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General Information and PoliciesAcademic AdvisingAdvising is the responsibility of the full-time faculty. If a student asks a part-time faculty member for academic advice, please refer him or her to the department chairperson or the campus Academic Advising Center. The campus Advising Centers are located at: Teaneck-Hackensack Campus Robison Hall, Room 30
Florham-Madison Campus The Mansion, Room M8
Academic Integrity Fairleigh Dickinson University will not condone academic dishonesty in any form. To do so would be unfair to those students who perform honestly. Academic dishonesty undermines the confidence of the student in his or her ability to learn and perform and casts a shadow on the value of the academic process, past and future. Because of this belief, the University has established an Academic Integrity Policy which appears as an Appendix in this manual. If you have determined that a student has committed an act of academic dishonesty, follow the procedure outlined in the policy. The Academic Resource Center - Teaneck; Academic Support Center - Madison These centers provide academic support free-of-charge to all FDU students. Individualized tutoring is available in writing, mathematics, business, arts and sciences, and the University Core curriculum. The tutoring staff includes professional tutors and peer tutors chosen for academic excellence in their major fields. The Centers offer individualized assistance in study skills and time management. Discussion groups, review sessions, and workshops are tailored for students in specific courses or areas of study as needed. Students placed in basic skills classes are given supplemental help at weekly labs in reading, writing, and mathematics. The Centers are responsible for testing and placing students in the basic skills areas. At the Florham-Madison Academic Support Center computer and word-processing facilities and instructions are available in the day and evening with trained computer operators available. Expansions of computer services at the other campuses are being planned. You may refer students to the appropriate Center for any academic difficulties they may have. You will receive written progress reports from the Center staff. The Center locations are: Teaneck-Hackensack Campus - Academic Resource Center Bancroft Hall (201) 692-2076 Florham-Madison Campus - Academic Support Center Florence Twombly Hall (973) 443-8538 Audio-Visual Materials and Equipment If you wish to show a film or play a tape, please consult with your department if rental costs are involved. Equipment (slide projectors, tape players for video and audio, overheads) can be requested via the department from your campus Instructional Media office. A two day notice is usually required for equipment requests. The campus Instructional Media offices can be reached through: Teaneck-Hackensack Campus (201) 692-2360 Florham-Madison Campus (973) 443-8526 Auditor An auditor is a student who completes all registration requirements but does not have any record kept of attendance or academic work. No grade is given for the course audited. A student taking a course as an auditor waives all rights to take that course for credit in the present or in the future. Bookstore Policy All textbook orders must be processed through the University Bookstore. Because of the University's contractual obligations to the outside vendor running the bookstore, faculty may not refer students to other bookstores or Internet sites to purchase required texts. (See Textbook Adoption Policy.) Campus Facilities The following campus facilities are available to all faculty: · The athletic facilities are
available when classes are not using them.
