(a) Departments
and schools of the university are
areas of specialized study composed of
faculty with interests of a common purpose ("departments"
and "schools"). Departments
and schools will serve as the basic
administrative, teaching and research unit
s
administered by department
or school chairs, who
will report to the dean of the respective colleges. Departments
and schools may be further organized into
schools
programs, divisions, centers or other units as
necessary. Upon the advice of the
university
chancellor and executive vice president for biosciences and health affairs
("chancellor") or provost and executive vice president for academic
affairs ("provost"), the deans may design programs,
schools
centers,
institutes or other types of structures within or between the colleges under
the responsibility of
that chancellor or
the provost.
(b) Department
or
school chairs
(i) Appointment of
department
or school chair
The department or school chair is
officially appointed by the board of trustees upon the recommendation by the
dean to the chancellor or provost
of the college under which that department chair is
appointed and to the president. Before making the recommendations to
the chancellor or provost
and then the chancellor or provost
recommending to the president, the dean of the appropriate college
will confer with faculty members of the department or
school for which the chair is to be appointed. The chair may be a member
of that college's faculty and although a tenured faculty member is preferred,
tenure is not required. Once a person is appointed and approved as chair, the
person will not be a member of a faculty collective bargaining unit while
holding that office.
(ii)
Duration and review
The department or school chair's
appointment is only administrative in nature and is not subject to tenure. The
chair will
may serve for a five-year term and may be renewable
for additional five-year terms for good performance. Shorter terms for interim
chairs and acting chairs will be structured on mutually agreeable terms. Review
of a department or school chair's performance
will be conducted by the dean of the college no less than annually for new
chairs who have held the position for less than two years and no less than
every five years for all other chairs. All performance reviews conducted by the
deans for chair performance will be shared with the chancellor or provost of
that college. Outside peer review may be initiated at the request of
the dean of the college, the chancellor or
provost for that college or the president.
At any time, the dean at the dean's discretion may initiate a review and
thereafter take appropriate action with respect to the chair position.
(iii) Removal
A chair may be removed from the position as chair any time for
any reason upon the recommendation of the dean of the college,
the chancellor or the provost
of that college or the president. In
addition, the chair may be removed for cause, including but not limited to
failure to perform chair duties, upon the recommendation of any of the
following: the dean of the college, the chancellor or provost of the college or
the president. The board of trustees will officially approve all
removals.
(c)
Department
or school chair
s responsibilities, include but are not limited to,
the following:
(i) General administrative
responsibility for the affairs of the department
or
school, including successful planning, organization, development,
implementation, and direction of all aspects of the department; providing
oversight, assessment, and development of all educational programs and research
activities; and general departmental
or school
leadership including presiding over departmental
or
school committee meetings and designing and communicating the
department's
or school's educational and service
mission.
(ii) Stewarding the
resources of the department
and school, the
college and the university as an advocate and ambassador for the chair's
faculty, staff, students and other stake holders.
(iii) Providing direction in instruction by
selecting and scheduling, subject to the approval of the dean, courses to be
taught, taking into consideration student demand and departmental
or school programming; assisting to assign
courses to faculty in accordance with applicable workload policies; leading the
department
or school in the process of curricular
review, revision and development; conveying such changes in curriculum, courses
and programs to the college and university as appropriate; guiding curriculum
initiatives through to approval;
(iv) Leading in faculty recruitment,
instruction, appointments and re-appointments, tenure and promotion per
applicable policy; assists the dean in determining salaries and merit
increases, sabbatical and other leaves of absence; managing all personnel in
the department
or school; participating in
discipline and discharge where appropriate; and promoting diversity in
recruitment and retention of faculty, staff, and students;
(v) Preparation of the following annual
reports and reviews: an annual report of the performance of the department
or school; budgetary requests for operating and
capital funds and salaries for faculty and staff within the department
or school; Annual performance review and
evaluation of departmental
or school faculty; and
other reports as assigned by the dean or provost;
(vi) Facilitate the work of members of the
department
or school and building consensus and
fostering cooperative relationships in the department
or school;
(vii) Procuring training and research grants
for the department
or school; encouraging faculty
members to develop applications for training and research grants; and creating
and supporting effective partnerships with local and national industry and
government;
(viii) Coordinating
accreditation initiatives;
(ix)
Strategic planning and strategic operations;
(x) Management of all departmental
or school finances and resources in a fiscally
responsible manner and complying with the university budgetary
process;
(xi) Assuring compliance
with university policies and procedures;
(xii) Coordinating departmental
or school activities with alumni, the Toledo area
community and other outside groups; and
(xiii) Accepting other duties as assigned by
the dean, chancellor or provost
of that college.
(d) Faculty appointments to departments
or schools will be made by the board upon the
recommendation of the chair with the approval of the dean of the college and
the
chancellor or provost
of the respective college. Such
recommendations, only after approval
by the
president, will be forwarded to the board.
