Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3344 - Cleveland State University › Chapter 3344-12 - Personnel Policies › Section 3344-12-01 - Personnel policies for persons with special faculty status

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Definitions.
The following are definitions of key words and phrases used in
				rules 3344-12-01 to 
									3344-12-10 of the Administrative Code.
(1)
									
									Part-time single term
			 instructors"
Part-time single term instructors are qualified
				teachers who receive contracts extending over one academic term, during which
				time they render specified services (e.g., teach a particular course) for
				specified remuneration. Their service shall be considered to be part
				time.
(2)
									"Adjunct faculty"
Adjunct faculty are appointed to this
				status on a continuing basis by the provost. Nominations for appointment to
				adjunct faculty status shall be made by joint recommendation of a peer review
				committee or its equivalent and a department chairperson. The dean forwards the
				recommended nominations to the provost. Their services to the university and
				remuneration shall be determined by mutual agreement in accord with
				circumstances at a given time, and their service shall be considered part
				time.
(3) "College
			 lecturers"
College lecturer teaching appointments are full-time
				appointments made by the dean, with the approval of the provost. Subject to
				 provisions
				 of the CSU-AAUP
				collective bargaining agreement , these appointments may be renewed
				indefinitely by the dean, with the approval of the provost. The ranks of
				lecturer faculty are assistant, associate, or
				senior college lecturer.  For purposes of this
				 rule, the term "lecturer" (without
				a modifier) is used collectiv'ely to refer to all three categories.
				
										College lecturers shall become members of the
				CSU-AAUP faculty collective bargaining unit if they are reappointed after the
				initial 
										fourth year review process referenced
				in the
				CSU-AAUP collective bargaining agreement. Neither the initial
				appointment, nor any renewals thereof, however, leads to or grants
				tenure.
(4)
									"College of law
			 clinical professors and legal writing professors"
Clinical professors and legal writing
				professors in the college of law are full-time faculty, appointed as follows:
				Clinical professors and legal writing professors shall be appointed initially
				by the dean of the college of law, with the approval of the provost and the
				university president, for a period of one academic year with renewal for
				one-year periods. After the completion of at least five one-year appointments,
				clinical professors and legal writing professors may be appointed to renewable
				five-year appointments by the university president, upon recommendation of the
				provost and the dean of the college of law. Neither the initial appointment,
				nor any renewals, shall lead to or grant tenure or promotion. (See 3344-12-06
				of the Administrative Code for policies pertaining to college of law clinical
				professors and writing professors.)
(5)
									"Professor of
			 practice"
Professor of practice teaching
				appointments are full-time appointments made by the dean, with the approval of
				the provost. Subject to the provisions of the CSU-AAUP collective bargaining
				agreement, these appointments may be renewed indefinitely by the dean, with the
				approval of the provost. The ranks of professor of practice faculty are
				assistant, associate or full. The initial appointment as assistant requires an
				appropriate graduate degree and ten years of professional experience. In
				addition to these qualifications, associate professors of practice and
				professors of practice are required to have appropriate terminal degrees.
				Neither the initial appointment, nor any renewals thereof, leads to or grants
				tenure.
(6) "Research
			 faculty"
(a) This category of faculty may be
			 appointed to any department/school or college based on external funding. The
			 function of research faculty members is to dedicate their full professional
			 commitment to research (and associated educational activities) in their
			 academic unit under the terms of the external grant or contract which provides
			 their support. The salary, fringe benefits and indirect costs for these
			 positions shall be paid from a grant, contract, or other soft money
			 source.
(b) Research faculty ranks
			 are: research assistant professor, research associate professor, and research
			 professor. A research faculty member becomes a member of the CSU-AAUP
			 collective bargaining unit after the faculty member completes six consecutive
			 and complete academic years of service as a research faculty member. Neither
			 the initial appointment of a research faculty member or any renewal thereof
			 leads to the award of tenure.
(7) "Visiting faculty"
An appointment on a full-time but temporary basis in any
				faculty rank for one year, renewable for one additional year for a total of two
				years, whether consecutive or not. Persons holding such appointments shall not
				be eligible for tenure status or promotion, nor shall they be entitled to
				receive successive annual contracts nor any notice that their appointment shall
				not be continued. Persons holding such appointments may seek faculty status
				through appointment to the professorial ranks set forth in rule 3344-11-02 of
				the Administrative Code and according to the procedure set forth in this rule
				and paragraph (B) of rule 3344-11-03 of the Administrative Code if they satisfy
				the criteria of such appointment as set forth in paragraph (A) of rule
				3344-11-03 of the Administrative Code.
(8) "Emeritus and emerita faculty"
Emeritus and emerita faculty statuses are distinct honors that
				may be conferred upon outstanding retiring faculty members by the board of
				trustees. They shall have the titles professor emeritus/emerita, associate
				professor emeritus/emerita and, in the college of law, the titles of clinical
				professor emeritus/emerita or legal writing professor emeritus/emerita.
(9) "Special status faculty"
Special status faculty are persons possessing one of the
				faculty titles listed in paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(5) of this rule and rule
				3344-12-06 of the Administrative Code. With the exception of cooperative
				education coordinators and Cleveland state university students who are engaged
				as teaching assistants or fellows on a part-time basis, no person may teach
				courses for credit at Cleveland state university without regular faculty status
				(defined in paragraph (A) of rule 3344-11-02 of the Administrative Code) or one
				of the titles included in paragraphs (A)(1) to (A)(5) of this rule and rule
				3344-12-06 of the Administrative Code.
(10) "Appointment"
In rules 3344-12-01 to 
										3344-12-08
				of the Administrative Code, appointment shall mean the admission to any of the
				classes of special faculty status (paragraphs (A)(1) to
				
										(A)(8)
				of 
										this rule) or to regular faculty
				status.