Campus Maps Copies of campus maps can be obtained from the Admissions Office. Classroom Access Most classrooms are unlocked during normal class times. If a classroom is locked, call the campus Public Safety office to have it opened. Some rooms are locked for security reasons or because the rooms are controlled by certain departments. If such a room is being used for classroom purposes, the faculty member should check with that department for access. Computing Services Computers are available in most department offices, the library, and in the computer centers. Faculty may obtain computer network accounts on the University's servers by completing an application from Computing Services. These accounts provide e-mail addresses and access to the Internet from campus offices. Access to the Internet from off campus must be obtained via Internet Service Providers at the faculty member's own expense. Applications for listserves may be obtained from Computing Services. The locations and directors of Computing Services are: Teaneck-Hackensack Campus University Hall and Dickinson Hall
(micro-computer lab), Bob Pelech
Florham-Madison Campus: Dreyfuss Building, Ralph Knapp (973) 443-8689. The University's Acceptable Use Policy for Computer Usage can be found on the FDU website - http://www.fdu.edu/studentsvcs/aup.html, and should be strictly adhered to. Consensual Relations Policy Fairleigh Dickinson University has adopted a policy regarding consensual relations between members of the University community. Members of the community should be aware of the policy and follow its guidelines. The policy is included as an appendix to this Manual. Copying/Duplicating Your academic department will assist you as much as possible in preparing and duplicating materials for class. There are applicable copyright laws involving duplication of published material; please familiarize yourself with them. (See the Copyright Law section of this manual.) Duplication done by individuals off-campus cannot be reimbursed. The Madison Campus only has a walk-up copier located in the basement of the Mansion. All large jobs should be sent to the Print Shop in Teaneck. The Print Shop requires two full days to process a request. (Madison faculty should also allow time for requests to travel to and from Teaneck.) Forms for "Service Requests" can be obtained from your department office. Copyright Law Section 107 of Title 17 of the United States Code reports the guidelines for classroom copying in not-for-profit educational institutions. Section 107 allows limited copying of copyrighted materials for educational uses without permission from or payment to the copyright owners provided the use of the copied materials is reasonable and not harmful to the owner's rights. The following sets forth guidelines for limitations on copying copyrighted materials: I. Single Copying for Teachers A single copy may be made of any of the following by or for a teacher at his or her individual request for his or her scholarly research or use in teaching or preparation to teach a class A. A chapter from a book B. An article from a periodical or newspaper C. A short story, short essay, or short poem, whether or not from a collective work D. A chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper. II. Multiple Copies for Classroom Use Multiple copies (not to exceed in any event more than one copy per pupil in a course) may be made by or for the teacher giving the course for classroom use or discussion provided that: A. The copying meets the test of brevity and spontaneity as defined below and B. Meets the cumulative effect test as defined below and C. Each copy includes a notice of copyright Definitions Brevity i. Poetry: (a) A complete poem if less than 250 words and if printed on not more than two pages, or (b) from a longer poem, an excerpt of not more than 250 words. ii. Prose: (a) Either a complete article, story, or essay of less than 2,500 words, or (b) an excerpt from any prose work of not more than 1,000 words or 10% of the work, whichever is less, but in any event a minimum of 500 words. iii. Illustration: One chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture per book or periodical issue. iv. "Special" works: Certain works in poetry, prose, or in "poetic prose" which often combine language with illustrations and which is intended sometimes for children and at other times for a more general audience fall short of 2,500 words in their entirety, Paragraph ii above notwithstanding, such "special works" may not be reproduced in their entirety; however, an excerpt comprising not more than two of the published pages of such a work and containing not more than 10% of the words found in the text thereof, may be reproduced. Spontaneity i. The copying is at the instance and inspiration of the individual teacher, and ii. The inspiration and decision to use the work and the moment of its use for maximum teaching effectiveness are so close in time that it would be unreasonable to expect a timely reply to request for permission. Cumulative Effect i. The copying of the material is for one course in the school in which the copies are made. ii. Not more than one short poem, article, story, essay, or two excepts may be copied from the same author, nor more than three from the same collective work or periodical volume for one course during one