MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY East Lansing • Michigan , 48823 Office of the Provost - 310 Administration Bu ilding 355-1526 October 22, 1970 Policy Handbook for Faculty - 1970 New and rewritten items in this 1970 handbook. * Equal Opportunity * Term Off other than Surrnner for Faculty with 10-month Appointments * Non-Tenured Faculty * MSU Non-Contributory Retirement Plan Optional Retirement at Age 62 Spouse Annuity Benefit * Sponsored Research * Overload Pay * Patents * Code of Teaching Responsibility * Rights of Students to Receive Instruction * Evaluation of Instruction * Staff Benefits This section has been completely reorganized. Additional benefits soon to become effective under the American Corrnnunity Mutual Hospitalization and Long Term Disability Income Protection are given in the October 23, 1970 notice of open enrollment from the Staff Benefits Office. 2 6 8 17 18 19 22 28 28 36 37 38 42 POLICY HANDBOOK FOR FACULTY MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY EAST LANSING 1970 Contents MSU in Focus --------------------------------------- 1 Organization ---------------------------------------------------- 4 Academic Personnel Policies --------------------------- 6 Instructional Information ------------------------------- 34 Benefits ----------------··----------------------------------------------- 4 '.2 Procedures ---------------------------------------------------------- 4 8 Opportunities _________ --------------------------------------------- 5 8 Index ____________________ --------------------------------------------- 6 7 Foreword This Policy Handbook has been prepared to assist you in your service to Michigan State University and the people it serves. With the cooperation of administrative officials and others on the staff, a variety of information has been assembled for your reading and reference. It is intended that this booklet serve as a guide to you in your affiliation with MSU. MSU in Focus When Michigan State University - then Agricultural College of the State of Michigan - opened its doors in 1857, two years after its establishment, six professors and 60 students were present. Only a few buildings stood in stump-filled clearings, and the library con tained fewer than 1,000 volumes; but here was born the first state institution in the nation founded to incorporate science and practice in the education of the farming and industrial classes. As similar agricultural colleges were generated by the Morrill Act (1862) in other states, they drew upon the graduates and the educational inno vations developed at East Lansing. Most significant of these innovations was the emphasis on science, practical experience, and general education. Science, which promised to revolutionize farming, occupied one-half of the students' time, and such subjects as English, philosophy, history, and geography, one fourth of their time. The remainder was devoted to practical courses supplemented by daily tasks on the college farm. As students preparing for other occupations sought the advantages of college training, the pattern was adapted to their needs. Curricula in engineering (1885), in home economics (1896), in veterinary medicine (1909), and in business administration (1925) were only the beginning. In 1922 and 1924 the establishment of the divisions of applied science and liberal arts - which were combined in 1944 - opened further fields of specialization. The College of Human Medi cine admitted its first students in September, 1966. On July 1, 1970, the status of the Michigan College of Osteopathic Medicine, a private college at Pontiac, was changed to that of a state educational institu tion and the college became the 16th college at MSU. New courses and the growing interest in college training increased the enrollment from 500 at the end of 1890s to more than 5,000 at the end of the 1930s and to 25,000 by 1960. Present enrollment is more than 40,000 students. During this period of rapid growth, specialization accelerated and the element of general education lost something of its emphasis in the curriculum. To restore this element of general education to its earlier prominence and to provide it in a better integrated form, the Basic (now University) College was organized in 1944. The academic program was further strengthened in 1957 with the establishment of the Honors College and in 1965 with the formation of the new semi-autonomous Justin Morrill College. Two other small colleges within the larger University, Lyman Briggs and James Madi son, were established in 1967. Today, with physical growth stabilized, the University is directing its attention to the pressing social problems of urban America. A 1 Center for Urban Affairs, to develop academic research and action programs relevant to the problems of urban communities, and Equal Opportunity Programs, to help make the University fully nondis criminatory, have been established. A Committee Against Discrim ination and the Anti-Discrimination Judicial and Appeal boards will implement the University's new anti-discrimination policy. Black and minority groups enrollment is steadily increasing. Michigan State University has a selective admissions policy. Nearly 80 percent of its new freshmen come from the top quarter of their high school graduating classes. Modern buildings today dominate the campus north and south of the picturesque Red Cedar River. Among the most recent structures added to the physical plant are the John A. Hannah Administration Building; a new five-story graduate library housing 1.5 million volumes; new music practice building; Holden Halls, the ninth living learning residence complex; a pesticide research center; the plant biology laboratories, and an Audiology and Speech Sciences clinic. Under construction are facilities for the College of Human Medicine that will include a teaching hospital. Students at Michigan State come from every section of Michigan, every state in the nation, and 80 foreign countries. Among the faculty are distinguished scholars and educators whose names are known throughout the world. Equal Opportunity Michigan State University is dedicated to a policy of equal oppor tunity with respect to students, employees and those conducting business with the University. This policy was reasserted by the Board of Trustees at its February 1970 meeting: "The Board of Trustees of Michigan State University reaf firms its commitment to a policy of no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, ethnic origin or sex and establishes the following procedures to prevent such discrimination in accord ance with due process within the University community. In doing so, the Board recognizes that it is not enough to proclaim that we do not discriminate against minority groups. The Uni versity must also strive actively to build a community in which opportunity is equalized and use its facilities and human re sources to develop the skills and opportunities of the members of all groups so they may play responsible and productive roles in society. This policy is relevant to all aspects of the Univer sity including the choice of contractors and suppliers of goods and services." To implement this policy, the Board directed the establishment of the Committee Against Discrimination and the Anti-Discrimination Judicial Board. The Committee Against Discrimination is directed to examine departmental or other group practices within the Uni- 2 versity which may encourage or result in illegal discrimination and to recommend appropriate corrective measures. The Anti-Discrim ination Judicial Board is directed to investigate alleged acts of illegal discrimination against individuals occurring within the University. These committees may be contacted through the Office of E qual Opportunity Programs which provides them with staff service. Faculty and Staff 1969-1970 All figures are based on full-time positions. Instructional Programs Professors ------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- Associate Professors -------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Professors -------------------------------------------------------- Instructors ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Assistant Instructors and Lecturers ---------------------------------- Other Academic Staff ------------------------------------------------------ 712 4 2 7 4 8 2 3 4 8 99 12 7 TOTAL ------------------------------ 2, 195 Research Grants and Others Professors ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Associate Professors -------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Professors ---------------------------------------------------------- Instructors ---------------~-------------------------------------------------------- Others ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL ------------------------------ Extension Prof es so rs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Associate Professors ------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Professors ---------------------------------------------------------- Instructors and Others ------------------------------------------------------ Field Staff -------------------------------------------------------------------- TOTAL ------------------------------ Experiment Station Professors ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Associate Professors -------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Professors ---------------------------------------------------------- Instructors and Others ------------------------------------------------------ TOTAL ----------------------------- 63 5 4 77 64 15 7 415 2 8 34 24 14 260 3 60 69 3 8 30 13 150 Total Faculty --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3, 120 Administrative-Professional ----------------------------------------------------- 5 34 Clerical-Technical ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2, 05 5 Labor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2, 5 00 3 Organization Board of Trustees The Constitution of the State of Michigan provides that the Board of Trustees shall have general supervision and direction of the Uni versity. Members are elected from the state at large for a period of eight years, two being elected each even year. The President of the University is appointed by the Board and is by constitutional provision the presiding officer of that body. The Board meets in open session each month except August. Items requiring Board action are due in the President's or Provost's office about ten days before the Board meeting. (See the Academic and Administrative Calendar for specific dates.) Blanks for use in recom mending terminations, appointments and leaves may be obtained from the offices of the deans. The Faculty The regular faculty of the University consists of the President, Provost and all persons appointed under the rules of tenure and holding the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor. The Board of Trustees and the President of the Uni versity are assisted in the exercise of their constitutional powers of government of the University by a faculty organization specified in the "Bylaws of the Faculty" adopted by the Board of Trustees, July 11, 1968. Briefly, the faculty organization consists of the faculties of the various departments, schools, and the colleges and two all-university bodies, the Academic Council and the Academic Senate. The faculty of each college has jurisdiction over its own internal academic affairs. Each has an elective College Advisory Council. The faculty members holding appointments with the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor are the voting faculty on internal matters in both the college and the department. Legislative powers of the University faculty are vested in the Academic Senate and the Academic Council. The Academic Senate is composed of professors, associate professors, and assistant pro fessors of the regular faculty of the University. The Senate acts upon matters reported from either the Academic Council or the Steering Committee of the Faculty. It meets once in fall term, once in spring term, and at the call of the President or the Academic Council. A convocation of the University faculty is held each winter term, on the evening of the Monday nearest February 12 (Founders' Day), to receive from the President a message on the state of the University. 4 The Academic Council is composed of the Elected Faculty Council, the Appointed Council of deans, certain ex officio members, and three student representatives (two undergraduates and one graduate). To the Elected Faculty Council, which includes the President, Provost, and members of the Steering Committee of the Faculty, each college elects one or more members. The Secretary of the Faculties serves the Senate and the councils. The Academic Council acts for and on behalf of the Senate and advises the President on all matters of edu cational policy. The Academic Steering Committee, composed of five members elected by the Senate, after open hearings prepares the agenda for meetings of the Senate and the councils. Academic Coun cil meetings are open; Elected Faculty Council and Senate meetings are closed. College faculties elect the members of each University faculty standing committee. The President appoints faculty members to faculty-student committees from nominations by the Committee on Committees. Graduate Programs The Graduate Office, in collaboration with the University Grad uate Council, exercises overall review and supervision of the grad uate programs conducted in the several colleges. Each college ad ministers its own graduate programs within the framework of policy and regulations established by the University and consistent with the highest national professional standards of the respective fields . ., 5 Academic Personnel Policies Appointment Period Faculty appointments, except for special temporary ones, are on either a 10-month or 12-month basis. In either case the salary is paid in 12 equal installments on the last day of each month. Teaching faculty members on a 10-month basis teach three terms, usually the fall, winter and spring terms, and generally are free to use the other two months as they wish. If they teach the summer term, · in addition to fall, winter and spring terms, they are com pensated additionally on a percentage basis of their previous year's salary (three percent for each week of full-time teaching with a maximum of 10 weeks). No TIAA-CREF contributions are made on this pay. Separate checks are issued for summer term work. Members of the faculty appointed on a 10-month basis are ex pected to report in the fall for any departmental meetings before registration and continue through commencement and the reporting of grades in the spring term. Members of the faculty appointed on a 10-month basis may teach the summer quarter in exchange for one of the other quarters pro viding: 1. 2. the summer teaching is done before the term off. the teaching and academic advising program of the department is not disadvantaged. 3. a Memorandum of Understanding is completed and signed by the faculty member, chairman, dean, and Provost. Faculty members serving on the Academic Council or on standing committees of the University Faculty are expected to be available fall, winter, and spring terms unless specific alternative arrangements have been approved. Faculty members with year-round responsibilities are appointed on a 12-month basis with an annual vacation of one calendar month (21 working days). No additional compensation is made for sum mer work, whether it be research, extension or teaching. Appointments in the Tenure System :f. Recommendations for faculty appointments originate in the de partment and are reviewed successively by the dean, the Provost and the President who make the final recommendation to the Board of Trustees for action. Appointments to the ranks of professor, associate professor, assist ant professor, and instructor normally are made under the provisions " See page 11, Temporary Appointments not in the Tenure System. 