MSCHE/ACOE Self Study

Outstanding faculty contributions may be recognized on an annual basis through the SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching, Scholarship and Service. Nominations are solicited from faculty, staff and students by an ad hoc committee appointed by the president, whose recommendations are made to the president. Final approval for these awards is made by the Office of the Chancellor. Faculty members who receive these awards are recognized at the College’s annual Scholar’s Dinner. The first sabbatical under the College’s new policy was taken during the fall semester of the 2010-2011 academic year. Additional recognitions for faculty and staff are made through the Recognition Committee appointed by the president (Strategic Plan Goals 1.4, 1.9 and 1.11). At a 2009 College wide gathering organized for this event, faculty and staff members with 30 or more years of service to the College were recognized. In 2010, the Committee introduced the College Spirit Award that celebrates service and commitment to the College Community. Awards were made to one faculty and staff member at the College’s second Annual Recognition Event on August 5, 2010. 5.5 Published policies and procedures for faculty recruitment, promotion, tenure, academic assignments and responsibilities, sabbaticals, reporting relationships, grievance, and benefits are followed. An overview of policies governing faculty recruitment, appointment, grievance procedures and benefits can be found on the College web site at http://www.sunyopt.edu/faculty/hb/employ.html (or Appendix C-14). Appointments, retention, salary, rank, tenure, and other personnel matters are governed by the Policies of the Board of Trustees of SUNY (http://www.suny.edu/Board_of_Trustees/PDF/Policies.pdf (or Appendix D-1) and the current Agreement between the State and United University Professions (UUP) (http://www.uupinfo.org/agreement.pdf or Appendix C-15). SUNY’s policy on academic freedom can be found on page 20 of the Policies of the Board of Trustees. These are complemented by the College’s recently approved policy on promotion and tenure (http://www.sunyopt.edu/faculty/hb/cpq.html). Grievances are covered on page 7 of the current UUP agreement. Published policies regarding academic assignments and responsibilities, promotion and tenure, sabbaticals and reporting relationships were discussed in Sections 5.3 and 5.4.

Sixty percent of the faculty (2010 Faculty Survey) strongly agree or agree with the statement “I am aware of the criteria for retention, promotion and tenure.”

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