with his or her chair's handling of a problem
			 under paragraph (B)(1) of this rule and has used the department's grievance or
			 appeal procedures, the faculty member may discuss the matter with the
			 appropriate dean. The dean will review the matter in consultation with the
			 faculty member and department chair, and attempt to resolve the matter by
			 agreement of all three. If the dean is unable to resolve the matter by
			 compromise, then the dean will make a decision. The burden of proof that
			 adequate cause exists for this decision rests with the university.
(3) The chair will review with the faculty
			 member, and place in the departmental student complaints file, any grade review
			 requests or complaints regarding instruction that are forwarded to the chair
			 pursuant to the university's academic grievance procedure (as found in the most
			 current edition of the student handbook).
(4) In the event a department chair
			 determines that disciplinary action is appropriate in a particular case or in
			 the event that problems persist after one or more written communications under
			 paragraph (B)(1) of this rule, the chair may initiate a disciplinary proceeding
			 under paragraph (D) of this rule.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-9 - Rehiring After Retirement › Section 3339-9-01 - Retirement with rehiring contracts

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Tenured members of the instructional
				staff, with the approval of the department chair/program director, appropriate
				dean, and the provost, may participate in the university's retirement with
				rehiring program during the first three consecutive academic years following
				their retirement.
The faculty member should apply to the
				department chair/program director or, as appropriate, the dean of the regional
				campuses for retirement with rehiring at least six months prior to retirement.
				The reemployment period may not begin until sixty days after the faculty
				member's effective date of retirement.
In order to be eligible to participate
				in the program, a faculty member must begin reemployment during the academic
				year immediately following retirement. Retired faculty participating in the
				program are evaluated each year and must request an assignment for each year of
				the program. The department chair/program director with the approval of the
				appropriate dean determines whether to offer a teaching assignment based on
				academic resources and needs, including instructional needs and individual
				performance. Assignments (e.g., first and/or second semester, courses to be
				taught) are made on an annual basis and determined by the department
				chair/program director or, as appropriate, the dean of the regional
				campuses.
Reemployment may be for a full teaching
				load for one semester or one-half load for two semesters. Reemployment
				appointments are made on an annual basis and cannot exceed twelve credit hours
				per fiscal year. Reemployed faculty are not eligible for any additional
				university employment for overload teaching, administrative assignment,
				workshops, or any other service.
The retired faculty member's salary
				during each year of the program shall be three percent of the person's
				pre-retirement salary per credit hour.
Replaces: 3339-9-01
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-9 - Rehiring After Retirement › Section 3339-9-02 - Retirement and termination of tenure

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Whenever a tenured member of the
				instructional staff retires, the individual's tenure status is terminated as of
				the effective date of retirement.
The compensation and other terms and
				conditions of employment of an individual who has retired and is subsequently
				being reemployed by the university, in any capacity (other than a pre-approved
				"retirement with rehiring" arrangement), will be determined without regard to
				the individual's preretirement compensation and terms and conditions of
				employment.
A member of the instructional staff is
				expected to give the university at least six months advance notice of the
				intention to retire.
Replaces: 3339-9-02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-9 - Rehiring After Retirement › Section 3339-9-03 - Professor emeritus/emerita

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
To be eligible for appointment to the rank of professor
				emeritus/emerita of Miami university, an individual must:
				 have been granted tenure or
				continuing contract; have been a fulltime member of the
				
								faculty for at least ten years; have retired from
				Miami university; and, be recommended by the president to and approved by the
				board of trustees. Regardless of rank at retirement, the designation
				
								will be as
				appropriate "professor emeritus/a,"
				
								"teaching professor emeritus/a," "lecturer emeritus/a,"
				or "clinical professor/lecturer emeritus/a" not, for example, "associate
				professor emeritus/emerita." Emeriti/emeritae status comes after any retirement
				with rehiring appointments.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-9 - Rehiring After Retirement › Section 3339-9-04 - Resignation

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
Whenever a tenured member of the
				instructional staff resigns, the individual's tenure status is terminated as of
				the effective date of the resignation.
Should a person who has resigned
				subsequently be reappointed to the Miami instructional staff in the same
				discipline, the time of previous Miami service will count toward tenure
				eligibility unless a written agreement to the contrary is signed by both the
				individual and the university at the time of rehiring.
Replaces: 3339-9-04
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-9 - Rehiring After Retirement › Section 3339-9-05 - Termination under financial exigency of a tenured appointment

