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Handbook of Operating Procedures
Policy Owner: VPAA
Previous Publication Date: January 21, 2020
Publication Date: December 2, 2021

The Vice President for Academic Affairs is responsible for the policies listed below.

1.02 - Appointment of Academic Administrators: Deans and Department Chairs/School Directors
2.01 - The Faculty
2.02 - Faculty Appointments and Titles

2.03 - Emeritus Academic Titles
2.04 - Faculty Recruitment
2.05 - Faculty Appointments, Salaries, Payment Plans, Distribution of Checks
2.06 - Medical Absences and Teaching Continuity
2.07 - Part-Time Appointment for Tenured Faculty
2.08 - Appointments of Faculty to Centers within UTSA
2.10 - Faculty Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure
2.11 - Annual Faculty Performance Appraisal for Merit Consideration
2.12 - Student Evaluations of Teaching
2.13 - Termination and Nonreappointment of a Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty Member
2.14 - Faculty Workload and Minimum Faculty Teaching Requirement
2.15 - Textbooks and Other Materials by UTSA Faculty Prescribed for Student Use
2.16 - Acceptance of Money from Students
2.17 - Final Examinations
2.19 - Security of Student Records
2.20 - Peer Observation of Teaching
2.21 - Academic Program Assessment
2.22 - Comprehensive Periodic Evaluation of Tenured Faculty

2.23 - Faculty Compensation for Additional Duties and Salary Adjustments
2.24 - Third-Year Review
2.25 - Faculty Development Leave Program
2.28 - Appointing Former Tenure-Track Faculty Members to Nontenure-Track Faculty Positions
2.29 - Educator Preparation Program Process
2.30 - Extended Education and the Awarding of Continuing Education Units (CEU's) at UTSA
2.32 - Administration of Courses Offered in Shortened Format
2.34 - Faculty Grievance Procedures
2.35 - Substantive Change Procedures Required to Obtain Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Approval
2.36 - Procedures for Review of Nonreappointment of a Nontenured Tenure-Track Faculty Member
2.37 - Scholastic Dishonesty
2.38 - Elimination of Academic Positions and Program Closures
2.39 - Academic Program Review
2.40 - Administrative Grade Change
2.41 - Endowed Chairs, Professorships and Faculty Fellowships
2.42 - Research Space Utilization
2.46 - Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
2.50 - Nontenure-Track Faculty Recruitment, Evaluation, and Promotion Processes
2.51 - Semester Credit Hour
2.52 - Modified Workload for Eligible Faculty with Dependency-Changing Events
2.53 - Phased Faculty Retirement for Tenured Faculty
4.02 - Rights and Responsibilities
5.01 - Student Rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
5.02 - Regualtions Relating to Student Organizations
5.03 - UTSA Student Publications
5.04 - Off-Campus Speakers
5.06 - On-Campus Interviewing of UTSA Students for Purposes of Employment 5.07- Use of University Center Facilities
5.09 - Class Attendance
5.13 - Posthumous Degrees
5.14 - Employer/Student Events
5.15 - Administration of Schlolarships
5.17 - Student Fitness for Professional Practice
5.18 - Travel or Events that Involve Students and Other Non-Employee Participants
8.05 - Use of University Facilities by Outside Groups
8.06 - Use of Campus Facilities Other than for Regular Classroom Instruction
9.09 - University Posting of Materials
9.11 - Reproduction of Copyrighted Materials
9.19 - Administration of the Student Deposit Endowment Fund
9.22 - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Hepatitis B Virus
9.33 - Collections Management Policy for the Center for Archaeological Research
9.34 - Repatriation Policy for the Center for Archaeological Research
9.45 - Assessment of Programs and Services
9.47 - Use of Residential Conference Centers


Dates Amended


12-02-2021
05-20-2021
03-08-2021