Regional Campus Faculty Members
[Section II M of Faculty Handbook]
- 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.
- Each appointment to a faculty position shall be designated to a home department.
- 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.
- Part and full-time regional campus faculty members conduct instruction in courses that are the responsibility of Athens campus academic departments. The following will apply:
- The initial appointment requires the approval of the Athens campus department,
- The faculty member’s promotion/tenure home department is responsible for assessing the faculty member’s academic qualifications to teach specific courses.
- 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.
- Advancement in rank or award of tenure is the responsibility of the Athens home department and follow criteria presented at the time of hire.