class term. iii. There shall not be more than nine instances of such multiple copying for one course for one class term. [The limitation stated in "ii" and "iii" above shall not apply to current news periodicals and newspapers and current news sections of other periodicals.] III. Prohibitions as to I and II above Notwithstanding any of the above, the following shall be prohibited: A. Copying shall not be used to create or replace or substitute for anthologies, compilations, or collective works. Such replacements or substitutions may occur whether copies of various works or excepts therefrom are accumulated or reproduced and used separately. B. There shall be no copying of or from works intended to be "consumable" in the course of study or of teaching. These include workbooks, exercises, standardized tests and test booklets and answer sheets, and like consumable material. C. Copying shall not: (a) substitute for the purchase of books, publishers' reprints, or periodicals; (b) be directed by higher authority; (c) be repeated with respect to the same item by the same teacher from term to term. D. No charge shall be made to the student beyond the actual cost of photocopying. Contact your campus librarian for additional information on "fair use" and permission requests for materials having copyrights. Counseling Centers Each campus maintains a Counseling Center to help students with personal problems. You may refer students who seem to be having personal difficulties to the campus Counseling Center. The locations and phone numbers of the campus Counseling Centers are: Teaneck-Hackensack Campus Student Union Building (201) 692-2174 Florham-Madison Campus Wellness Center (973) 443-8504 Desk Copies Whenever possible, desk copies of required course texts should be secured in advance of the beginning of a course. Desk copy requests are made directly to the text publisher on a form that you can obtain from your department. The ordering of desk copies should be coordinated by the department chair or school director and should be done in a timely fashion so as to meet bookstore deadlines. Check with your department before ordering a desk copy; copies of the text may be available in the department, especially for multi-section courses. If texts are not available in the department and there is not sufficient time to obtain one from a publisher, it may be possible to sign one out at the Bookstore; however, you are responsible for replacing this text with a desk copy secured from the publisher. Desk copies may not be sold to students. Please consult the Bookstore Manager for the applicable conditions for returning a desk copy. Neither the college nor the department can pay for desk copies. Desk copies of books you requested, but will not be used in class, should be returned to the publisher and not sold to book buyers. Educational Technology The Office of Educational Technology promotes, coordinates, and supports the integration of technology into University curricula. Headed by the Assistant Provost for Educational Technology, the Office works with the University Educational Technology Planning Committee to implement educational technology initiatives and to develop sound policies related to the instructional applications of technology. Major projects have involved the distribution of laptop computers to full-time faculty, development of the University Core Educational Technology Plan, development and support of web- and ITV-based distance learning courses and programs, faculty development workshops on teaching and learning with technology, and coordination of interactive television (ITV) facilities for faculty and administrative meetings and events. The Director of Educational Technology is Sandra Selick, (201) 692-7060. (See also Computing Services.) Evaluation of Faculty At least once a year faculty members in all colleges are evaluated by their students. The results of the evaluation will be distributed to you after they have been processed (usually a few weeks after the end of the semester). Part-time faculty should also be observed each semester by the department chairperson or a member of the full-time faculty. A copy of the written report of the observation should be given to you and discussed with you by the chairperson. Faculty ID Cards At the beginning of the semester, campus Public Safety issues campus ID cards. You need this card for use of the recreation facilities and the library. Please visit the campus Public Safety Office any time during the first week of classes, Monday through Friday, from 9-5, to have your ID card made. Public Safety Offices locations: Teaneck-Hackensack Campus 870 River Road (201) 692-2222 Florham-Madison Campus The Barn (973) 443-8888 Food Services Gourmet Food Service is the food concessionaire on both campuses. Faculty can dine in the main cafeterias during regularly scheduled hours on both campuses for a fixed meal charge. Faculty can purchase a ten (10) luncheon-only meal plan, at a reduced rate, to be used in the campus cafeterias. The location of the dining facilities are: Teaneck-Hackensack Campus Cafeteria - Student Union Building. Jeepers - Alumni Hall. Dickinson Café - Dickinson Hall. Florham-Madison Campus Cafeteria, Rain Garden - Student Center. SNAX - The Mansion. Nathans - Stadler, Zenner, Hoffman Laroche Academic Building. Grade Appeals Students