Policies and Bylaws

Academic Year

• Academic Year Dates
• Working Days

Bylaws

• Board of Regents Bylaws
• UNL Bylaws
• Board of Regents Bylaws on Outside Employment
  • Outside Activity Form
  • Clarification of Authorization to Engage in Outside Professional Activity

Computers & Technology

• Guidelines for Creating Laptop Requirements or Recommendations
• IT Classroom Support
• Responsible Use of UNL Computers
• Computers & Technology Resources

Ethics

• Ethics Center
• Statement of Professional Ethics - from the Academic Senate website.

Faculty and Other Appointments

• Advertising for Faculty Positions
• Apportionment Categories
• Guidelines for Faculty Appointments
• Guidelines for Research Faculty Appointments
• UNL Policy on Hiring and Appointment Terms of Post Doctoral Research Associate
  • Sample Letter of Offer for Post Doctoral Research Associates
• Searches for Deans' Appointees| DOC
• Policy for Requesting Graduate Status
• Professors of Practice
  • Board of Regents Policy | DOC
  • UNL Policy | DOC
• Screening Procedure for Hiring Tenured Faculty or Academic Administrators

Work-Life Integration Policies

• Visit our Faculty Resources for Work-Life Integration page.
• Work-Life Integration Brochure (in pdf format)
  
  This brochure shows policies for faculty members and their families.
• ADVANCE Program - This program seeks to create an environment where all faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) thrive.
• Faculty Residency Policy
• Revised Family Medical Leave Act policy on Human Resources web site.
• H1N1 flu policies

Foreign Employees and Visitors

• Requirements for advertisements that might result in the appointment of a foreign national to a tenure-track faculty position
• Payment to Short-Term Foreign Visitors
• Visa Status of Potential Academic Employees
• Immigration Guidelines in Hiring New Faculty

General Purpose Classrooms

• Process for Changing Status of General Purpose Classrooms

Human Resources

• NU Employee Policies & Practices
• UNL Human Resources Policies & Procedures
• UNL Discrimination & Harassment Policies or see the Equity, Access and Diversity Program website.

Plagiarism Detection Software

• Safe Assignment by Blackboard
• Policies on Safe Assignment Implementation and Use at UNL

Retirement

• Emeritus status for retired faculty
• Retirement planning
• Repeal of healthcare benefits for retirees. An explanation regarding the repeal of Board of Regents policy 4.2.5.

Syllabus

• Syllabus Policy
• Board of Regents Bylaws on Preparing a Syllabus

Tenure Policies & Procedures

• Promotion and Tenure Memo from the Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
• Documentation Request for Promotion and Tenure
  • Word DOC version
  • PDF version
  • Transmittal Form DOC|PDF
• Documentation Format for Promotion for Research Faculty
  • Word DOC version | PDF version
  • Transmittal Form DOC | PDF
• Documentation Format for Promotion for Professor of Practice Faculty
  • Word DOC version | PDF version
  • Transmittal Form DOC|PDF
• 2011 Due Dates
  • Word DOC version
• Changes in Tenure Home Department
  • Steps to take
  • Form
• Guidelines for Annual Evaluations, Promotion, and Tenure
  • Word version of guidelines| PDF version of guide
  • Evaluation of Pre-Tenure Faculty members by college, department, or unit
  • Post-Tenure Review Policy
  • Post-Tenure Review Implementation Procedures
• Miscellaneous
  • Interruptions in Pre-Tenure Probationary Period
  • Guidelines for Faculty Titles
  • Statement of Waiver DOC | PDF
  • Course Listing and Evaluation Form XLS | PDF
  • Sample memo for External Reviews