Dispute Resolution Policies and Procedures
- University Ombuds Office serves as a safe place where faculty are welcome to come and talk in confidence about any campus issue, problem, or dispute; the office supplements, but does not replace, the University’s formal channels, such as the grievance policy.
- The University Compliance Office has primary responsibility for developing, implementing and executing policies and activities that arise from the University’s commitment to ensuring equitable treatment to all students and employees in regards to employment. The office maintains several policies, including the Policy Statement on Non-Discrimination, the Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment and Related Misconduct Including Sexual and Gender-Based Harassment, Sexual Violence, Interpersonal Violence and Stalking and the ADA Reasonable Accommodations in Employment Policy.
- Faculty Hearings Committee conducts hearings and make recommendations on decisions to suspend, demote or discharge a faculty member for cause and decisions not to reappoint a non-tenured tenure-track faculty member on the grounds of misconduct, incompetence of neglect of duties. The scope of the committee is to only hear appeals on two types of decisions.
- Faculty Grievance Committee is composed of faculty of all ranks to handle matters directly related to a faculty member’s terms and conditions of employment. The Procedures for the Faculty Grievance Committee outline the committee’s jurisdiction and the grievance process.
