MSCHE Self Study April 2021

Faculty Overview

In fall, 2020 the College employed about 73 full ‐ time and 33 part ‐ time paid faculty members for a total of approximately 81.08 FTE. About 11 faculty members hold a PhD, 8 both an OD and PhD, 79 an OD, and 7 both an OD and MS ( Faculty Data ). This census does not include 12 attending ophthalmologists in the UEC. The Faculty List shows the rank, degrees and institutions rewarding these degrees. Faculty CVs will be available on site for review upon request. About 69% of faculty members have full ‐ time appointments ( Faculty Data) . Faculty members have academic qualifications appropriate to their responsibilities. Faculty members who hold doctorates in a related field, many of whom have post ‐ doctoral research experience, generally teach basic science courses. Clinical courses are generally taught by residency ‐ trained ODs (with some lectures given by PhDs and MDs), and New York State licensed clinicians who are credentialed by the UEC provide clinical instruction. The quantity and quality of faculty members is sufficient to allow the College to meet its educational, research and service missions. The student to faculty teaching ratios in laboratories ranges from 12 to 1 to 6 to 1 depending on the course requirements. For third ‐ year clinics, the student to faculty ratio is 3 ‐ 4 to 1 and for fourth year it is 4 to 1. All policies governing faculty recruitment, appointment, grievance procedures and benefits are subject to the SUNY Board of Trustees Policies and in agreement with the State of New York and the Union of University Professionals (UUP Contract) pursuant to Article 14 of the Civil Servant Law. Grievance policies for faculty are covered under Article 7 of the current UUP Contract . These policies are complemented by College policies on promotion and tenure (page 35 of Faculty Handbook ). All college faculty (not including temporary and adjunct faculty) are voting members with faculty governance rights. All faculty members are assigned primary appointments in either the Department of Biological and Vision Sciences, Department of Clinical Education or the University Eye Center (UEC) and may have secondary appointments in the departments or UEC services ( Faculty Data ). Faculty appointments may either be qualified (e.g., clinical and some research appointments) or non ‐ qualified rank (tenure ‐ track/tenured). Per Board of Trustees Policies , qualified appointments are not eligible for tenure, but may be renewed indefinitely. Prospective faculty are reviewed by a search committee appointed by the vice president and dean for academic affair and comprised of faculty with experience appropriate for the search that reviews the degrees and credentials of each candidate. No candidates without earned or professional degrees from recognized and accredited institutions are considered for qualified or tenure track positions. Faculty Assignments and Review The vice president and dean for academic affairs working with the relevant department chairs and chief medical officer (for clinical assignments) makes all faculty appointments. Assignments

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