6 of the Michigan State University tenure system. Note: Since the Operating Principles of the tenure system specify how the appoint ment periods are calculated and the policies for the review of ap pointments, the appointment forms should not list an ending date. Physical Examination Every new faculty member is required to have a complete physical examination before the approval of his appointment by the Board of Trustees. The examination is given at the Michigan State Univer sity Health Center on the campus; or if the potential faculty member is unable to be in East Lansing for the examination, arrangements may be made through the Executive Vice President's Office to have the examination made by his personal physician. The Tenure System A professor "has tenure" (appointment for an indefinite period without a terminal date) from the date of the original appointment at that rank. An associate professor who has not served previously at Michigan State University is appointed for a probationary period of two years. If he is reappointed, tenure will be granted. An assistant professor who has not served previously at Michigan State University is appointed for a probationary period of three years. He may be reappointed for an additional probationary period of three years. If he is reappointed a second time at that rank, tenure will be granted. If at any time during these two three-year periods he is promoted to the rank of associate professor, tenure will be granted. An instructor is appointed initially for a two-year probationary period. This appointment may be followed by a second two-year probationary period and by an additional probationary period of three years, after which, if he is not promoted to the rank of assistant professor, the appointment is terminated unless a special one-year extension may be made upon approval of the Faculty Committee on Tenure, the dean, and the Provost and the President. If during these three probationary appointment periods as an in structor, promotion to the rank of assistant professor is made, the appointment period as an assistant professor will be for: a) Two years if he has served as an instructor for one year, or for one year if he has served as an instructor for two years. If he is reappointed at the assistant professor rank, the ap pointment will be for three years. After this three-year period, if he is reappointed, tenure will be granted. b) Three years if he has served as an instructor for three years or more. If he is reappointed, tenure will be granted. Operating Principles of the Tenure System a) Appointment periods are calculated from September 1 of the year in which the appointment is effective. 7 b) A faculty member granted a leave of absence will have his appointment period extended appropriately. c) Faculty members serving abroad with one of Michigan State University's projects are treated for tenure action as if they were serving the University on campus except that: 1) A faculty member without tenure whose initial appoint= ment to Michigan State University is to an overseas as signment of six months or more will have his appointment period under the tenure system extended by a period equal to the duration of his overseas assignment. 2) Any other faculty member without tenure who serves abroad on a Michigan State University project may have his appointment period under the tenure system similarly extended only with the concurrence in writing of the faculty member involved and the department chairman, his dean and the President. Such agreement should be reached prior to departure for the overseas assignment. d) A faculty member who is not to be recommended for reap pointment by his department chairman and dean must be so notified in writing by the department chairman by December 15 preceding the expiration of his appointment. Copies of the notification are to be sent to the Dean and Provost. e) If a faculty member who was recommended by his depart ment chairman and dean is not reappointed, and/ or if proper notification, as stated in d), is not given, an extension of one year is automatic, and the faculty member shall consider this arrangement as official notification of separation from the Uni versity at the end of the one-year extension. f) A faculty member may not be transferred to a non-tenure status during or immediately after an appointment under the tenure system, except as approved by the University Faculty Tenure Committee upon written petition of both the faculty member and his department. Such an appointment may not exceed one year. g) Non-citizens of the United States may be appointed within the tenure system; however, they are not to be given indefinite appointments (tenure) unless they have signified their intention of, and have moved in the direction of, acquiring citizenship. h) Questions about the interpretation of the tenure regulations, or about the solution of tenure problems arising from situations not specifically covered in these regulations, are referred to the Faculty Committee on Tenure. The Committee after thorough study submits its recommendations to the President or other appropriate administrative officer or body. Statement on Non-Tenured Faculty The following policy statement was approved by the Academic 8 Council May 7, 1969, the Academic Senate May 26, 1969, and the Board of Trustees April 17, 1970. Recommendations for actions affecting the appointment, reap pointment or promotion of faculty members under the tenure system must be in accord with the provisions of the tenure system. At the level of the basic administrative unit, judgments on pro fessional competence, academic potential, and compatibility of non tenured faculty are made by the responsible administrator after consultation with the tenured faculty and/or other duly constituted group specified in the bylaws of that basic administrative unit. Recommendations for reappointment, tenure, or promotion are reviewed successively by the dean, the Provost and the President, who makes the final recommendation to the Board of Trustees for action. Each basic administrative unit shall base its judgments on criteria and procedures that are clearly formulated, objective and relevant. These criteria and procedures shall be known to all mem bers of the basic administrative unit. If appropriate, the responsible administrator may supplement information required for these judg ments by consulting with representative non-tenured faculty, stu dents and/ or qualified individuals outside the basic administrative unit. Review procedures shall be described in its bylaws and shall include a means by which the faculty member is evaluated and informed annually of his progress. These bylaws shall provide for a designated group to make recommendations with respect to re appointment, tenure, or promotion. Procedures shall also exist by which the faculty member may confer with this sub-group before a decision is made in his case. Decision not to reappoint a non-tenured faculty member does not necessarily imply that the faculty member has failed to meet the standards of the University with respect to academic competence and/or professional integrity. This decision may be contingent, wholly or in part, upon the availability of salary funds and/ or de partmental needs. The decision not to reappoint a non-tenured faculty member does not require action by the Board of Trustees. In the case of a non-tenured faculty member within the tenure system, notification is required as set forth in the Operating Prin ciples of the Tenure System. Such decision is made at the level of the basic administrative unit. If a non-tenured faculty member believes that the decision not to reappoint has been made in a manner which is at variance with established evaluation procedures, he may, following efforts to reconcile the differences at the level of the basic administrative unit and the dean of his college, submit a written petition to the University Tenure Committee for a review of his case. The Uni versity Tenure Committee shall establish appropriate procedures for review of each such case. 9 When reason arises to consider dismissal of a non-tenured faculty member before the expiration of his term of appointment, the pro cedures to be followed shall be identical with those established for the dismissal of a tenured faculty member. Tenure Action and Promotion Recommendations for actions under the tenure system and for promotions in rank are made in the department and reviewed suc cessively by the dean, the Provost and the President who make the final recommendation to the Board of Trustees for action. Since extensive information is needed to make an adequate evaluation of the productivity of each faculty member to be recommended for re appointment, tenure, or promotion, a comprehensive form has been developed which provides space for reporting activities; viz., instruc cre undergraduate, graduate, academic advising; research - tion - extension and/or continuing ative and scholarly; public services - education; international program assignments - committee and ad ministrative services; and other evidence of merit. No one person is required or expected to become involved in every activity. Sample copies of the form are available in the Office of the Assistant to the Provost, 310 Administration Building. Dismissal of Faculty Faculty members may be dismissed for gross violation of profes sional ethics or incompetence. The Board of Trustees approved (March 16, 1967) the procedures for consideration of dismissal of faculty members with tenure which were recommended by the Aca demic Council and the Faculty Committee on Tenure. These pro cedures provide for "due process." On the recommendation of the Academic Council and Academic Senate, the Board of Trustees approved (April 17, 1970) a statement on non-tenured faculty which provides that the procedures for dis missal of a non-tenured faculty member before the expiration of his term of appointment shall be identical with those established for dismissal of a faculty member with tenure. Copies of the Procedures for the Dismissal of Tenured Faculty (March 16, 1967) have been distributed to all departments and deans' offices; additional copies are available from the Provost's Office. Information for tenure system actions is gathered in the early part of fall term for final action by the Board of Trustees in November or December. Information for promotions is collected early in the winter term for final action by the Board of Trustees in its March or April meeting. 10 Resignations The procedures under Michigan State University's tenure system bind the University to give adequate notice to faculty members if they are not to be reappointed. To protect the University in its efforts to find satisfactory replacements, it is expected that faculty members planning to resign will in every case give at least 90 days notice in writing to the department chairman or dean. Faculty members should contact the Staff Benefits Office for in formation concerning the possible extension and conversion privileges of their Staff Benefits Programs. Temporary Appointments not in the Tenure System Visiting and temporary staff members may be appointed for year to-year periods with the academic titles of professor, associate pro fessor, assistant professor, and instructor outside of the tenure system. The titles research associate, lecturer, and assistant instructor are also used for temporary year-to-year or shorter period appointments. Temporary appointment with a specified termination does not imply reappointment or temporary extension of appointment by the University. If reappointment is to be made, negotiation of the con ditions of reappointment must originate with the basic administrative unit (department, school, institute, residential college, or other com parable academic unit). Note: The appointment forms for all temporary appointments must include the beginning and ending dates. Academic Freedom Michigan State University adheres to the principles of academic freedom with correlative responsibilities as set forth in the following statement adopted by the American Association of University Pro fessors, the Association of American Colleges, and other organizations. The teacher is entitled to full freedom in research and in the publication of the results, subject to the adequate performance of his other academic duties; but research for pecuniary return should be based upon an understanding with the authorities of the institution. The teacher is entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussing his subject, but he should be careful not to introduce into his teaching controversial matter which has no relation to his subject. Limitations of academic freedom because of religious or other aims of the institution should be clearly stated in writing at the time of the appointment. The college or university teacher is a citizen, a member of a learned profession, and an officer of an educational institution. When he speaks or writes as a citizen, he should be free from institutional censorship or discipline, but his special position in 11 the community imposes special obligations. As a man of learning and an educational officer, he should remember that the public may judge his profession and his institution by his utterances. Hence he should at all times be accurate, should exercise appro priate restraint, should show respect for the opinions of others, and should make every effort to indicate that he is not an insti tutional spokesman. To be Placed on the Payroll a) The following forms must be filed with the Payroll Division of the Office of the Comptroller before a new faculty member can be put on the University payroll. 1) Oath Card Provisions of Act 23 of the Public Acts of 1935 as amended require as a condition of employment in Michigan educa tional institutions supported by public funds that all fac ulty members who are citizens of the United States take and subscribe to the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States of America and the Con stitution of the State of Michigan, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my position according to the best of my ability. A notary public is available in the Office of the Comp troller to notarize the oath as required by the law. The law further provides that the requirements of the oath shall not be construed as prohibiting public educational institu tions from employing for limited periods faculty members who are citizens of foreign countries. Non-citizens are required to complete the oath card indicating the country of citizenship and type of visa. While a non-citizen is not specifically required to take the oath or affirmation, most do so since it has reference to the conduct and performance of duties in their positions in the University rather than to renunciation of allegiance to the government of which they are subjects. 2) Personnel Record Form The Personnel Record Form requires that the Social Se curity number be furnished. Note: Foreign nationals are required to obtain and furnish Social Security numbers to be used for payroll identification numbers, even though some (those who present F or J visas) may be exempt from provisions of the Social Security Act. 3) Employee Withholding Exemption Certificate (Form W-4) The W-4 form authorizes the University to recognize the 12 appropriate exemptions when calculating the appropriate withholding taxes. b) New faculty members should at the same time complete the appropriate forms in the Staff Benefits Office to participate in such programs as group life insurance, hospital and medical insurance, accident insurance, disability insurance, and retire ment annuity benefits with Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF). These programs are described briefly in the Staff Benefits section of this booklet and additional in formation is available in the Staff Benefits Office, Administra tion Building. Holidays The University observes six legal holidays by closing offices and dismissing classes. They are: New Year's, Memorial Day, Inde pendence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Friday following Thanks giving, Christmas, and the day preceding Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Vacations All 12-month faculty members are granted a yearly vacation of one full calendar month, or 22 working days, at full pay. The purpose of such leave is to provide rest and relaxation for the faculty member so that he will be better prepared physically and mentally to carry on his professional duties during the college year. Any supplementary employment during the vacation period for 12-month appointees is contrary to University policy. The faculty member earns a month's vacation leave at the com pletion of each full year of service. This leave is to be taken within the next* 12-month period after it is earned, at a time approved by his department chairman and in keeping with the program of work which he is conducting. New appointees who begin their duties prior to July 1 will be entitled to a proportionate amount of vacation as of that date. Vacations cannot be carried over from one year to the next except in cases of emergency, and then only with the approval of the department chairman. At the time of separation from the University, the faculty member will be credited with any portion of the month's vacation leave which he may have earned since his last complete year of service. " A person appointed for a single 12-month period is eligible for a vacation leave, which will normally include the periods between terms, within the period of his appointment. That is, additional vacation salary will not be paid paid after the end of the 12-month appointment period. 