occasionally challenge the grades they receive. You are responsible for meeting with or calling a student who requests an explanation of his or her grade. If the student wishes, he or she may file a written appeal of the grade to the department chair and the college dean after this meeting or conversation. You will be consulted during this process, but it is the student's responsibility to submit all relevant work about which there is a dispute. (See Appendix B: Grade Appeals Procedure.) Grades 1. Final Grades are based on recitations, examinations, reports, term papers, classroom participation, and laboratory work where applicable. Every instructor is obligated during the first week of each semester to inform his or her class in some detail of the requirements, expectations, demands and methods of the course, and procedure for grading. This same information should be included in the course syllabus. 2. Grading System: The University has not established a fixed formula for converting numerical percentage grades to letter grades; such a formula is left to the discretion of the faculty member. Each faculty member's formula should be explained in his/her syllabi. 3. Repeated Grades: If a student repeats an undergraduate course, both the first and second (third, etc.) grades will remain on the Permanent Record Card (PRC), but only the last earned grade will be computed in the Cumulative Grade Point Ratio (CGPR). (Note: P, NC, W, I, and AU are not considered earned grades.) Any repeated course taken to remove the credits attempted and any grade points from a lesser previous grade must originally have been taken at Fairleigh Dickinson University and must be repeated at Fairleigh Dickinson University. This policy applies to undergraduate courses only. 4. Cumulative Grade Point Ratio: CGPR is computed by dividing the total number of grade points earned by the total number of weighted credits attempted. Grade points are the products of the course credits and the grade weights on a 4.00 scale. (For example, a student achieving a C+ in a three-credit course earns 2.33 X 3 = 6.99 grade points.) Excluded from this calculation are grades I, P, NC, and W (see below). 5. Grade Changes: Final grades may be changed only when the instructor can show that an error in grading was made (incorrect numerical calculation, missed grading a question, etc.). Changes must be submitted on three-part forms available in the Office of Enrollment Services and be approved by your department chairperson. Grade changes may also require the approval of the college dean. 6. Incomplete Grade (I): The "I" describes a student's temporary status in a course. It is to be given only in exceptional or emergency circumstances at the discretion of, and after consultation with, the instructor. Students have a responsibility for completing all work in a course on time. They have the added responsibility to notify the instructor of circumstances preventing them from completing the requirements on time. Students will have through the third week of the next full semester (excluding summer session) to complete the requirements. If these requirements have not been met within the prescribed period, the "I" automatically becomes an "F." An "I" should never be given as a substitute for a failing grade; if the student is failing, the faculty member is obligated to issue an "F." Students who never attend a course should receive an "F," not an "I" or a "W." Incomplete grades ("I") may be extended beyond the deadline by submitting a memo to the Records Office, Office of Enrollment Services. 7. Pass/No Credit - P/NC: Undergraduate students may elect to take a maximum of 12 credits for Pass/No Credit (P/NC) if they have completed a minimum of 64 credits in residence and are in good academic standing. Courses in which a "P" is earned will count toward the credit requirements for the degree. The cumulative grade point ratio (CGPR) is not affected by the P or NC grade. A weighted letter grade will not be provided after the P/NC option has been declared. (New College has different P/NC policies; see the New College dean for details.) Forms requesting this option are available in the Office of Enrollment Services. After the student has completed the form in duplicate, he or she must have it approved by the appropriate advisor, department chairperson, and the instructor of the course. A request may be disapproved. The approved request must be filed in the Office of Enrollment Services within the first two weeks of the semester. Once the P/NC option has been elected, the student cannot change over to a letter grade. You will circle the appropriate grade, either a "P," if the student passes the course, or an "NC," if the student fails the course, printed on the Final Grade Roster. Health Services The Student Health Services on each campus is staffed with competent, experienced registered nurses and consulting physicians. For major emergencies and surgery, the neighboring community hospitals are used. Teaneck-Hackensack Campus Student Union Building (201) 692-2437 Florham-Madison Campus Wellness Center (973) 443-8535 Home Phone Number Whether or not you give your home phone number to students is up to you. If you haven't given out your number, the department will preserve your privacy but will call you if a student needs to contact you. Inclement