Faculty listings procedure and policy

Adoption Date: May 21, 2020
Last Revision: June 29, 2026

Faculty may desire to add additional information to their web profiles beyond what is offered via FDU, and are allowed to do so by linking to non-FDU websites without compromising FDU’s compliance with digital accessibility regulations. This policy provides guidance for linking to non-FDU websites in web profiles.

For questions about web profiles, please view the Web Operations page for frequently asked questions and contact information. For questions about aspects of accessibility on FDU websites, please view the Digital Accessibility hub.

Links from Faculty Profile Pages to Non-FDU Websites

FDU provides a uniform format for faculty profile information so that students, prospects, and colleagues have information about background, interests and current teaching of the faculty. Some faculty may prefer to offer additional information including publications, notes for current students, other academic pursuits, and volunteer activities. When a faculty profile includes links to non-FDU websites, faculty should be aware of the points below.

  1. Non-FDU websites include third party websites (e.g. LinkedIn, Google Scholar) to which FDU employees may provide information, and self-maintained websites operated by FDU employees or offices.
  2. FDU expects self-maintained websites that are linked to from the FDU website to be accessible to the same WCAG 2.0 Level AA standard as the FDU website itself, and to provide contact information identifying the individual(s) responsible for the content and the accessibility of the content. FDU employees must advise the University of any complaint received about content or accessibility, and be ready to assist visitors to the site in resolving complaints. Failure to resolve complaints may require that FDU’s website no longer links to a self-maintained website.
  3. FDU expects third party websites that are linked to from the FDU website to be held to accessibility standards appropriate to their use.
  4. FDU faculty who wish to link to non-FDU websites are encouraged to become familiar with accessibility standards. Please view the Digital Accessibility hub for guidance.
  5. The following disclaimer will be added to faculty profile pages:
    Important Note: Faculty profiles may include links to one or more non-FDU websites, including websites self-maintained by faculty to provide additional information about their publications, scholarly pursuits, and other information of interest. If you click on these links, you will be leaving the FDU-maintained website and will be directed to a site that is not under the control of FDU. FDU is not responsible for the content or accessibility of linked non-FDU websites. If, however, you experience a problem with the content or accessibility of a linked website, please contact us using the information on our Accessibility page.