13 Leaves of Absence Leaves of absence, with or without pay, may be granted to faculty members or recommendation of the department chairman and dean. Recommendations for leaves of absence originate in the department and must be reviewed successively by the dean, the Provost and the President who make the final recommendation to the Board of Trustees for action. Leaves of absence, other than for sickness or for military service, are not granted automatically but are intended for the mutual benefit of the University and the faculty member. Leaves shall not be granted unless satisfactory arrangements are made in advance to: a) Fulfill obligations to graduate students whose programs or theses are being directed by the faculty member. b) Fulfill obligations to committee assignments. c) Carry on the instruction, research, extension and administrative duties of the faculty member. Sabbatical Leaves of Absence GENERAL POLICY a) A sabbatical leave is intended for the mutual benefit of the University and the person granted a leave. It should assist members of the faculty to improve their competence as schol ars by providing a period for concentrated scholarly work. b) A leave of absence is not granted automatically. Each re quest should present in considerable detail the activity pro posed. All leaves must have the approval of the appropriate officers and of the Board of Trustees. c) Within 30 days after returning from sabbatical leave, a con cise written report, not to exceed one page in length, is to be submitted to the Provost with copies to the department chairman and dean. This report will become a part of the faculty member's permanent file. Departments or colleges may require more extensive reports. ELIGIBILITY a) Only faculty members with tenure shall be eligible for sab batical leaves. Any exceptions to this will require approval by the Provost and the President and will be made only when in the best interests of the University. b) A sabbatical leave shall not be granted to faculty members until they have completed six years of service to the Univer sity. Service shall be interpreted to include those activities of interest to and supported by the University, regardless of the source of financial support. c) Years of service shall count from the date of full-time ap pointment, or from the ending date of the previous sabbatical leave. 14 d) All leaves of absence shall be excluded in determining years of service. e) The length of leaves shall not be extended on the basis of more than six years of service since the previously com pensated leave. f) Appropriate applications for a full year of leave (with re duced pay) shall have precedence over shorter term leaves (with full pay). g) A sabbatical leave shall not be granted to faculty members after the age of 63. (See Retirement Program in the Bene fits section of this booklet.) TYPES OF SABBATICAL LEAVES a) For faculty on 10-month appointments: 1) One term with no reduction in pay. 2) Two terms with a 50 percent reduction in pay for six months. 3) Three terms with a 50 percent reduction in the 10-month salary. (Payments distributed over 12 months.) Note: These three types of leave do not include the fourth (summer) term of a year, for it is assumed that faculty members who have had a sabbatical leave will use the fourth term as an additional period for concen trated scholarly work. b) For faculty on 12-month appointments: 1) Up to six months with no reduction in pay. 2) Twelve months with a 50 percent reduction in pay. Note: The annual vacation of 21 working days is to be included in these two types of leave. c) For deans, directors, departmental chairmen, and other ad ministrative officers: 1) Three months once in every three years with full pay, but only after three years of administrative service. The annual vacation of 21 working days is to be included in the period of leave. 2) In exceptional cases, section b), immediately above, may also be applied to administrative officers provided the individual has rendered at least six years of service to the University since the previous sabbatical, including at least three years in administrative positions without compensated leaves. CONDITIONS a) Recipients of sabbatical leaves are permitted to receive money for approved study or research without prejudice to their receipt of income from this institution, provided that the total remuneration from all sources does not exceed that 15 received from this University. The sabbatical leave may not be used to accept paid employment during the period of the leave. b) In addition to salary, special arrangements may be made for grants to defray travel and similar coincidental expenses. These arrangements must, however, be approved in advance as part of the leave application. Funds administered by the University may not be used for the travel and similar ex penses of any person other than the recipient of the grant un less the assignment abroad is at least equal to the duration of an academic year. c) A recipient of a sabbatical leave of absence is obligated to return to Michigan State University for the following year. DEPARTMENTAL ADJUSTMENTS a) If a sabbatical leave is granted for one year, academic or fiscal, the department involved will be entitled to use the released funds for a replacement provided approval is given by the dean of the college. b) If leave is granted for less than a year, the department will be expected to make adjustments either by suspending courses or by reassigning other personnel. c) Sabbatical leaves shall not be granted to several members of a department concurrently in such a manner as to impair the efficiency of its programs of instruction and research. Leaves of Absence Without Pay Such leaves may be granted with the recommendation of the department chairman and dean. Specific dates for the leave must be specified in the request and should be made as far in advance as possible, so that neither instruction nor research programs will be interrupted. Such leaves usually do not extend beyond one year. Faculty members should make arrangements with the Staff Benefits Office for prepayment of their benefits programs. Military Service Leaves The University is willing to cooperate fully with faculty members taking part in the reserve program of the military forces which calls for 15 days active duty training annually with the National Guard, Officers' Reserve Corps, or similar military organizations. The University will pay the faculty member the difference be tween his military pay and allowances and his normal take-home pay for the 15 days of military duty. When a member of the faculty enters the armed forces, it is the policy of the University to grant him, on his request, a leave of absence to cover the term of his service. Sick Leaves , The University will always be generous in dealing with faculty members who are ill or incapacitated for :uw reason. 16 When faculty members are absent from their duties because of illness or incapacity, and other members of the faculty can assume their duties on a temporary basis without additional costs to the University, no formal report of the absence to the Board of Trustees is required unless the absence extends over a period longer than a month. If the absence exceeds a month, a request should be made through the department chairman, dean, and Provost and President to the Board of Trustees for a sick leave covering the period of absence. Ordinarily, sick leave may be extended to as much as six months without a reduction in salary. If the sick leave is extended beyond six months, the salary after the first six months will usually be at a reduced rate. For sickness which requires absence of more than one year, it is expected that the individual will be removed from the pay roll or will be placed on disability retirement. See Disability Insur ance in the Staff Benefits section of this booklet. Faculty Retirement TIAA-CREF Retirement Program Michigan State Univeristy provides a retirement program for its faculty members with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Asso ciation of America (TIAA) and its companion organization, the College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF). This plan is financed by a 5 percent contribution from the participant's salary and a 10 percent contribution by the University. New full-time faculty members are eligible for and required to participate in the TIAA-CREF retirement in accordance with speci fied rules. Prospective faculty members should obtain complete in formation from the Staff Benefits Office, Administration Building. The general rules follow: a) Faculty appointed with the rank of research associate, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor, may elect immediate participation or may defer participation for two years or until attaining age 35, whichever is later, at which time participation is required. b) Faculty appointed as instructors or specialists become eligible two years from the date of appointment. Participation is re quired at that time or upon attainment of age 35, whichever is later. c) Faculty members already enrolled in a TIAA retirement pro gram before appointment at this University may elect immediate participation regardless of rank. MSU Non-Contributory Plan Before July 1, 1958 the University had its own non-contributory retirement plan. When faculty members changed to the TIAA plan, the years of service under the University retirement plan were "frozen," and provision was made for calcluating the retirement pen.,. 17 sion under this system on the basis of the salary level just before the time of retirement. Information on eligibility for, and the options available under, the TIAA plan and the University's non-contributory retirement plan may be obtained from the Staff Benefits Office, Administration Building. Retirement Policy The present faculty retirement policy adopted by the Board of Trustees on February 17, 1962 as amended provides: a) The normal age for retirement of faculty members is 65, but is optional on the first day of the term following attainment of age 62, and compulsory on the first day of July following attainment of age 70. For continuance in service after age 68, however, a faculty member must be in good health, must be able to pass a physical examination given in the University Health Center, and must be rendering effective service to the University. b) Faculty members with 15 years of service* at this University may serve their final year before retirement on a consultantship basis with agreed-upon duties provided there were no com pensated leaves** in the five years immediately prior to retire ment. Recommendation for such consultantship must be made by the department chairman and dean. The salary must be provided for in the department budget. c) Administrative officials, including deans, directors, and depart ment chairmen, will be relieved of administrative responsibilities on the first day of July following attainment of the age of 65 unless specific exception is made by the Board of Trustees. When relieved of administrative responsibility, they may: 1) request one-year terminal leave followed by retirement, or 2) continue active service without terminal leave to age 70 with assignment to new responsibilities. Salary may be adjusted to a level commensurate with the new duties. Note: The option of a one-year terminal leave with pay can be made only at this time. However, an administrative official who is also a member of the faculty may qualify to serve his final year before retirement on a consultantship basis if he meets the conditions stated in (b) above. d) A retired faculty member may be re-employed, usually for part-time service, on a term-to-term or a year-to-year basis. Salary will be determined at the time of appointment for such service and will be in addition to the approved retirement pen sion from the University's non-contributory retirement plan. *Includes activities of interest to and support by the University regardless of the sources of financial support. ** Sabbatical leaves are not granted after the age of 63. 18 e) For faculty members who have participated in the University's non-contributory retirement plan, there are additional pro visions: 1) Normal retirement at age 65 with retirement benefits be ginning at once. The amount of the benefit is calculated on the basis of the number of years of service (before July 1, 1958 if the faculty member transferred to TIAA-CREF), the salary just before retirement, and the retirement plan chosen at age 60. 2) Retirement after 25 years of service with one of the follow ing options : a) A retirement salary to begin at once with the years of service used in the calculation of the salary reduced by the number of years remaining until the individual reaches age 65. b) The retirement benefits frozen after 25 years of service with the retirement salary to begin on the first day of the month following age 65 . c) The retirement benefits frozen after 25 years of service with the retirement salary to begin on the first day of any month following attainment of age 62. The amount of the retirement salary to be at an actuarially re duced rate depending upon the age at which the individ ual chooses to have the salary begin. 3) Retirement at age 62, 63 or 64 if at least 15 years of service have been completed. The following options are available: a) A retirement salary to begin at once without a reduction in the years of service for years remaining before age 65. However, the amount of the retirement salary will be at an actuarially reduced rate. b) The retirement salary to begin on the first day of the month following age 65. 4) Disability retirement after 15 years of service. The retire ment salary begins at once without a reduction for the num ber of years before age 65. 5) A spouse annuity benefit. The surviving spouse of a faculty member who had completed at least 15 years of service, attained age 60, and had been married to the present spouse for at least one year prior to death, is eligible for a Spouse Annuity Benefit pension. Eligibility for this benefit applies, subject to the conditions above, from the time the faculty member reaches age 60 until age 65 at which time the retirement option chosen at age 60 becomes effective. It also applies, subject to the same conditions from age 60 to age 65 even though the faculty member retires before age 65. The Spouse Annuity Benefit begins after the payment of 19 any benefits under Workman's Compensation or University death benefits which the family receives and continues for the life of the spouse. The Spouse Annuity Benefit is 50 percent of the base pension on the date of the faculty members death reduced by one-half of one percent for each year over five years that the spouse is younger than the faculty member. In computing the base pension there is no reduction in years of service before age 65. The benefit is paid to the spouse for life regardles of the choice of retirement option at age 60. Emeritus Title Members of the faculty and academic administrative staff with academic title who retire for age under the retirement program are granted the title "Emeritus" in addition to the academic title at the time of retirement. Persons with the emeritus title are entitled to attend Academic Senate meetings without vote, to march in Academic processions such as at commencement, to receive the Staff Bulletin, to avail them selves of the libraries and other facilities, to receive on request a faculty vehicle parking permit (without charge), to represent the University on appointment at academic ceremonies of other institu tions, and in general to take part in the social and ceremonial func tions of the University. University Travel The travel regulations which became effective July 1, 1970 pro vide the basis for travel authorization and reimbursement. In broad terms, travel may be authorized for the promotion of teaching, schol arship, research, and public service. All travel must be duly approved and the appropriate forms exe cuted prior to departure. The travel authorization forms must bear the signature of the traveler, the department chairman, the assistant dean or dean, and the Office of the Provost when required, and must state clearly the justification for the trip. Complete information on travel is contained in a separate publication, Travel Regulations, available from the Office of the Comptroller. Travel Outside the United States Authorization for travel outside the United States, except Canada, requires approval by the Office of the Provost after approval by the dean and prior to the beginning of the trip. Use of University Vehicles A limited number of University-owned vehicles are available in the Motor Pool for use by qualified faculty members for travel on University business. Regulations for their use are in the Travel Regulations booklet. 