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								General
(1)
									"Financial exigency" is defined as fiscal emergencies
			 that have two characteristics:
(a)
										
										They are long
			 term in nature, promising to persist, by all reasonable projections, into the
			 foreseeable fixture, and
(b)
										
										They thereby
			 threaten the fulfillment of the institution's academic mission and, eventually,
			 its very survival. As such, financial exigency is to be distinguished from
			 temporary fiscal fluctuations, on the one hand, and insolvency, on the
			 other.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-9 - Rehiring After Retirement › Section 3339-9-06 - Nonreappointment of persons with probationary appointments and persons in nontenurable ranks

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Written notice of the intention not to
			 recommend appointment for the next academic year shall be given by the
			 president or the president's designee no later than February
			 
								fifteenth for a probationary faculty member in his or
			 her first year of fulltime Miami university employment. If a probationary
			 faculty member does not receive a February 
								fifteenth
			 letter in his or her first year of fulltime Miami employment, then the
			 individual is normally entitled to at least a full academic year's notice of
			 non-reappointment. This notice will be sent by July first preceding the final
			 contract year. This provision for notice, however, does not preclude the
			 termination of a probationary appointment for cause at any time. Rule
			 3339-8-02
			 of the Administrative Code shall apply to such termination for cause.
(B) Written notice of the intention not to
			 recommend reappointment for the next academic year of an individual occupying a
			 non tenurable rank shall be given by the president or the president's designee
			 no later than February first. This provision of notice, however, does not
			 preclude the termination of an appointment for cause at any time. Rule
			 3339-8-02
			 of the Administrative Code shall apply to such termination for cause.
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-10 - Policy on Attendance of Students › Section 3339-10-02 - Size of classes

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The maximum size of each class section
				is fixed by the department chair with the approval of the dean of the
				appropriate academic division and provost and is based on the optimum size for
				effective teaching and the capacity of available classrooms. After a section or
				course is closed only the department chair has the authority to add students to
				it and only after he or she has first ascertained from the university registrar
				that a classroom is available.
Replaces: 3339-10-02
Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-10 - Policy on Attendance of Students › Section 3339-10-04 - Textbook policy

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy
The selection and adoption of textbooks and/or course materials
				are an academic departmental responsibility. Academic departments are
				encouraged to adopt the most appropriate and highest quality textbook for
				presenting course content and accomplishing course objectives. However, to
				maintain our goal of higher education access and affordability for our students
				and to comply with the Ohio department of higher education statutory
				requirements, academic departments are also encouraged to take into
				consideration the cost and expense of the textbook and other materials for the
				student taking the course when making adoption decisions.
Academic departments should  make selections for required textbooks and supplemental
				and other course materials
				
									no later than the first day of class registration to
				ensure that sufficient quantities of textbooks and supplemental materials are
				available to meet the needs of students and to assist students in being
				responsible consumers.
Some exceptions may apply, including
				when the instructor for a course is not assigned before the registration
				process begins. In these situations, it is recommended that the instructor or
				department selects materials that are similar in cost to those previously used
				for the course.
Before each upcoming academic term, the office of the
				
									university
				registrar shall partner with the university bookstore to make publicly
				accessible the following information for each upcoming academic term:
(1) The international standard book number
			 and retail price information of required and recommended
			 commercial textbooks and supplemental materials
			 for each course listed in the course schedule; and
(2) The expected number of students enrolled
			 in each course and the maximum student enrollment for the course.
The office of the 
										university registrar, in consultation with the
				university bookstore, shall communicate to the deans, department chairs,
				and program 
										directors
				the date by which their textbook information is to be provided to the
				university bookstore.
The textbook information provided to the university bookstore
				shall be published on the university bookstore website and shall be made
				readily accessible through a link from the university's on-line course
				registration system.
If the international standard book number is not available,
				then the author, title, publisher, and copyright date for such college textbook
				or supplemental material will be published. If the university bookstore
				determines that the disclosure of the information required by this policy is
				not practicable for a college textbook or supplemental material, then it will
				place the designation 'to be determined' in lieu of the information
				required.