Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3364 - University of Toledo › Chapter 3364-72 - Faculty Qualifications › Section 3364-72-05 - Departments or schools and departmental or school chairs for the university colleges

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy statement
The division of academic affairs at
				the university of Toledo will be organized into colleges with departments of specialized studies
				or schools with a chair for each department
				or school.
(B) Purpose of policy
To clarify the organization of the university of Toledo and set
				forth the rules regarding the appointment, removal and responsibilities of
				departmental and school chairs and
				members.
(C) Scope
This policy applies to the entire university and all colleges
				within the university. This policy supersedes all other policies and procedures
				of the university with respect to the subject matter contained in this policy,
				including but not limited to any specific college,
									
				department, school constitution, policy, rule or
				procedure.
(D) Procedure
(1) Departments and
			 schools
(a) Departments
			 and schools of the university are
			  composed of
			 faculty with interests of a common purpose ("departments"
			 and "schools"). Departments
			 and schools will serve as the basic
			 administrative, teaching and research units
			 administered by department or school chairs, who
			 will report to the dean of the respective colleges. Departments
			 and schools may be further organized into
			 
										programs, divisions, centers or other units as
			 necessary. Upon the advice of the  provost and executive vice president for academic
			 affairs ("provost"), the deans may design programs, 
										centers,
			 institutes or other types of structures within or between the colleges under
			 the responsibility of 
										the provost.
(b) Department or
			 school chairs
(i) Appointment of
			 department or school chair
The department or school chair is
				officially appointed by the board of trustees upon the recommendation by the
				dean to the provost
				 and to the president. Before making the recommendations to
				the provost
				recommending to the president, the dean of the appropriate college
				will confer with faculty members of the department or
				school for which the chair is to be appointed. The chair may be a member
				of that college's faculty and although a tenured faculty member is preferred,
				tenure is not required. Once a person is appointed and approved as chair, the
				person will not be a member of a faculty collective bargaining unit while
				holding that office.
(ii)
			 Duration and review
The department or school chair's
				appointment is only administrative in nature and is not subject to tenure. The
				chair 
												may serve for a five-year term and may be renewable
				for additional five-year terms for good performance. Shorter terms for interim
				chairs and acting chairs will be structured on mutually agreeable terms. Review
				of a department or school chair's performance
				will be conducted by the dean of the college no less than annually for new
				chairs who have held the position for less than two years and no less than
				every five years for all other chairs. All performance reviews conducted by the
				deans for chair performance will be shared with the  provost . Outside peer review may be initiated at the request of
				the dean of the college, the 
				provost  or the president.
				At any time, the dean at the dean's discretion may initiate a review and
				thereafter take appropriate action with respect to the chair position.
(iii) Removal
A chair may be removed from the position as chair any time for
				any reason upon the recommendation of the dean of the college,
				 the provost
				 or the president. In
				addition, the chair may be removed for cause, including but not limited to
				failure to perform chair duties, upon the recommendation of any of the
				following: the dean of the college, the chancellor or provost of the college or
				the president. The board of trustees will officially approve all
				removals.
(c)
			 Department or school chair responsibilities, include but are not limited to,
			 the following:
(i) General administrative
			 responsibility for the affairs of the department or
			 school, including successful planning, organization, development,
			 implementation, and direction of all aspects of the department; providing
			 oversight, assessment, and development of all educational programs and research
			 activities; and general departmental or school
			 leadership including presiding over departmental or
			 school committee meetings and designing and communicating the
			 department's or school's educational and service
			 mission.
(ii) Stewarding the
			 resources of the department and school, the
			 college and the university as an advocate and ambassador for the chair's
			 faculty, staff, students and other stake holders.
(iii) Providing direction in instruction by
			 selecting and scheduling, subject to the approval of the dean, courses to be
			 taught, taking into consideration student demand and departmental
			 or school  programming; assisting to assign
			 courses to faculty in accordance with applicable workload policies; leading the
			 department or school in the process of curricular
			 review, revision and development; conveying such changes in curriculum, courses
			 and programs to the college and university as appropriate; guiding curriculum
			 initiatives through to approval;
(iv) Leading in faculty recruitment,
			 instruction, appointments and re-appointments, tenure and promotion per
			 applicable policy; assists the dean in determining salaries and merit
			 increases, sabbatical and other leaves of absence; managing all personnel in
			 the department or school; participating in
			 discipline and discharge where appropriate; and promoting diversity in
			 recruitment and retention of faculty, staff, and students;
(v) Preparation of the following annual
			 reports and reviews: an annual report of the performance of the department
			 or school; budgetary requests for operating and
			 capital funds and salaries for faculty and staff within the department
			 or school; Annual performance review and
			 evaluation of departmental or school faculty; and
			 other reports as assigned by the dean or provost;
(vi) Facilitate the work of members of the
			 department or school and building consensus and
			 fostering cooperative relationships in the department or school;
(vii) Procuring training and research grants
			 for the department or school; encouraging faculty
			 members to develop applications for training and research grants; and creating
			 and supporting effective partnerships with local and national industry and
			 government;
(viii) Coordinating
			 accreditation initiatives;
(ix)
			 Strategic planning and strategic operations;
(x) Management of all departmental
			 or school finances and resources in a fiscally
			 responsible manner and complying with the university budgetary
			 process;
(xi) Assuring compliance
			 with university policies and procedures;
(xii) Coordinating departmental
			 or school activities with alumni, the Toledo area
			 community and other outside groups; and
(xiii) Accepting other duties as assigned by
			 the dean or provost
			 .
(d) Faculty appointments to departments
			 or schools will be made by the board upon the
			 recommendation of the chair with the approval of the dean of the college and
			 the  provost
			 . Such
			 recommendations, only after approval by the
			 president, will be forwarded to the board.