20 In general, authorization for University vehicles for out-of-state trips will not be given, regardless of the nature of the funds, other than to places in lllinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio and Wis consin or to places requiring more than one day of travel time each way (approximately 500 miles). When the use of a University-owned vehicle is authorized, the de partment concerned should make request of the Motor Pool at least twenty-four hours before departure time. Insurance Coverage The University carries liability and property damage insurance that covers the University and drivers of University-owned vehicles. Driv ers of privately owned vehicles used on University business are not protected by liability and property damage insurance carried by the University. As a part of the staff benefits program, the University carries a group travel accident insurance policy. See the Staff Benefits section of this booklet and the separate publication, Travel Accident Insurance Plan, distributed by the Staff Benefits Office for the amount of coverage and the provisions. Graduate Study by Faculty Members The following policies govern advanced study at MSU by faculty members: a) A faculty member with the rank of assistant professor or higher may not earn a graduate degree at Michigan State Uni versity. However, advanced work may be carried on a non degree basis. b) Full-time faculty members may carry an average of four credits a term with a maximum of 12 credits for three terms. Fees are based on the number of credits carried. c) A full-time faculty member may enroll in credit courses as a visitor with the approval of the chairman of the department offering the course and the chairman of the faculty member's department. No charge is made. Research Support All-University Research Fund Grants from this fund are regarded as a catalyzing agent and are not intended to cover the full cost of a research program. Projects should be clearly stated and should strive for significant contribu tions. Application forms have been prepared by the Office of Research Development which also include a complete statement of policies and procedures. These should be read prior to the comple tion of the application. Applications are to be submitted through the respective dean's office during the spring term on dates an nounced in the Staff Bulletin. It has been the practice to limit the 21 amount of individual grants so that the maximum number of faculty may be served. The administration of projects, after approval by the All-University Research Committee, is the responsibility of each college. Sponsored Research* BASIC POLICIES The recognized educational objectives of Michigan State Univer sity include, as equally important goals, the discovery of new knowledge through fundamental research and the dissemination of existing knowledge. The increasingly complex relationships among universities, government and industry call for more intensive atten tion to standards of procedure and conduct in government-sponsored research and industry-sponsored research carried on at universities. Standards must be respectful of the purposes, needs and integrity of the universities and the rightful claims of the public interest; thus it is incumbent upon the academic community to be mindful of conflict of-interest situations which may arise in these growing involvements of the University. GENERAL STATEMENT-SPONSORED RESEARCH The University encourages faculty members and students to engage in research, including that sponsored by such outside agencies as foundations, professional associations, government, and private in dustry. For it is only through continued and expanding research activity that the excellence of teaching programs can be maintained and improved, and the function of the University as a contributor to the storehouse of knowledge fulfilled. Important reciprocal benefits from sponsored research accrue to the University and to sponsoring agencies if the basic purposes and functions of each are duly respected. GENERAL STATEMENT- CONSULTING RELATIONSHIPS Through consulting relationships with government and industry the faculty can provide both with an invaluable resource of expertise and assistance in the transfer of technical knowledge and skill, and at the same time serve the interests of research and education in the University. Such relationships are desirable, but require cognizance of the basic differences of purposes and functions of sponsoring agencies and the University. MAJOR GUIDELINES IN INTERRELATING SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS AND CONSULTING RELATIONSHIPS TO GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS a) Science advanced through the creativity of scholars working either singly or in groups, and research projects proposed and developed by the faculty and consistent with the University's goals will be encouraged. 0 Statement approved by the Graduate Council May 15, 1967 and the Board of Trustees March 20, 1970. 22 b) Sponsoring agencies frequently have rather specific purposes, and some may even specify problems for which research sup port is available. The University, through the Office of Re search Development, will make such opportunities known appropriately within the University. However, faculty will be encouraged to participate only if the projects are considered consistent with their research interests and aspirations. c) Sponsored research projects should, whenever possible, include the provision that new and promising leads of inquiry should be encouraged and fruitless lines be discontinued. d) Sponsored research should be consistent with the policies and plans of the department(s) of the college(s) in which the re search will be conducted. The research should be directed by faculty within established units of the University such as departments, schools, centers, bureaus and institutes. Cooper ative programs cutting across academic units are also en couraged. e) Research projects should be managed so as to avoid disruption of established research and teaching programs of the institu tion, for example: 1) Sponsored research should be accepted only if appropriate space and facilities are available. 2) Provisions should be made for continuity of support in order to stabilize required staff. f) Reports to sponsoring agencies should be consistent with the requirements of the project. They should be submitted promptly to avoid unprofitable expenditures of time and energy on the part of the sponsoring agency and the researcher. Payment to the University on fixed price contracts is contingent upon submission of reports which, if not forthcoming, may result in "freezing" large sums of University funds in support of such research. Rapidly changing and unforeseen research directions may make frequent reporting desirable. g) In seeking or accepting support for research, care should be exercised to insure compatibility with the functions and pur poses of research at a university. Routine testing as an end in itself is considered incompatible with the purposes of uni versity research. h) The University should retain for its scholars the right of first publication. The imposition of restriction on publication of research results is incompatible with the basic concept of an educational institution. Exigencies of national defense may at times make exceptions to this policy necessary. No publication, statement, or activity, either on behalf of the University or by an individual in his official capacity, shall endorse any com mercial product, or advocate any specific commercial method or device, either directly or by implication. 23 i) The University should make a continuous effort to see that its own members are provided with sufficient information on the overall cost of research and other financial matters concerning grants and contracts so as to minimize internal misconceptions that arise with regard to justifiable allowances for indirect costs. j) The entire cost of sponsored research should be carefully deter mined; if grants or contracts are accepted which do not cover the direct and indirect costs, the institution should itself pro vide the additional financial support with the full recognition that it is making a contribution to the cost of the work. k) Research proposals should include in their budgets provisions for special costs for services such as computer operations, electron microscopy, and shop fabrications. 1) Research projects should conform to established University policy on patent rights. Complementary to its policy with reference to "additional work for pay" the University endorses the statement on conflict situations published in December 1964 as a joint statement by the Council of the American Association of University Professors and the Amer ican Council on Education entitled, "On Preventing Conflicts of In terest in Government-Sponsored Research at Universities." This section is reprinted below. CONFLICT SITUATIONS a) Favoring of outside interests. When a university staff mem ber (administrator, faculty member, professional staff mem ber, or employee) undertaking or engaging in Government sponsored work has a significant financial interest in, or a consulting arrangement with, a private business concern, it is important to avoid actual or apparent conflicts of interest be tween his Government-sponsored university research obliga tions and his outside interests and other obligations. Situations in or from which conflicts of interest may arise are the: 1) Undertaking or orientation of the staff member's university research to serve the research or other needs of the private firm without disclosure of such undertaking or orientation to the university and to the sponsoring agency; 2) Purchase of major equipment, instruments, materials, or other items for university research from the private firm in which the staff member has the interest without dis closure of such interest; 3) Transmission to the private firm or other use for per sonal gain of Government-sponsored work products, re sults, materials, records, or information that are not made generally available. (This would not necessarily preclude appropriate licensing arrangements for inventions, or con sulting on the basis of Government-sponsored research re- 24 suits where there is significant additional work by the staff member independent of his Government-sponsored re search); 4) Use for personal gain or other unauthorized use of priv ileged information acquired in connection with the staff member's Government-sponsored activities. (The term "privileged information" includes, but is not limited to, medical, personnel, or security records of individuals; an ticipated material requirements or price actions; possible new sites for Government operations; and knowledge of forthcoming programs or of selection of contractors or subcontractors in advance of official announcements); 5) Negotiation or influence upon the negotiation of contracts relating to the staff member's Government-sponsored re search between the university and private organizations with which he has consulting or other significant relation ships; 6) Acceptance of gratuities or special favors from private or ganizations with which the university does or may conduct business in connection with a Government-sponsored re search project, or extension of gratuities or special favors to employees of the sponsoring Government agency, under circumstances which might reasonably be interpreted as an attempt to influence the recipients in the conduct of their duties. b) Distribution of effort. There are competing demands on the energies of a faculty member (for example, research, teaching, committee work, outside consulting). The way in which he divides his effort among these various functions does not raise ethical questions unless the Government agency supporting his research is misled in its understanding of the amount of intel lectual effort he is actually devoting to the research in question. A system of precise time accounting is incompatible with the inherent character of the work of a faculty member, since the various functions he performs are closely interrelated and do not conform to any meaningful division of a standard work week. On the other hand, if the research agreement contemp plates that a staff member will devote a certain fraction of his effort to the Government-sponsored research, or he agrees to assume responsibility in relation to such a research, a demon strable relationship between the indicated effort or responsibility and the actual extent of his involvement is to be expected. through joint consulta Each university, therefore, should - tion of administration and faculty - develop procedures to assure that proposals are responsibly made and complied with. c) Consulting for Government agencies or their contractors. When the staff member engaged in Government-sponsored research 25 also serves as a consultant to a Federal agency, his conduct is subject to the provisions of the Conflict of Interest Statutes ( 18 U.S.C. 202-209 as amended) and the President's memo randum of May 2, 1963, Preventing Conflicts of Interest on the Part of Special Government Employees. When he consults for one or more Government contractors, or prospective con tractors, in the same technical field as his research project, care must be taken to avoid giving advice that may be of question able objectivity because of its possible bearing on his other interests. In undertaking and performing consulting services, he should make full disclosure of such interests to the Uni versity and to the contractor insofar as they may appear to relate to the work at the University or for the contractor. Con flict of interest problems could arise, for example, in the par ticipation of a staff member of the university in an evaluation for the Government agency or its contractor of some technical aspect of the work of another organization with which he has a consulting or employment relationship or a significant finan cial interest, or in an evaluation of a competitor to such other organization. UNIVERSITY RESPONSIBILITY Each university participating in Government-sponsored research should make known to the sponsoring Government agencies: a) The steps it is taking to assure an understanding on the part of the university administration and staff members of the pos sible conflicts of interest or other problems that may develop in the foregoing types of situations, and b) The organizational and administrative actions it has taken or is taking to avoid such problems, including: 1) Accounting procedures to be used to assure that Govern ment funds are expended for the purposes for which they have been provided, and that all services which are required in return for these funds are supplied; 2) Procedures that enable it to be aware of the outside profes sional work of staff members participating in Government sponsored research, if such outside work relates in any way to the Government-sponsored research; 3) The formulation of standards to guide the individual uni versity staff members in governing their conduct in relation to outside interests that might raise questions of conflicts of interest; and 4) The provision within the university of an informed source of advice and guidance to its staff members for advance consultation on questions they wish to raise concerning the problems that may or do develop as a result of their outside financial or consulting interests, as they relate to 26 their participation in Government-sponsored university re search. The university may wish to discuss such problems with the contracting officer or other appropriate Govern ment official in those cases that appear to raise questions regarding conflicts of interest. The above process of disclosure and consultation is the obligation assumed by the university when it accepts Government funds for re search. The process must, of course, be carried out in a manner that does not infringe on the legitimate freedoms and flexibility of action of the university and its staff members that have traditionally char acterized a university. It is desirable that standards and procedures of the kind discussed be formulated and administered by members of the university community themselves, through their joint