The Faculty Handbook needs regular updating, and faculty input is key to this process. Therefore, in December 2023, the University Senate voted to form a new standing committee to discuss, circulate, and oversee proposed changes to the Handbook.

The Committee on the Faculty Handbook

Executive:

1) To review and make recommendations to the Provost’s Office regarding the Faculty Handbook.

Advisory:

2) To consider, review, and develop any proposed changes, amendments, or revisions to the Tulane Faculty Handbook and recommend those to the University Senate.
3) To circulate/post proposed revisions to all faculty for comment before bringing them to the University Senate.
4) To provide a yearly report to the University Senate.

Membership:

One senior full-time faculty member from each School: Architecture, Business, Law, Liberal Arts, Medicine, Professional Advancement, Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Science and Engineering, and Social Work; the Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs (ex officio); and General Counsel (ex officio and non-voting) shall be members.    

Schools shall elect members in competitive elections for three-year staggered terms. Faculty who serve on this committee must also be eligible to serve as a Faculty Senator, which means voting members of the faculties of their academic constituencies for at least three years. Faculty who hold administrative appointments with dean or provost in their titles are not eligible to be elected.

The Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs will be the Chair.


FACULTY HANDBOOK REVISIONS
Revisions to the Faculty Handbook require two readings at consecutive Senate meetings and approval by 2/3 of the Senators present at the second meeting.  All proposed revisions will be posted here until approved and incorporated into the Handbook.

May 6, 2024 Update:

Please see below the proposed language for Chapter 3 and the Chapter 10:

• FHC Memo regarding Chapters 3 and 10 revisions
• Chapter 3 revisions
• Chapter 10 revisions

As always, we welcome your comments and suggestions.

Thank you.
Faculty Handbook Committee

Mimi Schippers, Chair: mimi@tulane.edu
Jana Lipman, SLA: jlipman@tulane.edu
Dennis Kehoe, SLA: kehoe@tulane.edu
Harish Sujan, Freeman: hsujan@tulane.edu
Carola Wenk, SSE: cwenk@tulane.edu
Patty Kissinger, SPHTM: kissing@tulane.edu
Sam Landry, SOM: landry@tulane.edu
 

Please review and forward comments to aapops@tulane.edu. Also, feel free to contact the current members of the committee.