Weather Classes may not be dismissed by an instructor because of inclement weather. During winter months when classes are scheduled and the possibility arises that campus roads and parking lots cannot be cleared, the University administration makes the decision to dismiss classes and the department notifies each instructor. Each faculty member, at the beginning of the semester, should establish a telephone chain or tree list for each of his or her classes. The following local radio stations usually carry the announcement of closings: WFDU (89.1FM), WOR (710AM), WCBS (880FM), WCTC (1450AM), WDHA (105.5FM), WINS (1010AM), WMGQ (98.3FM), WMTR (1250AM). A recorded message will be placed on the switchboard (T-H: (201) 692-2000, F-M: (973) 443-8500). Independent Contractors Non-university employees who are invited to provide services to the University (lecturers, performers, consultants, program reviewers) are independent contractors. Prior to their being engaged to perform their duties, an independent contractor agreement form must be submitted along with a completed "Guide for Determining Workers' Status" form. Payment to independent contractors must be processed on "Check Request Forms." Because of US immigration and tax law, special care needs to be given to engaging lecturers or consultants who are not US citizens or legal residents. Additional documentation (Foreign National Information Form and W-8) is required to be submitted in advance for non-citizens. Consult with a representative of the Human Resources department for appropriate procedures. Non-citizens and non-US residents are subject to withholding tax. Independent Studies Compensation for Independent Study in the Fall and Spring semesters is awarded for up to six (6) credits. Full-time faculty members are not compensated for the first six (6) credits taught during the fall and spring semesters only; part-time faculty are compensated for all Independent Study courses taught. Faculty compensation for Independent Study will be paid at the rate of $45 per credit (undergraduate) and $50 per credit (graduate). Full-time faculty will be given preference over part-time faculty to teach Independent Study, except in exceptional cases (Specialties, etc.). Independent Studies in each summer session will be limited to six (6) credits, compensated at the same rate as Fall and Spring. Interactive Television and Videoconferencing The University maintains interactive television (ITV) and videoconferencing facilities on each campus for use in faculty and administrative meetings and for distance learning. Use of the facilities requires orientation and training which can be arranged through the Office of Educational Technology. Scheduling of ITV rooms is also coordinated through this office. Keys Keys for offices and classrooms are available to faculty and staff who need them. Keys should be requested through the chair/director of the faculty member's department/school. For special needs, a locksmith is on campus during normal business hours and can be reached through the campus Public Safety office. Keys should be returned to the department office when a faculty member separates from the University. Learning Disabilities, Regional Center for College Students with FDU offers students accepted into the Regional Center coordinated support services that help them function successfully within the regular college curriculum. Most of these students are either dyscalculic, having difficulty with mathematics, or dyslexic, having difficulty learning the rules of the English language. The Regional Center begins its work with students during freshman orientation, in advisement and registration and continues to provide a full range of academic support services throughout the year. Enrollment in the program is limited. Diagnostic services to non-Center students are available during intersessions and summer session on a limited basis. The Regional Centers are located: Teaneck-Hackensack Campus Robison Hall (201) 692-2087 Florham-Madison Campus The Mansion (973) 443-8734 Learning Disabled Students (Not in the Regional Center) Madison Campus students who are learning disabled, but who are not supported by the Regional Center, and wish to receive academic accommodations must submit their learning disability evaluation and requests for appropriate accommodations to the Dean of Students' Office. This documentation is kept in confidential files throughout each student's enrollment at FDU. At the beginning of each semester a student must submit his/her class schedule with faculty names to the Dean of Students. An official letter identifying appropriate academic accommodations will be sent to each faculty member. A student who believes he/she is learning disabled, and has not been formally evaluated, should speak with the Dean of Students for information on how to be evaluated. Teaneck Campus students who have special needs and who seek accommodations should contact the Special Needs Committee, Office of the Teaneck/Hackensack Provost, T-RH2-09, 1000 River Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666 for information. Library Faculty members have borrowing privileges at the campus library. The library staff will assist you in setting up a reserve list of books for your courses if you wish (check with the Circulation Desk). The Reference Department can