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2023-2024 Faculty Handbook 
    
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  I. AMENDED BYLAWS OF PITZER COLLEGE
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  IV. GOVERNANCE
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2023-2024 Faculty Handbook

III. SUMMARY OF ACTION, FACULTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

III. SUMMARY OF ACTIONS, FACULTY HANDBOOK
 

Date Section Action Taken  
11/10/2022 Section IV.G.2. Research and Awards - Faculty and Student Approved at Faculty Meeting   
2/9/2023 Section IV.A.1.1. Dean of Faculty Review Approved at Faculty Meeting  
2/16/2023 Section IV.F.9.6. FEC Summer Compensation Approved at Faculty Meeting   
4/27/2023 Merger of CLC and TLC Approved at College Council  
4/27/2020 Section V.H.2. Appointment Procedures. Diversity Committee access toa applicant files Approved at College Council  
  Campus Aesthetics Committee    
12/8/2022 The Executive Committee of the Faculty (FEC) (Officers) Approved at College Council  
12/8/2022 The Executive Committee of the Facuty (FEC) (Powers) Approved at College Council  
12/8/2022 The Appointments, Promotion and Tenure Committee (Meetings) Approved at College Council  
3/25/2021 & 4/29/2021 Study Abroad International Programs Committee Approved at Faculty Meeting  
10/14/21 Bylaws & Election Language Approved at Faculty Meeting  
4/21/22 Updates to “Procedures if a Faculty Member is the Respondent Approved at Faculty Meeting  
5/6/2021 Replacement of “Staff Council Representatives” with “Staff Council” throughout Faculty Handbook Approved by College Council  
5/6/2021 Section II - Removal of Bylaws of Staff Council from Faculty Handbook Approved by College Council  
4/30/2020

