This handbook contains the faculty and academic unit procedures promulgated by the Office of Academic Affairs (OAA). It is an accompaniment to the OAA policies available through the Office of University Compliance and Integrity and posted on the OAA Policies, Guidelines, and Forms website. It is updated annually or in response to a change to the Rules of the University Faculty or the Bylaws of the Board of Trustees.
Revisions
Each section includes the dates the last time the section was revised. The structure of the handbook was revised significantly in autumn 2024, and all revision dates were reset. The 2023 version of the handbook is archived on the Faculty Affairs website. A marked copy of each chapter is maintained in OAA
Rules of the University Faculty
When referring the reader to specific language in the Rules of the University Faculty, this handbook will link to the index housed on the Ohio State Board of Trustees website and provide the chapter and section numbers that will allow the reader to find the specific reference.
Common abbreviations used in this handbook
- ACE: American Council on Education
- APT: Appointments, promotion, and tenure
- BOT: Board of Trustees
- CAFR: Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility
- CEF: Committee of Eligible Faculty
- CRCO: Civil Rights Compliance Office
- FAR: Faculty Activity Reporting
- FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
- FPL: Faculty Professional Leave
- FTE: Full Time Equivalent
- IUC: Inter-University Council
- LOA: Leave of Absence
- OAA: Office of Academic Affairs
- OFA: Office of Faculty Affairs
- OHR: Office of Human Resources
- P&T: Promotion and Tenure
- POA: Pattern of Administration
- POD: Procedures Oversight Designee
- RPT: Review, Promotion, and Tenure
- SA: Special Assignment
- SEI: Student Evaluation of Instruction
- SHIFT: Strategic Hiring Initiative for Faculty Talent
- SSLE: Survey of Student Learning Experience
- TIU: Tenure-Initiating Unit