assist you in using the electronic bibliographic and full-text services as well as securing materials through inter-library loan. Office Space and Mailbox Full-time faculty members will be assigned office space by their departments. The department also will provide part-time faculty members with a desk in one of the department offices. (You may be sharing office space with someone else, but the department will try to schedule your use so that you may work or meet with students relatively undisturbed.) The department will also provide all faculty members with mailboxes in the department offices. Please check your mailbox frequently for important notices, class rosters, etc. Parking Faculty may park in designated faculty or faculty/staff parking areas. If spaces are not available in these areas, faculty may park in student areas. All faculty members (full- and part-time) must register their vehicles. Parking decals are available in the campus Public Safety Offices. (Please bring your automobile registration.) Faculty members with outstanding parking fines will not be issued new parking decals. Cars without current parking decals in campus parking areas will be towed at the owner's expense. Pay Dates Faculty are paid twice each month over 9 months (or 12 months in the case of calendar year appointments). Overload payments for full-time faculty members are added to the last eight regular checks for that semester. Part-time faculty are usually paid twice a month beginning with the second month of the semester. Intersession and summer term payments are made at the end of the session. Personal Information Changes The Personnel Information Notice (PIN) should be used to inform the University, campus, college, and department/school of changes of information on a faculty member, such as home address or telephone number. These forms are available in department offices, and the revised PIN requires the faculty member's name, social security number, information change, and effective date of the change. The PIN should be sent to your college dean's office which will forward the information to the Human Resources Office. Prerequisites The instructor should notify the students of any course prerequisites in order to prevent students from taking courses out of sequence and without the necessary prerequisites. This should be done during the first class meeting. Should a student be found lacking the required prerequisites, refer him or her to the Advising Center or department chairperson. Instructors may not impose prerequisites not listed in the Undergraduate and Graduate Course Book/University Bulletin. Program Changes Program changes by students are permitted with the appropriate advisor/ chairperson/academic dean approval in any given semester. The specific final dates for program changes for regular semesters and summer sessions will be published on the Academic Calendar and are available in the Office of Enrollment Services. Purchasing Policies Purchases of equipment and supplies should be initiated through your department office and processed on University Purchase Order forms. These must be approved in advance by the department chair or school director and the dean of the college. Reimbursements for purchases made out of pocket may be refused. Religious Holidays University policy respects its members' observance of their major religious holidays although the University is not officially closed on most religious (or secular) holidays. Offices of administration and of instruction responsible for the scheduling of required academic activities or essential services are expected to avoid conflict with such holidays as much as possible. Such activities include examinations, registration, and various deadlines that are part of the academic calendar. Where scheduling conflicts prove unavoidable, no student should be penalized for absence for religious reasons, and alternative means will be sought for satisfying the academic requirement involved. If a suitable arrangement cannot be worked out between the student and the instructor involved, students and instructors should consult the appropriate chairperson, director, or dean. In keeping with this policy, please be guided by the following: Examinations ordinarily should not be given on religious holidays. If an examination must be given, students absent for religious reasons have the right to make-up examinations without delay. Instructors may cancel their class or classes on a religious holiday provided: (1) a make-up class has been scheduled and (2) the department chairperson and/or dean has given approval. A written request, including make-up arrangements, must be submitted to the department chairperson prior to canceling any class. Room Changes If it is necessary to make a room change at the beginning of the term, contact your department office. Generally, the department will arrange with Enrollment Services for a classroom reassignment to accommodate special needs of your course. The Office of Enrollment Services will post "Room Change Notices" on the classroom doors. Instructors must not make room changes without appropriate authorization. Sexual Harassment Policy Fairleigh Dickinson University is committed to maintaining a discrimination-free academic and work environment and no act of sexual harassment by any student, faculty or staff will be