Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) University organization.
(1) The university of Akron is a state
university operating under the laws of the state of Ohio. It comprises the
following degree granting colleges and schools of
instruction:
(a) Buchtel college of arts and
sciences.
(b) College of
engineering and polymer science.
(c) College of
business.
(d) School of law.
(e) College of health
and human sciences.
(2)
Colleges and schools may be established, altered, or abolished by the board
upon recommendation of the president. Alteration,
movement, creation, or abolishment of departments or other units within
colleges or schools do not require board approval.
(3) From time to time, temporary units of
administration or programs may be established, altered, or abolished by the
board upon recommendation of the president. The operations of such units and
employment of personnel within such units shall be temporary, with primary
funding therefore provided from external sources, including without limitation
the salaries and benefits of employees in such units, costs of equipment,
services and supplies, and other ancillary costs of operation. In addition to
funding from external sources, the university may provide such units with
"in-kind" support in the form of space or other university resources as
recommended by the president and approved by the board.
Such units and employees shall be subject to all applicable
state and federal laws and all university rules as set forth in 3359 of the
Administrative Code in the same manner as regular university units and
employees, including but not limited to applicable provisions of Ohio's ethics
laws affecting public employees.
Subject to the prior approval of the president, such units
shall be authorized to engage volunteers or others in activities on behalf of
the unit and the university of Akron. In addition to the volunteer protection
laws of Ohio (sections
2305.38,
2305.381,
5502.30,
2305.234,
2305.23, and
2305.231 of the Revised Code)
the university may also provide insurance coverage against loss or liability
that arises or is claimed to have arisen from acts or omissions while acting
with the scope of their employment or official responsibilities or while
engaged in activities at the request or direction, or for the benefit of the
university of Akron or said unit.
(B) University faculty.
The university
faculty shall consist of the president of the university, who shall be its
presiding officer, the vice presidents, the deans, all persons giving
instruction for college credit in the university, librarians, and such members
of the administrative staff as may be appointed thereto by the board
or the board's designee(s) upon recommendation of
the president. Voting power within the academic units shall be defined by the
rules and bylaws of those units except when defined by university-wide rules
and bylaws.
(C) College faculties.
(1) Each degree-granting college shall be
governed, subject to the rules of the board and the faculty senate, by a
faculty consisting of the president of the university, the executive vice
president and provost, its dean, and its full-time distinguished professors,
professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and instructors.
(2) The
functions of the faculty of a college shall be to prepare and recommend to the
faculty senate curricula and courses for the college, changes in departmental
or school organization, requirements for admission to and graduation from the
college, and candidates for degrees and certificates. The faculty shall
encourage the improvement of teaching and scholarship. The faculty shall meet
at stated times or upon the call of the president or dean.
(3) Colleges may from time to time retain
auxiliary faculty as part-time faculty members with the rank of assistant
lecturer, associate lecturer, senior lecturer, or special lecturer. Further,
they may also retain auxiliary faculty with the titles of adjunct faculty or
visiting faculty.
(D)
Graduate faculty.
(1) The graduate faculty
shall consist of the president of the university, the executive vice president
and provost, the vice president for research and dean of the graduate school,
and the assistant/associate dean of the graduate school, deans of colleges
offering graduate programs, the chairs of departments or schools offering
graduate programs, distinguished professors, and other faculty members holding
graduate faculty status as determined according to the bylaws of the graduate
faculty.
(2) The graduate faculty
shall meet at regular or special meetings on call of the president or vice
president for research and dean of the graduate school
.
(3) The graduate
faculty shall encourage and contribute to the advancement of knowledge through
instruction and research of highest quality and foster a spirit of inquiry and a high value
on scholarship throughout the university. Among its duties are to: develop
curricula leading to appropriate graduate degrees; participate in research,
publication, and professional societies; recruit, encourage, and supervise
superior students in their graduate education; conduct graduate classes and
seminars that stimulate creativity, independent thought, and scholarly
attitudes and performance; serve on supporting committees, as needed; supervise
student research, and direct theses and dissertations; provide advice to the dean of libraries regarding graduate
program needs;
appoint members of the graduate council (the
executive committee of the graduate faculty), and if
appointed to
the council serve in the best interests of the graduate faculty and the
graduate school; advise in the selection of the dean of the graduate
school.
(E)
Departmental\school staff.
The departmental\school staff is composed of all faculty
members teaching subjects of instruction allocated to the department\school.
The chair/director of the department\school who is appointed by the board
or the board's designee(s) upon recommendation of
the dean of the college, executive vice president and provost, and president,
and holds office at the discretion of the president, shall be the
administrative head of the department\school. The functions of the departmental
\school staff shall be to prepare and recommend to the college or department
\school curricula for the department\school, any changes in the curricula or
courses, requirements for admission, and standards of academic achievement for
graduation from the college or department\school; to prepare an annual
strategic planning update; and to encourage the improvement of teaching and
scholarship within the department \school in accordance with the rules of the
board of trustees.
