American Council on Education (Click for more information, to comment, and share on social media)
ACE is the major coordinating body for the nation’s colleges and universities. We represent nearly 1,800 college and university presidents and the executives at related associations,
Faculty Appointment Guidelines (Click for more information and to download.)
File Type: Guidelines
Description: Provides
a tabular classification of faculty appointment types correlated with
educational and workload expectations, appointment duration, teaching loads,
tenure status,
Organizational Communication Profile Analysis (Click for more information and to download.)
A set of survey questions analytics to assess the quality of organizational communication, trust and mutual support within an organization. Useful if repeated annually and results and potential strategies for improvement are discussed in a group meeting.
Description: An interesting faculty perspective on the impact of rapid turnover of the Provost at a university.
Publishing Organization: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Notification of Retirement or Resignation (Click for more information and to download.)
A sample policy designed to encourage faculty to give adequate notice of resignation or retirement so the department has enough time to conduct a complete search for a full time replacement.