tolerated. Sexual harassment undermines the integrity of academic and employment relationships, debilitates morale, and can be destructive to its victims and their associates. The University views such behavior as unprofessional and unacceptable, and all employees, students or associates of the University are strictly prohibited from engaging in conduct that may be deemed sexual harassment. (FDU's policy on Sexual Harassment is in an appendix to this manual.) Smoking In general, there is no smoking of tobacco products within any building or facility owned or operated by the University. In particular, there is no smoking in conference rooms, classrooms, laboratories or lecture halls, offices, libraries, bookstores, and lavatories. (For the complete no smoking policy see the appendix.) Student Handbook A copy of the current Student Handbook, containing policies and procedures relevant to student life on campus, is usually distributed to all faculty at the beginning of the academic year. A copy may be obtained from the Office of the Dean of Students. Student Illness or Accident When a student becomes ill or has an accident in the classroom or in the building, please notify the campus Office of Public Safety at once. The numbers are: Teaneck-Hackensack Campus 870 River Road (201) 692-2222 Florham-Madison Campus The Barn (973) 443-8888 Student Work Load When developing the syllabus for your own course, keep in mind the standard rule of thumb of student work load: two hours of preparation for every hour of class time. The University expects courses to be academically sound and rigorous. Telephones Telephones in offices are provided for University-related business. Local calls for personal reasons should be limited to a reasonable number and length. Long-distance calls related to University business are billed to the department and should be limited in number and length. Personal long-distance calls should be charged to a personal credit card or home telephone. Textbook Adoption Policy While faculty traditionally select their own textbooks, oversight responsibility for the text adoption process resides with the department/school offering the course. The department/school and its chair/director must ensure that all its text adoptions are reasonable and appropriate, and submitted to the bookstore in a timely fashion. Departments will make every effort to communicate their adoptions to the bookstore in a timely manner according to the bookstore's deadlines. Each department should develop its own method of selecting and approving texts which may involve standing or ad-hoc committees or individual faculty. Text adoptions should be submitted by the faculty member or the appropriate committee to the department office. The office will collect the department adoptions, indicate the anticipated enrollment, and submit the forms to the University bookstore. In cases when a text change is anticipated but the new text is not yet known, the department will inform the bookstore so an informed decision can be made regarding repurchase. If a problem arises, the bookstore manager will contact the department office which will coordinate with the faculty involved. The bookstore manager should not attempt to communicate directly with individual instructors; the department office will serve as liaison with the bookstore. Departments will make every effort to avoid altering an adoption for a semester after the adoption has been communicated to the bookstore. It is the responsibility of the department to ensure that changes are not made without sufficient cause. When the instructor of a course is not known in time to allow participation in text selection, the department will select the text for the course. This choice will then be communicated to the instructor eventually assigned to the course and should be honored by the instructor except under unusual circum stances. Adjunct faculty hired at the start of a semester should generally not be given the option of changing a text that has been selected by the department in this manner The University's contract with the bookstore operator grants them the exclusive right to sell texts, supplies, tools, and materials to FDU students. The University may not compete with them. Nor may the University cooperate with another outside vendor. No department or faculty member should sell texts, supplies, tools or materials directly to students. In the case of individual faculty members, there would be a conflict of interest where a faculty member receives cash directly from a student. Faculty adopting a text or reading that they have authored or in which they have a financial interest should avoid any possible appearance of impropriety by having the adoption reviewed by a departmental committee for appropriateness. The adoption must then be sold through the bookstore. (See Bookstore Policy.) Textbook Selection Procedures Texts for multi-section courses are usually chosen by the full-time faculty members in the department. If a text has been assigned to a course, this book should be used. If you wish to supplement this text with some additional readings, please consult your department chairperson. Any comments on the assigned text should be addressed to the department chairperson. If a text has not been chosen for a course, part-time faculty members are free to choose the appropriate