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Policies and Procedures

Many of the policies listed below can be found in the University Operations Manual. This manual contains University administrative, financial, and community policies, as well as certain University-level implementing procedures.

On this page:

• Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Policies
• Classroom Policies and Procedures
• Faculty Compensation Policies
• Policies Relating to Principles, Professional Rights and Responsibilities
• Research Compliance Policies

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Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure

• Procedures for Tenure Track and Promotion and Tenure
• Procedures for Clinical Track Promotion
• Procedures for Research Track Promotion
• Procedures for Adjunct Promotions
• Guidelines for Annual Reviews of Probationary and Clinical Track Faculty
• Faculty Dispute Procedures
• Guidelines for Endowed Faculty Positions at The University of Iowa
• Policy on Part-Time Status for Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty

• Policy on Faculty Appointments to Non-Departmental Units

  • Guidelines for Faculty Appointments in Non-Departmental Unit

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Principles, Professional Rights, and Responsibilities

• Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources
  
• Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy and Purpose
• Anti-Retaliation 
• Conflicts of Commitment and Interest and Annual Disclosure of Professional Activities
• Conflict of Interest in Employment (Nepotism)
• Disability Protections Policy and Accessibility Statement
• Drug Free Environment
• FERPA Certification Requirements for Instructors
• Iowa Gift Law
• Lobbying Restrictions Applicable to Public Employees and Officials
• Nondiscrimination Statement
• Oral Communication Competence of Instructional Staff
  
• Post-Tenure Effort Allocation Policy (PTEAP)
• Professional Ethics and Academic Responsibility
  
• Sexual Harassment
  
• Sick Leave Policy

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Classroom Policies and Procedures

• Academic Misconduct
• Code of Student Life
• Consensual Relationships Involving Students
• Extreme Weather Protocol

  hotline (319) 335-1234 or (866) 527-1234 toll-free

• Field Trip Guidelines
• Interference in Classroom Activities
• Student Absences from Class

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Faculty Compensation

• Definition of the Academic Year

• Computation of Salary for Academic-Year Faculty
• Summer Session Salaries
• Extra Compensation for University Faculty
• Extra Compensation for Teaching Academic Courses (aka "Overload Teaching")
  
  

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Research Compliance Policies

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