V.H.1

Appointment and Composition of Search Committee

Approved by College

Council

  
4/30/2020

V.B.1

The Dean of Faculty Shall

 Approved by College Council  
11/01/01 IV.A.1
Appointment of the Dean of Faculty		 Approved by College Council  
11/19/92 IV.A.3
Duties of the Dean of Faculty		 Amended and approved by College Council  
3/10/83 IV.B.1-11
Field Group Organization		 Approved by College Council   
4/25/91 IV.B.2.5
Early Scheduling of Classes by Field Groups		 Approved by College Council   
3/05/05 IV.B.3
Policy for Comprehensive Review of Field Groups		 Approved by College Council   
4/18/13 IV.C
Policy for Comprehensive Reviews of Field Groups		 Approved by College Council  
5/03/01 IV.D
Faculty Meetings		 Approved by College Council   
5/09/02 IV
Disband Academic Events Committee		 Approved by College Council  
5/06/06 IV.E
Restructure of Governance/Standing Committee		 Approved by College Council  
4/9/15 IV.E.1
Voting Policy for College Council		 Approved by College Council   
4/13/95 IV.E.2.3.i
Academic Standards Committee Functions		 Approved by College Council  
12/06/01 IV.E.2.1.g
CAPAS representative voting member of Academic Standards Committee		 Approved by College Council  
5/09/02 IV.E.4
Establish Campus Life Committee		 Approved by College Council   
3/12/98 IV.E.10.4
IT Committee		 Approved by College Council   
5/09/02 Disband IT Committee Approved by College Council   
5/09/02 IV.E.4 Approved by College Council  
4/11/96 IV.E.14
Campus Aesthetics Committee Outside Policy		 Approved by College Council   
5/6/90 IV.F
Administration of Committees		 Approved by College Council   
4/18/13 IV.F.1
Academic Planning Committee		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/2015 IV.F.3.9
APT Charge, Confidentiality		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/2015 IVF.6.1
Curriculum Committee Composition		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/2015 IV.F.9.9
FEC Charge, Confidentiality		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 IV.F.9.10 (formerly 9.9, see 5/7/15 change above) 
Creation of Intercollegiate Faculty Council 		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 IV.F.10
Creation of Advisory Board for Library Planning 		 Approved by College Council   
4/16/98 IV.G
Judicial Council 		 Approved by College Council   
5/9/02 IV.G
Revisions to Student Code of Conduct		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.B.1.b
Notification of Faculty being reviewed 		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.1.c
Core Questions, Students and Time-frame		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.2.a
Clarification		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.2.b
Faculty Reviews, Updates to Part A of Personnel File		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.B.3
Field Group requests names of outside reviewers for faculty review		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.B.4
Ad Hoc Committee Duties for reviews		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.a.iii
Written statements from field group members 		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.a.iv
Written statements from 5C faculty and invited faculty		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.a.v
Core Question requirements		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.a.vi
Core Questions interviews and other question, section removed		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.a.vi
New section, course evaluations in faculty reviews		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.b.i
Written statement, suggested faculty		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.b.ii
Student feedback, cross enrollment; section removed		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.b.ii
New Section, statements from current students		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.c
Revision on written statements in reports		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.c
Representation of feedback in reports		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.d
Inclusion of appendices in report responses		 Approved by College Council  
5/7/15 V.B.4.e
New language on confidentiality		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.4.e
Exclusion of interview notes		 Approved by College Council   
4/24/86 V.B.5
FEC Duties in Faculty Reviews		 Approved by College Council  
5/4/09 V.B.5
Time frame of review procedures		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.B.5.d
New section, procedural concerns		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.C.iii 
Letters from outside reviewers to be included in Part C of personnel files		 Approved by College Council  
5/4/09 V.F.3.d
Time frame for appeal of APC recommendation for tenured faculty 		 Approved by College Council   
5/31/73 V.C
PT Faculty Personnel Procedures for one-person fields 		 Approved by College Council   
4/30/88 V.E
Early Consideration for Promotion		 Approved by College Council   
5/31/73 V.F
Faculty Promotion for Administrators		 Approved by College Council   
5/13/11 V.G.1-3
Appointment Procedures		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.G.1-2 
Tenure-track search procedures		 Approved by College Council   
1/18/90 V.G.1
Periodic Review of Tenured Faculty		 Approved by College Council   
4/24/86 V.G.2
Periodic Review of Administrators who teach		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.G.3
Non tenure-track searches		 Approved by College Council   
2/4/10 V.G-1
Dual Contractual Appointment of Faculty 		 Approved by College Council   
5/25/72 V.H
Teaching and Faculty Status		 Approved by College Council   
1/18/90 V.I
Special Review Procedures		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.J
Appointment of Distinguished Visiting Professors		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/87 V.J.2
Parts of Faculty Personnel Files		 Approved by College Council   
11/9/72 V.K
Visiting Professors		 Approved by College Council   
3/20/80 V.L 
