Faculty Senate Approved Proposals

Regarding Faculty Policies and Procedures

Other Faculty-Related Policies

• Access to Faculty Electronic Data (approved May 1, 2008)
• Brown Teaching Awards (endorsed Dec. 8, 2010)
• Faculty Merger Review Committee (resolution adopted April 23, 2009)
• Faculty Ombuds (endorsed Feb. 25, 2015)
• Faculty Senate oversight of the General Announcements (approved April 20, 2011)
• Grading Practices Discussions by Departments (All motions approved March 26, 2014)
• NTT Task Force Recommendations (approved Oct. 1, 2014)
• Open Access Policy (approved April 18, 2012)
• Policy and Procedures for Research Professor Ranks (approved February 21, 2024)
• Procedures for Appointments for Teaching Professor Ranks (approved April 7, 2017, corrected Sept. 2017)
• Procedures for Faculty Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure (approved January 30, 2019)
• Promotion and Tenure abstracts (All motions approved March 26, 2014)
• Report and recommendations from the Working Group on Surveys for Dean Reviews (approved Sept. 7, 2016)
  • Revisions to "Review of Deans" (Oct. 1, 2014)
  • Dean Review Policy (May 1, 2008)
• Resolution on Free Speech, Academic Freedom, and Tenure (approved April 20, 2022)
• Resolution regarding opt out feature of Texas Senate Bill 11 (approved Nov. 18, 2015)
• Retirement Planning (January 25, 2012)
• Rice Faculty Statement on Consensual, Amorous Relations with Students
  (adopted April 15, 2009; revised Dec. 3, 2014, see resulting policy 829)
• Syllabus Standards Policy (approved January 25, 2012)
  Related motion: Faculty members are required to archive syllabi on Esther, beginning in Spring 2013 (approved Oct. 3, 2012)
• University Committee to advise the Office of Faculty Development (approved December 5, 2012)

SEE ALSO: UNIVERSITY POLICIES