College of Nursing faculty employment and human resources practice is guided by those policies and procedures available at the Office of the Provost http://provost.uiowa.edu/faculty/index.html#info and the U of I Operations Manual http://www.uiowa.edu/~our/opmanual/index.html websites.
The Provost has primary responsibility for matters related to faculty, including academic promotion and tenure decisions. He or she delegates some of these responsibilities to the Associate Provost for Faculty.
Use http://provost.uiowa.edu/faculty/index.html#info for links to:
- Recruitment Process- Procedures, forms, and documentation.
- New Faculty Programs, Guides, and Resources - Tools to welcome and orient faculty members to their new campus and careers.
- Classification Descriptions - Faculty rank and status codes.
- HR Transaction System Guidelines and Form Basics - Instructions for completing Human Resources transactions.
- Annual Reviews, Promotion, and Tenure - Information about annual reviews of probationary, clinical track faculty and tenured faculty.
- Institutional Data and Reports - Institutional data related to faculty appointments, faculty salaries, peer comparisons, etc.
- Faculty and Departmental Reporting - Departmental and individual faculty reporting requirements.
- Other HR Policies- Links to relevant Faculty Human Resource polices found in the UI Operations Manual. http://provost.uiowa.edu/faculty/facappt/policy/index.html
- Recruitment
- Credential Check at Point of Hire
- Criminal Background Check at Point of Hire
- Conflict of Interest in Employment
- Tenure and Non-Tenure Appointments (e.g. criteria for promotions, qualifications for academic rank, clinical track policy, research track policy.)
- Compensation
- Salary Computation for Academic Year Faculty
- Definition of the Academic Year
- Summer/Winter Session Salaries
- Extra Compensation for Faculty
- Termination and Retirement
- Non-Renewal of Probationary Appointments
- Phased and Early Retirement
- Emeritus Status for Retirees
- Miscellaneous
- Leave of Absence
- Professional Ethics and Academic Responsibility
- Access to Faculty Personnel Files
- Faculty Dispute Procedures
- Conflict of Commitment and Interest
- Post-Tenure Effort Allocation
- Key Contacts and Resources - Who to contact in the Office of the Provost about issues related to faculty appointments.
- Information and Reference Pages
University Operations Manual: http://www.uiowa.edu/~our/opmanual/