Post-doctoral Fellows		 Approved by FEC  
5/4/09 V.L.5
All completed course evaluations to become part of personnel file of non-tenured faculty		 Approved by College Council   
5/13/11 V.M
Affirmative Action Program		 Approved by College Council   
4/25/85 V.M
Annual Report by Non-Tenured Faculty 		 Approved by College Council   
5/20/79 V.N
Affirmative Action Program		 Approved by College Council   
3/3/94 V.N.1
Affirmative Action Program		 Approved by College Council   
1/30/97 V.N.5.a
Faculty Diversity/Affirmative Action 		 Approved by College Council   
2/20/97 V.N.5.b
Faculty Diversity Fund		 Approved by College Council   
3/27/97 V.N.5.c.3
Sabbatical replacement as a way of diversifying faculty 		 Approved by College Council   
12/11/86 V.O
Faculty Retirement Policy		 Approved by College Council
Revised 1/25/95		  
5/4/09 V.O.1.g
Course release eligibility for faculty presented with extraordinary professional responsibilities		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.O.4
College Committee service guidelines 		 Approved by College Council   
5/8/97 V.P
Faculty Grievance Procedures		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.P.1-2
Faculty leave policies		 Approved by College Council   
5/7/15 V.P.3.3
Unpaid Leave		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.P.4
“Ticking” of tenure clock during medical leaves		 Approved by College Council   
5/25/91 V.Q.2
Faculty Workload Policy/Course Times		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.Q.2.a
Courses to be taught during sabbaticals 		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.Q.3.j
Curriculum Committee replacement of courses lost to sabbaticals		 Approved by College Council   
5/2/96 V.R.1
Course Flexibility in Teaching Credit		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.R.2
Scholar-in-Residence guidelines		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.S.3
Faculty to post office hours		 Approved by College Council   
5/4/09 V.S.4
Faculty employment outside the college		 Approved by College Council   
5/3/01 V.T
FEC exemption		 Approved by College Council  
4/13/72 V.U.2
Non-paid leaves		 Adopted at Faculty Meeting   
3/25/82 V.U.4
Leave for Professional Exploration		 Approved by College Council   
1/30/97 V.V.2.a
Sabbatical Options		 Revised and Approved by College Council   
11/1/79 V.V.4.d
Report Summarizing Sabbatical Activities		 Approved by College Council   
3/16/89 V.W
Policy on Released Time		 Approved by College Council   
3/31/83 V.Z
Student Assistant Reports		 Approved at Faculty Meeting   
3/2/99 V.B.B
Jt Science APT Policies and Procedures		 Approved by Jt. Science  
5/6/71 VI.A
Independent Study descriptions
Summer independent study limit		 Adopted at Faculty Meeting   
1/9/69 VI.C.2
Major requirements		 Approved at Faculty Meeting  
5/23/74 VI.D.3
Grade Disputes		 Approved at Faculty Meeting   
6/2/71 VI.E
Use of academic paper in more than one course		 Approved at Faculty Meeting   
10/9/79 VII.B.4
Personal Liability Insurance		 Approved by FEC  
1/30/92 VII.B.5
Domestic Partner Policy		 Approved by College Council   
9/00 VII.C
Tuition Reimbursement Program		 Revised  
3/13/84 VII.D
Faculty Housing Loan Policy		 Board Approved  
3/15/94 VII.E
Computer Loan Policy for Faculty and Staff		 Board Revised Policy  
3/5/92 Faculty Personal Computer Loan Policy Approved by College Council   
4/28/88 VIII.A.2
Aids Policy & Procedures		 Approved by College Council   
9/20/92 VII.B.6
Drug Free Workplace Policy		 Revised   
4/5/01 VIII.D.3
Consensual Relationships		 Approved by College Council   
3/7/96 VIII.D.4
Appendix-Sexual Harassment		 Approved by College Council  
4/5/01 VIII.D
Sexual Harassment Policy		 Revisions approved by College Council   
7/26/16 VIII.D
Sexual Harassment Policy		 Revisions approved by FEC  
3/5/92 VIII.E
Sexual Assault Policy		 Approved by FEC  
3/24/94 Sexual Assault Policy  Revised  
4/12/92 VIII.F
ROTC Policy		 Approved by College Council   
3/1/01 VIII.G
Primary Caretaker Leave Policy		 Approved by College Council   
3/23/95 VIII.J
Confidentiality of Documentation & Correspondence 		 Approved by College Council   
11/92 Appendix D
Guidelines for Pitzer College Landscape		 Approved by FEC and the President  
11/01/01 Appendix D
Ecology Statement		 Approved by College Council   
5/2/13 Appendix M
Scientific Research Misconduct Policy		 Approved by College Council   
12/8/16 IV.F.8
Committee name changed from “External Studies Committee” to ” Study Abroad and International Programs Committee”		 Approved by College Council   
10/4/2018 IV.F.8.1, IV.F.8.2, and IV.F.8.3
Study Abroad and International Programs Committee Amendments to Composition, Functions		 Approved by College Council   
3/9/2017 V.A.1, V.A.1.a, V.A.2, & V.A.3
Community Engagement in Faculty Personnel Policies and Procedures		 Approved by College Council   
4/17/14 VIII.D
Harassment and Discrimination Policies		 Approved by College Council   
7/26/16 VIII.D
Harassment and Discrimination Policies		 Revised and Approved by College Council   
7/12/18 VIII.D
Harassment and Discrimination Policies		 Revised and Approved by President Oliver  
12/8/16 V.U change from “Intercollegiate Programs in Africana Studies and Chicano Studies APT Procedures” to “Intercollegiate Programs in Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, and Chicano Studies APT Procedures” Approved by College Council   
10/4/18 V.P.3
Primary Caretaker Leave		 Approved by College Council   
10/4/18 V.P.4
Faculty Medical/Disability Leaves		 Approved by College Council   
5/2/2013 IV.F.1
Academic Planning Committee. Edits to Composition (IV.F.1.1) and Functions (IV.F.1.3)		 Approved by College Council  
12/8/16 V.O.2
Course flexibility in Art Studio Courses		 Approved by College Council   
06/6/2008 VII.D
Faculty Housing Policy Updated		 Approved by Board of Trustees  
08/18/2020

V.X

Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy (New Policy).

 Enacted by FEC (on behalf of College Council) on 8/18/2020.  Ratified by College Council on 12/3/2020