Academic Policies

Faculty Handbook
Find basic information about the University and the resources, conditions of employment, benefits, and policies that are essential to the faculty experience.

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A

Academic Approval and Signatory Authority for Academic Program Agreements
Guidelines for Developing Some Common Types of Academic Program Agreements
Academic Faculty Members Appointed to Administrative Positions
Academic Policies, Complete List
Annual Performance Reviews
Appointment of Faculty to Endowed Professorships
Appointment of University Professors
Appointment of Unpaid Faculty
Appointment of Visiting Faculty and Visiting Scholars
Appointment Types and Titles, Faculty
Appointment, Annual Evaluation and Reappointment of Academic Deans
Appointments of Foreign Faculty and Researchers
Approval of Appointments and Reappointments of Senior School and University Administrators
Awarding of Posthumous Degrees

B

Background Checks
Benefits (University Human Resources)

C

Campaigning for and Serving in a Public Office
Classified Research
Communicating with Government Officials
Computing Policies
Confidentiality of Student Information
Consulting and Internal Overload
Copyright Policy
Criteria for Establishing Research-Only Courses

D

Determination and Assignation of Academic Credit
Disciplinary Suspension or Termination of Academic Faculty, Policy on
Discrimination Complaint Procedures
Dissemination and Recording of Course Materials and Activities
Guidance for Implementing Policy PROV-005
Drug-Free Workplace

E

Emeritus Faculty
Employment Eligibility Verification (Completing Form I-9)
Employment of Academic General Faculty Members (Tenure-Ineligible)
FAQs - General Faculty Policies
Employment of Administrative or Professional General Faculty Members
FAQs - General Faculty Policies
Employment of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Employment of Professional Research Staff
Equal Opportunity Policy
Establishing Academic Centers and Institutes
Establishing Certificate Programs
Ethics, University Code of
Extending Offers of Employment to Faculty in Academic Areas
Extensions to Time-to-Degree Limits for Graduate and Professional Students Who Experience Significant Life Events

F

Faculty and Staff International Travel
Faculty Conflicts of Interest
Faculty Departure Checklist (PDF)
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Faculty Exchanges
Faculty Exchanges - Related Information
Faculty Holding Appointments at Other Institutions or Organizations
Faculty Qualifications
Faculty Salaries and Bonuses
Faculty Wage Employment
Financial Aid to Non Degree Seeking Students
Financial Reporting and Operations

G

General Faculty Policies (Tenure-Ineligible)
Employment of Academic General Faculty Members
Employment of Administrative or Professional General Faculty Members
Grading Practices
Graduate Assistantships
Financial Childbirth Accommodations for Graduate Students on Assistantship
Graduate Record
Grievance Policy for Academic Faculty (Tenured, Tenure-Track, and Academic Non-Tenure-Track Faculty)
Grievance Policy for Administrative or Professional General Faculty Members
Guidance for Implementing Policy PROV-005: Recording of Class Sessions and Distribution of Course Materials
Guidance on Funding International Graduate Students Who Remain Abroad Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Fellowship Disclosure Procedures 9Feb2018.docx26.71 KB
Guidelines for Developing Some Common Types of Academic Program Agreements
Guidelines for General Faculty Staffing Due to Financial Stringency

H

Health Insurance Subsidy for Qualified Graduate Students
Honor System and Faculty

I

Inclement Weather/Emergencies Policy

L

Leaves of Absence
Short Term Disability Leave for Faculty
Planning for Parental Leave

M

Merit Pay

O

Overload, Internal
Ownership Rights in Copyrightable Material

P

Parental Accommodation for Graduate Students on Assistantship
Part-Time Employment of Retired Members of the Faculty
Patent Policy
Personnel Records, Maintaining Faculty
Planning for Parental Leave: A Guide to Faculty Policies at the University of Virginia
Policy Directory
Political Activity
Press and External Communications
Preventing and Addressing Discrimination and Harassment
Preventing and Addressing Retaliation
Procedure for Reviewing Administrative or Professional General Faculty for the Expectation of Continued Employment (ECE)
Related - Employment of Administrative or Professional General Faculty Members
Professional Research Staff
Professors of Practice
Promotion and Tenure Policy
Memo on Tenure-Track Probationary Period Extensions Due to Covid-19
Provision of Moving and Relocation Assistance for Newly Hired Faculty or Staff

R

Religious Holidays, Academic Accommodations
Reporting by University Employees of Disclosures Relating to the Policy on Sexual & Gender-Based Harassment & Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence & the Preventing & Addressing Discrimination & Harassment, & Preventing & Addressing Retaliation Policies
Research Policies and Procedures
Resignation and Retirement
Restrictions on Certain Romantic or Sexual Relationships at the University

S

Safety of Students in Laboratories, Makerspaces, Shops, and Studios
Salaries and Bonuses, Faculty
Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment and Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence
Solicitation of Grants and Contracts
Solicitation/Acceptance of Gifts and Bequests
Student Academic Suspension Grievance
Student and Graduate Medical Education Trainee International Travel (formerly Student International Travel)
Student Enrollment
Submission of Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Substantive Change for Institutional Accreditation

T

Teaching Courses for Academic Credit
Tuition Remission for Qualified Graduate Assistantships

U

Undergraduate Record
University Faculty Salaries and Bonuses
University Professors, Appointment of
University Staff Employees, Medical Center Employees, and Classified Staff Engaged in Teaching
University-Related Travel
Use of the Rotunda
Use of the University's Federally Registered Trademark
Use of University Facilities or Property, and Limits on Direct Solicitation and Advertising
Use of Working Time and University Equipment for Personal or Commercial Purposes

V

Visiting Faculty and Visiting Scholars, Appointment of
Visiting Graduate Researchers

W

Wage Authorization for the Academic Areas