initiative and responsibility, for it is they who are the best judges of the con ditions which can most effectively stimulate the search for knowledge and preserve the requirements of academic freedom. Experience indicates that such standards and procedures should be developed and specified by joint administrative-faculty action. Additional Work for Pay Full-time faculty members are compensated for full-time service to the University. They may have appointments in instruction, re search, extension, public service, etc. and may have assignments involving a combination of two or more of these responsibilities. Whatever the character of the appointments, the University expects that each full-time faculty member will carry a reasonable and full time load, assuming his share of the total functions and responsibilities of his department, college and the University. Outside Work for Pay A full-time faculty member may do a limited amount of outside consulting work for pay under the following provisions: a) Prior permission of the department chairman and dean must be obtained if the work is done during the months of regular employment. b) Such work must not interfere with the faculty member's normal University duties, including those non-classroom responsibilities expected of all faculty members. c) The work must be related to the faculty member's normal University duties and must contribute to the effectiveness of his regular academic work. d) The total amount of time expended by the faculty member on outside activities for pay must not exceed an aggregate of two working days a month (16 hours a month). e) Equipment, supplies, materials or clerical services of the Uni versity may not be used in the furtherance of outside consulting work for pay. 27 f) g) If consulting work for pay is undertaken, it must be with the understanding that it is subject to termination at any time the University considers such action to be advisable. If, in the opinion of the dean, the outside consulting work in terferes with the regular University duties of the faculty mem ber, the appointment of the faculty member in the University may be changed to a part-time basis. Each dean is required to maintain a record in his office of all consultative services of the academic personnel in his college or ad ministrative division. This policy does not give approval for private practice for the faculty members in the Colleges of Human Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. Overload Pay The following Univeristy policy on Overload Pay was approved on June 16, 1970. (A college may establish a more restrictive policy.) a) Overload pay is limited to overload work related to instruction and service. b) Overload pay is available only through the Continuing Edu cation Service. c) The Continuing Education Service pays directly for overload work except for short on-campus appearances funded by gen eral funds. d) The scope of the Continuing Education Service includes such programs as Head Start, Upward Bound, Kellogg Farmers, Labor and Industrial Relations training programs, etc. e) Any full-time faculty member is eligible for two days a month ( 16 hours per month) of paid consulting time or overload pay time, regardless of his other duties. f) Ten-month employees may receive during the summer 30 per cent of their previous year's salary plus any overload pay for which they would be eligible if carrying a full load. g) Administrators (chairmen, directors, assistant deans, deans, administrative-professional personnel) may receive overload pay for overload work related to their professional discipline, but not for work related to their administrative position. h) The rate of pay for overload work is standard for each academic rank. Pay for overload work is to be based on actual class hours or contact hours, with a built-in factor for preparation (two hours of preparation for each hour of performance). No payment will be made for work which would qualify for less than $8. Patents The Vice President for Research Development is in charge of patent affairs at Michigan State University. His office is the point of 28 contact for individuals, agencies, and organizations interested in patents related to inventions developed at the University. On November 21, 1968 the Board of Trustees approved a new patent agreement between the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Michigan State University effective November 30, 1969, replacing an earlier agreement of 1954 with the Public Health Serv ice. Under this new agreement MSU may retain principal rights in inventions arising out of activities assisted by grants and awards by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Concurrent with the approval of the above patent agreement the Board of Trustees affirmed the following policy concerning patents: "Except as otherwise provided any discovery or invention which results from research carried on by, or under the direction of, any employee of the University and having the costs thereof paid from University funds or from funds under the control of, or administered by the University, or which comes as a direct result of the employee's duties with the University, or which has been developed in whole or in part by the utilization of Univer sity resources or facilities, shall belong to the University and shall be used and controlled in such a manner as to produce the greatest benefit to the University and the public." Michigan State University honors the terms of patent agreements inherent in research grants accepted by the University. Michigan State University has entered into an agreement with the Research Corporation of New York, the Battelle Development Cor poration, and University Patents, Inc. for the evaluation of faculty inventions for patentability and for commercial and scientific utility. The Office of Research Development is the University's point of contact with the Research Corporation, the Battelle Development Corporation and University Patents, Inc. If patents are obtained at no expense to the University, utilizing services other than the Re search Corporation of New York, the Battelle Development Corpora tion, or University Patents, Inc. the return to the inventor from royalties will be the same as if reviewed and processed by these re spective corporations. The faculty inventor will be awarded the first $1,000 of income derived from royalties from inventions and 15 percent of royalties received after the first $1,000 for patents which are processed at no expense to the University. Textbook Publication A faculty member producing a textbook or other teaching material prepared and designed primarily for the use of and compulsory pur chase by the students of Michigan State University must submit the manuscript to the Michigan State University Press, which was estab lished for the purpose of publishing such material. Material prepared by a faculty member without the use of University resources and not 29 prepared for the purpose stated above may submit the manuscript to the MSU Press or to a commercial publisher at the author's discretion. Teaching Materials Developed with University Resources A policy statement on special teaching materials developed with University resources by MSU faculty and staff is available in the Provost's Office. Endorsement of Commercial Products The policy relative to the endorsement of commercial products by Michigan State University faculty, approved by the Board of Trustees May 25, 1956, is as follows: "Objectivity in the pursuit of truth and the dissemination of knowl edge is recognized as a primary obligation of scholarship, resting with equal weight upon a university as an educational institution and upon the individuals within the university. A public institution such as Michigan State University needs to be especially alert to this ob ligation in order to protect its good name and integrity. "It is declared to be the policy of Michigan State University that no publication, statement, or activity, either on behalf of the Univer sity or by an individual in his official capacity, shall endorse any commercial product, or advocate any specific commercial method or device, either directly or by implication." Participation in Partisan Political Activities As citizens, the faculty members of Michigan State University have the same rights and responsibilities of free speech, thought, and action as all citizens of the United States. Their position, how ever, imposes special obligations, such as emphasizing that they are not institutional spokesmen, and exercising appropriate restraint. Obviously, faculty members have a binding obligation to discharge instructional and other regular duties, and performance of these duties may be impaired by any private activity requiring a large portion of time. For the mutual protection of faculty members and the University, faculty members campaigning as political candidates for state or federal offices shall do so on their own time. For the period of such candidacy, it is required that they obtain leaves of absence or continue work at the University on a part-time basis. Final determination for such decisions shall rest with the Board of Trustees. Leaves of absence are not required of faculty members who be come candidates for offices of a temporary or part-time nature, such as members of a municipal charter revision commission, members of a local school board, or holders of municipal office. This policy is intended to safeguard the freedom of speech, thought, and action of faculty personnel, and to avoid impairment of the 30 significant contributions they are capable of making toward improved local, state, and federal government. Faculty Awards Distinguished F acuity Awards Distinguished Faculty Awards are made each year to six members of the faculty for outstanding contributions to the intellectual develop ment of the University. Each award winner receives $1,000. Nominations for the Distinguished Faculty Awards are solicited from faculty members, student organizations, and alumni, the latter being carried out with the cooperation of the MSU Alumni Associa tion. The nominations are based on teaching; advising; research; publications; art exhibitions; concert performances; committee work; public service including extension, continuing education and work with government agencies; or a combination of these activities. Ad ministrative excellence and length of service may not be used as the sole criteria for nomination. However, nominees usually have at least five years of service at Michigan State University. MSU Teacher-Scholar Awards Teacher-Scholar Awards are made to six members of the faculty from the ranks of instructor and assistant professor who in their brief careers have earned the respect of students and colleagues for their devotion to and skill in undergraduate teaching. The essential purpose of the awards, beyond bringing recognition to the best of the young teachers at MSU, is to assist them in undertaking signfi cant studies over the summer months of the award year. Each award carries a stipend of $1,000. Nominations are made by department chairmen after consultation with an appropriate committee of senior colleagues. No department may make more than two nominations. At large nominations are also invited from an appropriate student organization. To be considered for an MSU Teacher-Scholar Award, the faculty member must hold the rank of instructor or assistant professor and, at the beginning of the award period, must have served on the faculty for at least three terms, but no more than five academic years. Nominees will ordinarily be 35 years of age or younger. Nominees for a Teacher-Scholar Award must be willing to permit a member of the award committee to visit their classrooms. Committee visitation is a part of the total evaluation procedure only for those nominees who, after preliminary screening, seem most promising. MSU Excellence-In-Teaching Citations for Graduate Teaching Assistants MSU Excellence-In-Teaching Citations are made to six graduate teaching assistants who have distinguished themselves by the care they have given and the skill they have shown in meeting their 31 clasroom responsibilities. The essential purpose of the citations is to bring Univeristy-wide recognition to the best of the graduate teaching assistants and by so doing to underline the qualitative contribution which these young professionals are making to the under graduate program. Each award carries a stipend of $500. Nominations are made by the chairman of the department in which the teaching assistant's instructional responsibilities have been discharged. When this is not the department in which he is a candi date for a degree, the chairman of the degree department must endorse the nomination. In every instance the nomination must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the faculty member who has supervisory responsibility for the graduate teaching assistant. Individual departments will ordinarily make a single nomination each year, but the larger departments may make as many as three. At large nominations are also invited from an appropriate student organization. To be nominated for an MSU Excellence-In-Teaching Citation the teaching assistant must have held at least a half-time graduate teach ing assistantship for a minimum of two terms at the time of nomi nation. In addition he must have assumed a significant measure of responsibility for the conduct of undergraduate courses, whether in lecture, recitation or laboratory sections. Special tutorial or seminar teaching will also be recognized by the citations committee. Questionnaires In order to insure consistency in the reporting of data to state and federal agencies and to other colleges and universities, it is requested that all questionnaires requiring data for the entire University be re ferred to the Office of Institutional Research. This office will consider whether the data are readily available and whether they should be released to the inquiring agent. Data requests or questionnaires re lating primarily to a sub-unit of the University may be filled out by that sub-unit, but any items which require all-University data should be cleared with OIR. Although the office is not always in possession of the necessary data, referral to the appropriate office or person can be made, or, in cases where justifiable, arrangements may be made to collect the data. Solicitation of Funds Canvassing, peddling, or soliciting are forbidden on the grounds and in the buildings of the University. Collections among faculty and other staff members are approved by the University only for the United Fund and the Campus Chest, a student charitable activity. Members of the faculty are requested to refrain from taking orders for or selling any kind of tickets or merchandise, or soliciting funds for any purpose on campus without written approval from the Office of the Secretary of the University. 32 Employment of Relatives Individuals may be offered employment at the University even though they have immediate relatives already on the University payroll. The employment of relatives in the same department should be discouraged, but in certain instances exceptions will be approved. Under no circumstances will an employee be placed under the direct supervision or control of a relative. J 33 Instructional Information The Academic Program The Michigan State University Catalog, available in the Office of the Registrar, contains information important to all faculty members, particularly new ones. The statement by President Wharton, NEW PATTERNS OF EDUCATION, gives the basic educational philosophy of the University. The section entitled THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM, assists one to understand the breadth of the programs of study and the or ganizational structure of the University for instruction. The UNDER GRADUATE EDUCATION section states the academic requirements and policies related to undergraduate study, the GRADUATE EDUCATION section has reference specifically to graduate study. The GENERAL INFORMATION section provides information relating to all levels of programs such as costs, attendance, examinations, grading system, integrity of scholarship and grades. Information about the campus, student housing, campus activities, and student organizations and services is also included in the GENERAL INFORMATION section. The requirements for programs in the individual colleges at both the un dergraduate and graduate levels are given in the section THE COL LEGES AND PROGRAMS OF STUDY. The listings of individual courses in each department or school are given in the section, DESCRIPTIONS OF COURSES. The Schedule of Courses and Academic Handbook is published before the beginning of each term and is available in the Office of the Registrar. It provides current information on the University calendar, registration procedures, general academic regulations, the days and hours that each class section meets, and the schedule for final examinations. Academic Advisement, Enrollment, Registration, and Counseling On January 20, 1966, the Educational Policies Committee dis tributed a statement entitled "Policy Recommendations on Academic Advising." It included the following definitions: Academic Advisement Academic advisement is a continuing process in which a student and a faculty member discuss possible options; first, in the student's total educational program; second, in specific curricular fields; and third, in potential careers, in order that the student may make more intelligent choices. 