Regional Campus Faculty Members

[Section II M of Faculty Handbook]

1. Persons appointed to teaching positions at the regional campuses are members of the faculty of Ohio University under the terms and conditions of this Faculty Handbook. 
2. Each appointment to a faculty position shall be designated to a promotion/tenure home
   department with a regional campus affiliation.
3. The terms and conditions (FTE, T:R:S distribution, and salary) of appointments for regional campus affiliated faculty members are established at the time of hire or through subsequent modifications (see Section II.D.1.). Regional campus-affiliated faculty’s primary teaching and service responsibility is typically to the faculty-affiliated campus.
4. Part and full-time regional campus-affiliated faculty members conduct instruction in courses that are the responsibility of Athens campus academic departments. The following will apply:
   1. The initial appointment requires the approval of the Athens campus department,
   2. The faculty member’s promotion/tenure home department is responsible for assessing the faculty member’s academic qualifications to teach specific courses.
   3. Teaching assignments (classes taught, time, modality and place of meeting) for a given academic term is jointly determined by the regional campus and the promotion/tenure home department through the scheduling process.
5. Advancement in rank or award of tenure is the responsibility of the Athens home department and follow criteria presented at the time of hire.