texts subject to any applicable department guidelines. Consult with your department chairperson. Travel Funds There is a college travel fund available primarily for faculty presenting papers at academic conferences. Part-time faculty may qualify for these funds if the funds have not been expended for full-time faculty. Guidelines are available in the offices of the academic deans. Requests for funds should be submitted to your dean's office for approval at least thirty days prior to the conference. Tuition Grants Full-time and part-time faculty, after 90 calendar days of continuous employment, are entitled to Employee Tuition Grants (ETGs) for academic services/credit courses for themselves, their spouses, and dependent children. For conditions and limitations on ETGs, faculty should contact the Human Resources office on their campus. Application forms for Employee Tuition Grants are available from your campus Personnel Service Representative, to whom you must submit an application at least two weeks before the published registration deadline for the semester for which you are requesting the grant (grants are not retroactive). Approved ETG grants must be presented to the Office of Enrollment Services at the time of registration. Additional information on tuition benefits will be found on the reverse side of the application form. University Calendar The University Calendar can be found at the FDU website - http://fdu.edu/academic/academic_cal.html. Please familiarize yourself with the appropriate deadlines and holidays listed. University Core Fairleigh Dickinson University has instituted a common University Core Curriculum consisting of four integrated, multi-disciplined, three-credit courses with a strong emphasis on liberal arts. In addition to providing students with a common base of knowledge, the Core is designed: to provide essential skills in written communications, reading, and logical analysis; to promote an understanding of individual and societal perspectives; to foster an international perspective that will give students a way of looking at the world as well as their own country; and to inculcate an appreciation for the interrelations among bodies of knowledge generated in individual disciplines. The University Core curriculum (2001 Revision) is: CORE1006 The Global Challenge (Core
A)
Each campus has a Core director who administers the curriculum for that campus. (Policies on University C ore are in an Appendix to this manual.) Website The University's website address is http://fdu.edu (for non-University visitors) or http://inside.fdu.edu (for the University community). Posting of official web pages must be approved by the college dean and the University Webmaster. Faculty and students with accounts on the Alpha system may maintain personal web pages without prior approval subject to the conditions of the Acceptable Use Policy. (See Computing Services) Faculty and staff with email addresses and access to the World Wide Web can create and maintain Personal Web Pages with FDU's Pagetoaster (http://inside.fdu.edu/pt) which creates a web page based on entries in an on-line form. Content of these pages is also subject to conditions of the Acceptable Use Policy. Withdrawals Students are allowed to withdraw from a class without academic penalty through the ninth week of the course (during regular semesters). Forms for withdrawing from courses are available at the campus Office of Enrollment Services and require the student's signature to be processed. A student's failure to officially withdraw from a course will result in a grade of "F" being given for the course. Nonattendance does not constitute an official withdrawal, and notification to an instructor is not sufficient. If a student withdraws within the official nine week period, he or she will receive a grade of "W." Faculty will be notified by the Office of Enrollment Services of all official withdrawals, and the Final Grade Roster will have the withdrawal as a final grade for the course. Withdrawal after the ninth week is not allowed except for documented exceptional circumstances—such as verifiable medical reasons. In such cases, approval for withdrawal must be obtained from the instructor, department chair, and the dean of the college. Students should be reminded of this withdrawal policy at the first class meeting. Please bring to their attention that it is not possible to withdraw from class because of academic failure after the ninth week of the course. This policy should be contained in your course syllabus also. Writing Assignments To enhance students' academic skills, the University encourages frequent writing assignments in all courses. These need not always be formal papers but can be simply a one paragraph summary of readings done at the beginning of class, or unannounced quizzes, or summaries of discussion done at the end of the class. Formal writing assignments should be made as explicitly as possible (in writing preferably), with clear guidelines as to format, bibliographical style to be followed, and grading standards. Formal papers should be corrected in a timely fashion and returned to students. Revision of written work is encouraged. Students who seem to have difficulty with written expression should be referred to the Academic Support Center. |
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