34 Enrollment Enrollment is a student responsibility in selecting courses for a term schedule from a student's academic plan previously developed, but continually reviewed with the adviser. Registration Registration is a mechanical process directed by the Office of the Registrar to admit students to courses, to allot students to specific class sections, assess fees, and to prepare records for staff use. Counseling Counseling is a service available from the Counseling Center to help students adjust to social and personal problems encountered while enrolled in the University, and to identify potential occupational choices. The statement also included three policy recommendations. These recommendations, as approved by the Academic Council on February 8, 1966, were as follows: a) Each college and/or department shall develop a system of ad visement of students within the context of the structure of the college and/or department consistent with the following: 1) Academic advising is a responsibility of faculty, but the division of responsibility (e.g., relative emphasis on grad uate vs. undergraduate advising, number of advisees per faculty member, etc.) should be determined through mutual agreement between faculty and dean and/ or department chairman in each college and/ or department. 2) Excellence and effort in advising are to be recognized by chairmen and deans, as well as by the Provost, as an integral part of the faculty member's assignment. 3) Procedural provisions are to be made at the departmental and college level for the availability of academic advisers at times in addition to those scheduled for enrollment and registration. b) Students are responsible for studying and knowing University, college, and department requirements as stated in the catalog. They shall also prepare tentative academic plans for review by their academic advisers. c) With efficient use of faculty and student time as prime con siderations, the Registrar should continue to develop improve ments in the registration procedures, schedule pre-enrollment as late in the term as practical, and consult operations special ists for assistance in the mechanics of registration. 35 A memorandum, dated December 1966, that gives a statement on academic advising for each college, is available from the Provost's Office. It also includes statements on Foreign Student Advising, Enrollment and Registration, and the Counseling Center. Code of Teaching Responsibility The teaching responsibilities of the instructional staff are among those many areas of university life which have for generations been a part of the unwritten code of "scholars and gentlemen." Now, how ever, along with other formerly unwritten contracts, it seems appro priate to set forth these responsibilities in the form of a code. The provisions of such a code are so reasonable to learned and humane men that it may appear redundant or unnecessary to state them. However, the University conceives them to be so important that the performance of the instructional staff in meeting the provisions of this code shall be taken into consideration in determining salary in creases, tenure, and promotion. a) Instructional staff members are responsible for stating clearly the instructional objectives of each course they teach at the beginning of each term. It is expected that each instructional staff member will direct his instruction toward the fulfillment of these objectives and that examinations will be consistent with these objectives. Instructional staff members are respon sible to orient the content of the courses they are assigned to teach to the course descriptions approved by the University Curriculum Committee and the Academic Council. b) Instructional staff members are responsible for informing stu dents in their classes of the methods to be employed in deter mining the final course grade and of any special requirements of attendance which differ from the attendance policy of the University. c) It is expected that graded examinations and papers will be provided to the student for inspection and discussion. Thus final examinations will be retained for one term to provide the opportunity for review with the instructor, if the student so desires. It is expected that examinations will be graded within a sufficient appropriate time to make the examination a part of the student's learning experience. d) All instructional staff members are expected to meet their classes regularly and at scheduled times. In case of illness or any other emergency, the instructor will notify the department chairman so that appropriate action may be taken. e) All instructional staff members whose responsibilities involve students, are expected to schedule a reasonable number of of fice hours for student conferences. Office hours should be scheduled at times convenient to both students and instructors 36 with the additional option of prearranged appointments for students when there is a schedule conflict. The number of office hours is to be determined at the appropriate administra tive level, and office hours should be a matter of common knowledge. Instructional staff members who are responsible for academic advising are expected to be in their office at specified hours during the period of each enrollment. Arrangements will also be made for advising during registration. f) Hearing Procedures a) Students may take complaints relative to instruction directly to the departmental chairman or his designate. If the chairman is unable to resolve the matter to the student's satisfaction, the chairman is obligated to refer unresolved complaints, in writing, to the departmental committee charged with the responsibility of hearing such complaints. A written report of the action or recommendation of that group will be forwarded to the Om budsman, to the student, and to the instructional staff member within ten working days of the receipt of the complaint. b) Complaints relative to instruction coming to the Ombudsman will be reported to the department chairman, in writing, when in the Ombudsman's opinion a hearing appears necessary. lt will be the responsibility of the departmental chairman or his designate to refer such unresolved complaints to the depart mental committee charged with the responsibility of hearing such complaints. A written report of the action or recom mendation of that group will be forwarded to the Ombudsman, to the student, and to the instructional staff member within ten working days of the receipt of the complaint. c) Students wishing to appeal a departmental action or recommen dation may do so as outlined in provision 2.2.8 .1. of the Aca demic Freeport Report. "These departmental and college committees shall be the sole agencies for hearing complaints of this kind. A student may appeal the ruling of a departmental committee to the college committee. But there shall be no appeal beyond the college committee except to the dean of the college, who may ask, upon a showing, that a given case be reconsidered." This Code was approved by the Academic Senate November 19, 1969. Rights of Students to Receive Instruction The Academic Council on May 12, 1970 approved a resolution which reaffirmed the Code of Teaching Responsibilities and the pro visions of the Academic Freedom for Students Report. It reaffirmed: a) The right of faculty members to conduct classes, and of students 37 to participate in those classes, without interference or dis ruption. b) The right of every student to a satisfactory fulfillment of the contract entered into at the beginning of the term. c) The right of faculty members to dissent without jeopardizing their livelihood, and the right of students to dissent without jeopardizing their degree. d) Freedom of conscience for all members of the academic community. f) e) The Academic Council also requests its Educational Policies Committee to recommend policies regarding grades for stu dents who absent themselves from classes in order to exercise the right to dissent. In the event of an instructor's inability to fulfill his obligations to provide for students the instruction for which they enrolled as a result of death, illness, leave of absence, consultation, or any other reason, it is the responsibility of the department, together with the college and the University, to provide every student with the "satisfactory fulfillment of the contract en tered into at the beginning of the term." Evaluation of Instruction As a means to assist in improving the evaluation of instruction, the Academic Council approved on December 2, 1969, the follow ing procedures for the use of a Student Instructional Rating Report. a) Each of the teaching faculty (including graduate assistants) at Michigan State University regardless of rank or tenure is required to use the Student Instruction Rating Report to evaluate at least one course in every quarter in which he teaches and every separate course he teaches at least once a year. b) The results generated by the Instructional Rating Report shall be evaluated at the departmental level in order to help deter mine individual effectiveness. Appropriate procedures for the execution of this evaluation shall be determined according to departmental or residential faculty prerogatives. c) The department chairman will be asked to describe in his an nual report the steps which have been taken by the department or residential college to improve instruction. The Student Instructional Rating Report forms are furnished by the Scoring Office, 104 South Kedzie Hall. Integrity of Scholarship and Grades The principles of truth and honesty are recognized as fundamental to a community of teachers and scholars. The University expects 38 that both faculty and students will honor these principles and in so doing protect the validity of University grades. This means that all academic work will be done by the student to whom it is assigned, without unauthorized aid of any kind. Instructors, for their part, will exercise care in the planning and supervision of academic work, so that honest effort will be positively encouraged. If any instance of academic dishonesty is discovered by an in structor, it is his responsibility to take appropriate action. Depend ing on his judgment of the particular case, he may give a failing grade to the student on the assignment or for the course. In instances where only a failing grade in a course is given for academic dishonesty, the instructor will notify the student's academic dean in writing of the circumstances. When in the judgment of the student's academic dean further action for repeated violations is warranted, he may refer the case to the Student-Faculty Judiciary which shall have original jurisdiction.* In instances of academic dishonesty where the instructor feels that action other than, or in addition to, a failing grade in the course is warranted, the instructor will report the case to his departmental chairman and to the student's academic dean. The student's aca demic dean may then refer the case to the Student-Faculty Judiciary which shall have original jurisdiction.* Appeal* The student who receives a failing grade based on a charge of academic dishonesty may appeal to the Student-Faculty Judiciary. Academic Freedom for Students The document, Academic Freedom for Students at Michigan State University, was prepared by the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs and successively approved by the Academic Council, Aca demic Senate, and finally by the Board of Trustees at its March 16, 1967 meeting. The report establishes guidelines to identify rights and duties of students in regard to conduct, academic pursuits, the keeping of records, and publications. It provides for structures and procedures for the formulation of regulations governing student conduct, for the interpretation and amendment of the guidelines, for "due process" in the adjudication of student disciplinary cases, and for channeling to the faculty and administration student complaints and concerns in the academic area. Copies of the full report are available in the Provost's Office. Guest Speakers Policy It is the policy of Michigan State University to foster a spirit of free inquiry and to encourage the timely discussion of a wide variety "' Academic Freedom for Students at Michigan State University, Articles 4.3.4.2.a. ( 2). and 4.3.4.2.b. ( 3). 39 of issues, provided that the views expressed are stated openly and, therefore, are subject to critical evaluation. Restraints on free inquiry should be held to that minimum which is consistent with preserving an organized society in which peaceful, democratic means for change are available. Therefore, registered student organizations are en couraged to invite speakers to the campus subject only to the fol lowing provisions: a) The speaker must not urge the audience to take action which is prohibited by the rules of the University or which is illegal under federal or Michigan law. Advocating or urging the modification of the government of the United States or of the State of Michigan by violence or sabotage is specifically pro hibited. It is the responsibility of the student organization to inform speakers of these prohibitions. b) Sponsorship must be by a student organization which has been the registered under the general regulations approved by appropriate University authorities. c) For purposes of preserving a record of all such public meetings and/ or coordinating them with the calendar of other activities taking place on University property, the sponsoring organiza tion must 1) make all arrangements for reservation of space with the appropriate University officials, and 2) complete a form to be furnished by the appropriate University office indi cating, among other things, the subject to be discussed, the names of all speakers and the time and place of the meeting; the form is to be certified by the signature of the appropriate officer of the organization and the faculty adviser. All rules for administration of requests from registered student organ izations must conform to the "General Policy" stated above. It shall be the responsibility of the Director of the Student Activities Division to certify that all appropriate steps have been taken before the event is officially scheduled. d) Any student organization violating the provisions of this by law is subject only to the procedures and penalties applicable to students and student organizations that violate other Uni versity rules. e) Public announcements concerning the speaker shall contain statements that clearly and accurately identify him. · f) At meetings dealing with controversial issues, ample time shall be allowed for questions and free discussion of the ideas presented. Student Representation on Faculty Committees The "Bylaws of the Faculty" adopted by the Board of Trustees, July 11, 1968, provides for student participation in the Academic Council and certain faculty standing committees by specifying that the following faculty groups have student representatives: 40 Academic Council Two undergraduate students are selected by the Associated Stu dents of Michigan State University (ASMSU), and one graduate student is selected under procedures developed and approved by the Graduate office and the Graduate Council. The student representa tives are non-voting members. Faculty Standing Committees The Educational Policies Committee, the International Projects Committee, the Library Committee, the Student Affairs Committee, and the University Curriculum Committee have one undergraduate student representative and one graduate student representative each. The undergraduate student representatives are selected by ASMSU. The graduate student representatives are selected by procedures de veloped and approved by the Graduate Office and the Graduate Council. The student representatives are non-voting members. Advisers to Student Organizations More than 200 organizations on the campus enlist undergraduate members, and one of the assignments faculty members receive is to serve as advisers to these groups. The groups include honoraries, professional organizations, religious groups, recreational clubs, as well as academic interest area, political, social, and service organ izations. Serving as an adviser is one of the ways that faculty mem bers can work personally and closely with students, and faculty mem bers generally find the experience highly rewarding. Complete listings of the organizations are available from the Dean of Student's Office. Participation in Commencement All faculty members are invited to participate in commencement ceremonies at the end of fall, winter, and spring terms. By action of the Academic Senate, 5 00 faculty members are expected to participate in the June commencement and 300 in each of the other two terms. The Commencement Committee, using the distribution of Academic Senate members as a guide, prepares and distributes college and departmental quotas to meet the required number. Deans and de partment heads are responsible for meeting these quotas. 41 Staff Benefits General Information Generally, a new full time faculty member with an appointment of more than nine months is eligible to participate in the staff benefits offered by the University if he applies within 60 days from the date of his appointment. Premiums for the insurances selected will be paid by payroll deducation. Brochures describing the plans in detail are available in the Staff Benefits Office, Administration Building. Anyone unable to work because of illness or disability; going on a leave of absence without pay; terminating employment with Michigan State University, or retiring, should contact the Staff Benefits Office for information concerning conversion or extension privileges or to arrange for prepayment of premium if insurances are to remain in force. Hospitalization and Medical Insurance Michigan State University contributes toward the cost of hospital ization coverage. Single person coverage for both the American Hospitalization and TIAA Major Medical plans are completely as sumed by the University at the time of enrollment. In addition, the University contributes $25.00 a month toward the cost of two person or family coverage. New full time faculty members may enroll in either or both hospitalization plans within 60 days of their employ ment date without providing evidence of insurability. American Community Mutual Hospitalization Program Basic group hospitalization coverage is provided by the American Community Mutual plan. Among other benefits, it provides up to 365 days of semi-private hospitalization coverage coupled with a $600 surgical schedule. TIAA Major Medical Insurance This broad hospitalization-medical plan is designed to coordinate with the American plan though it may be purchased separately if desired. Briefly, the insurance activates when expenses exceed those covered by the base hospitalization plan, if any. After a $100 de duction, the plan pays 80 percent of all covered expenses up to $5,000 and 100 percent (during one benefit period) of covered expenses be tween $5,000 and a maximum of $50,000. TIAA Major Medical Insurance does not cover maternity benefits. Group Life Insurance Michigan State University offers Group Life Insurance at a nominal cost to full time faculty members at the time of employment providing 42 it is prior to the 53rd birthday. The insurance is term insurance with out a cash or loan value. Participation in the program is optional; however, if enrollment does not take place within 60 days of date of employment, the faculty member forfeits the right to participate without submitting evidence of insurability. Two coverage schedules are available: Schedule A Schedule B Age To 45 45-65 65 and over Amount $12,000 9,000 1,500 Monthly Premium $3.00 3.00 None Amount $24,000 18,000 2,500 Monthly Premium $6.50 6.50 None A new faculty member may select Schedule A at the time of em ployment and at a later time select Schedule B provided he submits evidence of insurability acceptable to the Company prior to his 53rd birthday. The insurance may be decreased from Schedule B to Sched ule A at the written option of the insured. The reduction in the amount of insurance is automatic on the first day of July following the 45th and 65th birthday. Accident Insurance Protection The University offers an optional accident coverage on a 24-hour basis, 365 days a year for Accidental Death and Dismemberment and Permanent Total Disability. It covers accidents occuring in the course of business or pleasure. Indemnities may be purchased ranging from $10,000 to $150,000. All premiums are paid by monthly payroll deductions. The amount of insurance in force would be paid as follows: a) In the event of accidental death, the principal amount. b) For loss of any two members, the principal amount. c) For loss of any one member, one-half the principal amount. d) For permanent and total disability as defined in the policy, the principal amount. Optional family coverage is also available. New full time faculty must enroll within 60 days of their appoint ment date if coverage is desired. Group Travel Accident Insurance The Travel Accident Insurance program is designed to provide special insurance to all University faculty members while traveling on University business or approved activities outside the campus limits of the University, or outside the corporation limits of his residence. This insurance is provided in recognition of the hazards involved in the normal course of travel for the University. Michigan State Uni- 43 11 versity provides this insurance at no cost to faculty and staff while traveling on University business. The amount of insurance in force would be paid as follows: a) In the event of accidental death, the principal amount, $50,000. b) For loss of any two members, the principal amount, $50,000. c) For loss of any one member, one-half the principal amount, $25,000. d) For permanent and total disability as specified in the policy, the principal sum, $50,000. Long Term Disability Income Protection The Long Term Disability program is designed to provide monthly income and retirement benefits for staff members totally and con tinuously disabled. The program is financed by a monthly deduction based upon the participant's annual earnings and adjusted every July 1st. After being disabled for a period of six continuous months, the Long Term Disability Income Plan guarantees 60 percent of the first $1,000 of the monthly rate of basic earnings plus 40 percent of the excess over $1,000 a month. In addition, the program will pay the participant's contributions (5 percent) and the University's contribution (10 percent) to TIAA CREF or the University Retirement Plan as long as the individual is entitled to the Long Term Disability benefits. New full time faculty members must enroll within the first 60 days of their appointment if coverage is desired. Faculty members on leave without pay lasting less than three months must contact the Staff Benefits Division to arrange for prepayment of the insurance. The plan cannot be continued while a covered staff member is on leave without pay for longer than 90 days. Disability Pensions For faculty and staff eligible for benefits under the University non-contributory retirement plan, a disability provision is available for those who may become disabled after 15 years of service. Details of this benefit may be found in a separate pamphlet describing re tirement obtainable at the Staff Benefits Office. A member of the faculty who is participating in the TIAA-CREF retirement annuity plan may receive benefits under it, either for dis ability or otherwise, at any time funds are no longer contributed to his annuity. Benefits are determined by the amount accumulated in his account and his actuarial life expectancy as determined by TIAA-CREF. 44 Retirement Annuity Pension Plan (TIAA-CREF)* Michigan State University provides a Retirement Annuity Pension Plan for its faculty with the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Asso ciation of America (TIAA) and its companion organization, The College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF), managed by the same officers but under a separate corporate organization. When the faculty voted in 1958 to adopt the TIAA-CREF pension plan to replace the Michigan State University non-contributory plan, the change-over included two special features: a) The years of service under the MSU non-contributory plan were "frozen" on July 1, 1958, for those participating in TIAA-CREF. However, the salary level just preceding retire ment will be used to calculate the pension in accordance with the rules of the plan. This pension is in addition to the an nuity payable under the TIAA-CREF plan and Social Security. b) Anyone who found th at he would be disadvantaged by a trans fer to TIAA-CREF was permitted to remain under the MSU non-contributory plan exclusively. Since July 1, 1958, all new faculty members when eligible* partici pate in the TIAA-CREF plan. Faculty holding Cooperative Exten sion Service appointments must participate in the federal contributory retirement plan and are excluded from Social Security by law. For this reason they are permitted to select either the MSU non-contribu tory retirement plan or the TIAA-CREF plan. The TIAA-CREF plan is financed by a 5 percent contribution from the participant's monthly salary which is sent to TIAA-CREF with the University's contribution of an amount equal to 10 percent of the individual's salary. A "typical" faculty member should accumulate a reitrement annuity of approximately half of his regular salary immediately prior to retirement. Up to three-fourths of the total monthly premium may be deposited' in CREF where it is invested in growth-type stocks with the objective of providing an ultimate pension geared to the changing value of the dollar. Premiums paid into TIAA annuities are invested in fixed income securities and provide a fixed income upon retirement. Upon request, it is possible for the individual's contribution to TIAA-CREF to be on a tax-exempt basis. In this way income tax is deferred until income is received as an annuity after retirement. Presumably, at that time, with lower income and possibly greater exemptions, the tax probably will be less. 0 See page 17 for the general rules for eligibility. The Staff Benefits Office should be consulted for specific information on eligibility and requirements. 45 Medical Treatment For Job Related Illness or Injury The Michigan State University Health Center is to be used by the faculty, whenever possible, in treating illness or injuries which are the direct result of their employment at Michigan State University. Sick Pay Sick pay may be excluded from income up to $100 per week for income tax purposes even though it has been reported as a part of earned income on the W-2 form. Deduction of any amount of sick pay on the income tax return should be accompanied by a letter from the Office of the Comptroller certifying the dates of absence from work. This information should be furnished to the Office of the Comptroller by the Department chairman. Sickness and Death Benefits In case of death of a regular full time faculty or staff member on active duty, a sickness and death benefit may be paid to his dependents by continuation of the monthly salary in accordance with the plan given below: Years of Service Maximum Sickness and Death Benefit 7 months salary 8 months salary 9 months salary 10 months salary 11 months salary 12 months salary 5 but less than 6 years 6 but less than 7 years 7 but less than 8 years 8 but less than 9 years 9 but less than 10 years 10 years or more Dependents for this benefit are defined as the spouse or unmarried children of the staff member who are living at home and are totally dependent upon the staff member at the time of his death. Social Security Regular full time faculty, with the exception of those holding Co operative Extension Service appointments, are covered by Social Security and the benefits are in addition to the University plans. Academic appointees for periods of no more than three months, are exceptions under this University's definition of "temporary." Non-resident aliens who come to Michigan State University as exchange instructors or professors, research assistants or skilled spe cialists, or leaders in fields of specialized knowledge, may be excluded upon presentation of an "F" or "J" visa to the Payroll Office, 350 Administration Building. Complete information on Social Security requirements and regulations may be obtained from the Payroll Office and general information on Social Security benefits may be obtained from the Staff Benefits Office or from the local Social Security Office. 46 Workmen's Compensation All University faculty members are covered under the Michigan Workmen's Compensation Act. Any employment injury is to be reported to one's immediate superior who will send the injured faculty member to the MSU Health Center. In an emergency the faculty member should go directly to the MSU Health Center and ask his immediate superior or department chairman to follow the emergency visit with the appropriate authorization form. Treatment at a local hospital for an employment injury is not covered by the hospitalization insurance of the injured and any hospitalization insurance claim indicating the condition arose out of and in the course of an individual's employment would not be paid for by the insurance carrier. If the injury arises out of and in the course of employment while away from the local area, it is satisfactory to obtain medical treat ment with the cost being billed to the University. Upon receipt of such treatment, the accident form should be completed as required (see the Manual for Business Procedures, pages Em 1 to Em 7) and the Workmen's Compensation Division, Office of the Comptroller, should be notified. 47 Procedures Borrowing University Equipment University equipment is not loaned to non-campus organizations ex cept departments of the state or federal government. Arrangements are to be made through the Office of the Executive Vice President. Buildings The closing time for most buildings other than residence halls is 10:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Some exceptions for more frequently used buildings are: Administration Building, 5: 30 p.m.; Library and Union Building, 11 :00 p.m.; and Student Services Building, 12 midnight. Building hours are posted on the doors of most University buildings. University employees may work in their offices or laboratories be yond closing hours if they have authorized building keys and/ or room keys to the areas occupied. Fairchild Theatre is not used for regular classes. University facilities are not rented to outside groups unless spon sored by Continuing Education. University property is not to be used for personal needs. Exhibition space is not to be sold in any building. Channeling Information to the Public The Department of Information Services, 109 Agriculture Hall, operates to serve all departments and the University as a whole. Its principal functions include keeping the people of Michigan in formed of the developments and activities of the University; channel ing useful information to the public from teaching, research and extension personnel by way of press, radio, television and other mass media; editing and circulating bulletins and other publications; and offering guidance in public relations matters. So that all departments and the University as a whole will benefit to the greatest extent from the services of the Department of In formation Services, the full cooperation of every University faculty member is needed. Obviously it is impossible for the Information Services staff to keep in frequent contact with all faculty members. For that reason it is highly desirable that each faculty member keep the Department of Information Services fully informed of significant activities. Please notify the Information staff of new projects being launched, particularly those of service to students and the public. Also, keep the department informed of major participation in off-campus con- 48 vention and conference programs, presentation of papers, and other developments of general interest. Through this cooperation the repu tation and prestige of Michigan State University can be enhanced. Design Service A design service is maintained in Berkey Hall (Rm. 313) by the Department of Information Services for the benefit of all depart ments and colleges of the University. Graphic designers are available to create layouts and illustrations, and to do lettering and other types of art work. Charges are made to departments on a non-profit basis. Photo Lab Also included in the facilities of the Department of Information Services is the Photo Lab, located in Agriculture Hall. Designed to serve all departments of the University, the laboratory is equipped to handle all types of photographic work. Included are production of commercial prints, portraits, slides, motion pictures, film pro cessing and photo copying, both in black and white and in color. A nominal fee is charged for work done by the Photo Lab. Radio Stations Radio stations WKAR (870) and WKAR-FM (90.5) are operated by the Department of Radio Broadcasting. This department also gives assistance to extension personnel who are carrying programs on other stations. The radio stations are heard throughout most of Michigan and in adjoining states where they reach many citizens who have no other contact with the University. Programs are planned for a state audience and embrace education, information, public service, fine arts, and entertainment. Program materials and personnel are de rived from the faculty, student body, departments of state govern ment, federal departments and agencies, and state organizations. Cooperation of the faculty in developing programs is essential to the maintenance of a comprehensive program serving all activities of the University. Television With both credit courses and informal educational and cultural programs for the people at large, the University extends its resources to Michigan and the nation through its television station, WMSB, a division of the Continuing Education Service and affiliate in the national system of noncommercial Public Television. Faculty mem bers are invited to propose programs and participate in them as an acknowledged and significant part of their professional activity. University Editor's Office The University Editor's Office, a division of the Department of In formation Services, offers editorial and design services for official pub lications of the University's academic and administrative departments. 49 An editorial and design staff is available to assist in the editing, design and publishing of brochures, announcements, posters, mono graphs, books, catalogs and similar material necessary to communi cate information concerning the academic, research and service programs of the University. Editorial staff members work with department representatives after the basic manuscript for a publication has been prepared by the initiating department. They assist in the selection of type, paper and ink and in the preparation of a suitable publication design. They also see the publication through the printing process from initial typesetting to delivery of the finished item. For the majority of publications processed through the University Editor's Office, professional graphic design and art work is necessary. For this aspect of University publishing, the MSU Design Service (an adjunct of the UEO) provides skilled assistance in the special re quirements of preparing art for printing. Experienced graphic de signers are available to create layouts, cover designs, illustrations and other art work essential to the effective graphic presentation of the printed message. The University Editor's Office assumes the responsibility for maintenance of professional editorial, design and printing standards through ( 1) editorial review, including organization and presentation of material, grammatical construction and stylistic consistency; (2) graphic design, including type, paper and ink selection, copy-fit ting, determination of format, creation of appropriate design and preparation of finished art for printing; and (3) production, including preparation of specifications, acquisition of price quotations from competing printers, and establishment of reasonable printing and delivery schedules. The editorial and production supervision services are provided without charge to University departments and administrative offices. But since the design service unit is operated on a revolving fund account, a charge must be made for work done by the office's graphic designers. Costs are based on a standard price list, with total charges depending on the size and complexity of the publication concerned. It should be noted that the office provides free editorial service but does not pay for printing. All printing, production and design costs are paid by the department that orders the publication. Production work cannot be started on a publication until an approved requisition (issued by the requesting department) has been received by the Uni versity Editor's Office. Publications to be copyrighted by the University Editor's Office are done so in the name of the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University. Department offices planning to produce a publication are invited to call the University Editor's Office (5-3290), 447 Berkey Hall, 50 and arrange a meeting with an editorial staff member to discuss their plans for the publication and to work out a tentative production schedule. Emergencies In case of fire, police emergency, accident necessitating first-aid treatment or need for ambulance transportation, dial "1-2-3." This is the emergency number to the Department of Public Safety. Their officers will dispatch appropriate equipment and personnel to deal with the emergency. For routine or non-emergency communications to the Department of Public Safety which deal with police matters, dial 5-2221. If the subject concerns non-police safety problems such as radiation, sanitation, fire prevention, or industrial accidents, call 5-2208. Field Trips It is a Board policy that students are not permitted to drive cars and take other students with them on field trips and assignments away from the University. University transportation should be used for such trips. For more details, see the official booklet Travel Regu lations dated July 1, 1970. See procedures for field trips in Manual of Business Procedures. Housing University Apartments: The University has 184 apartments for use by faculty and eligible staff members until they are able to find adequate housing elsewhere. The units consist of no-bedroom and one-bedroom units which may be rented furnished or unfurnished and two-bedroom units which are unfurnished except for a range, refrigerator, and venetian blinds. Briefly, the regulations governing the eligibility for these apart ments are: a) Instructors and assistant professors may live in University housing for three years and may apply for not more than three one-year renewals. b) Associate professors and professors may live in University housing for only one year. c) Regulations forbid faculty members who have owned their own local homes from moving into Michigan State University operated housing. Inquiries concerning University owned apartments may be directed to the Married Housing Office, 1205 South Harrison Road, East Lansing, telephone 5-9550. Off-Campus Housing: Inquiries concerning houses or apartments 51 in East Lansing or elsewhere off campus may be made to the off campus Housing Office, 101 Student Services Building, telephone 5-8303. Identification Cards All full-time members of the faculty may obtain identification cards. Similar identification cards are issued to their spouses upon request. The cards are useful in establishing identity for such campus privileges as use of the library, Intramural Building, and golf course, and for admission to athletic events. To obtain an ID card, the faculty member and spouse should secure authorization cards from his department. These are presented at the ID Card Office in the Administration Building, where the photographs are taken. Plastic name cards are available for library use, etc., upon request. This service is available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Instructional Media Center Among the important learning resources available to faculty mem bers through the Instructional Development Service are those of the Instructional Media Center. Films, graphics, closed-circuit television, and all types of projection, recording, and public address services are available. In addition, there is a staff of specialists to assist faculty members with an analysis of instructional needs, with the procurement or production of needed materials and with suggestions for their effective use. Kellogg Center Housing Kellogg Center facilities are available to faculty members and their guests. Reservations for guest rooms should be made through the Kellogg Center office, 5-5090, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m.- 5: 00 p.m.; and ED 2-6571 evenings and weekends. Rates for rooms are $12.00 for single occupancy and $17 .00 for double. All guest rooms are complete with twin beds, circulating ice water, full bath, four-channel radio, and color television. Library Facilities The Michigan State University Libraries consist of more than 1,500,000 volumes, including United States, United Nations, and Canadian documents, and titles available in various microforms. Current serial supscriptions total more than 30,000 titles. The Reference Library is the information center for all of the University Libraries. Reference librarians provide bibliographic as sistance, aid readers with the use of the public catalog, fulfill inter- 52 library loan requests, answer reference questions, and accept requests for delivery of materials to faculty offices. Curriculum-related materials can be placed in assigned reading collections to assure a wider circulation of the materials. These col lections are supervised by the Assigned Reading Librarian. The Circulation Desk faces the main lobby. Except for assigned reading books, government documents, and the Undergraduate Li brary's periodicals, all books in the building can be checked out and returned at this central desk. Faculty members may charge out as many books as they wish for the academic year, but books may be recalled after a two-week period if requested by another reader. All books are subject to im mediate recall if needed for assigned reading. Some periodicals and books are restricted to building use only, while others circulate for one day periods to graduate students and faculty members. Over a hundred carrels are available to faculty members engaged in research. The application for carrels should be made to the Asso ciate Director. The University Libraries contain collections of materials devoted to specific research needs. For example, Special Collections consists of 62,000 volumes; the microfilm collection contains micro-reproduc tion of over 200,000 titles; the Continuing Education Library houses state and municipal documents; and U.S., U.N., Canadian and foreign government documents are available through the bibliographies in the Documents Library. Lost and Found The campus "lost and found" service is maintained in the check room on the main concourse of the Union Building. Call 5-3497. Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7: 30 p.m. to 11: 00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Maintenance Calls Physical Plant Service: The Physical Plant Maintenance Depart ment (353-1760) is open daily for all maintenance calls pertaining to building and/ or utilities from 7: 30 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m. For emer gency maintenance service from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. daily and all day on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, dial "O". Married Housing: For maintenance service in Married Housing areas, call 5-9550 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; from 5:00 p.m. to midnight, call 5-9557; for emergencies after midnight, dial "O". Grounds Maintenance: The Grounds Maintenance Department (dial 5-7750) is open daily for all maintenance calls pertaining to grounds maintenance service from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For emergency maintenance service from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. daily and all day on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, please dial "O". 53 lVlessenger Service Michigan State University maintains a messenger and mailing serv ice which provides a means of distributing official University com munications on campus. Stops are made in all main departmental offices where faculty and staff may call for and leave mail for campus distribution. Also, off campus mail is picked up twice daily and taken to the mail room where it is metered with the cor rect postage and mailed from the East Lansing Post Office. Examples of communications that are distributed on campus are: Notices of faculty meetings or other University department sponsored affairs or programs, communications from one department of the University to another, and memorandums from one individual to another when pertaining to University business. Those that cannot be distributed are: Requests for contributions (except United Fund), sales or collections by campus organizations, notices of political meet ings, organization meetings (except meetings of learned and profes sional societies), church announcements, etc. Interdepartmental re use envelopes, available in two sizes from General Stores, should be used for on-campus communications. Printing and Mimeographing The University Printing Service, second floor of Central Services Building, telephone 5-6610, provides complete offset printing, stencil duplicating and Xerox copier service to University departments. (Xerox copier service is available to individuals on a cash basis.) The service is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Included in the types of materials produced by University Print ing are: Illustrated brochures, manuals and booklets, newsletters, form letters, envelopes, postcards, maps, announcements, memo pads, and business forms including no-carbon-required forms. University Printing is the only authorized source for University stationery. University Printing has the equipment necessary take a publication from original manuscript through typesetting, pasteup, photography, platemaking, printing, assembling, binding and trim ming to a finshed product. If a job requires special type or paper, these can be obtained from outside sources through University Printing. to Low budget items can be reproduced in several ways including offset printing from typewritten masters or by photographing type written material to make metal offset plates. Duplicating from typed 'or drawn stencils is another service. Stencil copy too complex for hand preparation is produced economically on an electric scanner which prepares a special facsimile stencil. Another service, the "copy center" can be used to provide fast service for short-run work, frequently on a same-day basis. 54 The University Printing Service charges all jobs on a cost-of operation basis. Payment by departments is made through transfer of funds from departmental accounts established in the Office of the Comptroller. Payment for Zerox service for individuals is made in cash. See the MSU Manual Business of Procedures, Section "Up," for details. Publications The MSU Bulletin (commonly called the Blue Sheet) is distributed each Friday throughout the University year. It includes the official calendar and brief notices of interest to faculty. Notices should be submitted on mimeographed forms designed for this purpose and available from the MSU Bulletin Editor, 109 Agriculture Hall (355- 2260). Completed forms must reach the editor prior to the 10 a.m. Wednesday deadline if they are to appear in the Friday issue. The MSU Faculty News is published weekly during fall, winter and spring terms, and bi-weekly during summer term. It contains news, features, announcements and articles for and about faculty. Special accomplishments by individual faculty are also included. Editorial offices are located in Room 296-G, Hannah Administra tion Building. This is Michigan State University (better known by its subtitle as the Facts Book) is compiled yearly to serve as a reference source of latest information about Michigan State. Information is brought together in this publication primarily for editors, writers, and radio and television newsmen. Many others, however, also find this com pilation of facts and figures of value. Copies are available from the Department of Information Services, 109 Agriculture Hall. Academic Freedom for Students at Michigan State University is a report of the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs and has been approved by the Academic Council, the Academic Senate and the Board of Trustees. This report identifies rights and duties of students in regard to conduct, academic pursuits, the keeping of records, and publications. It proposes structures and procedures for the formula tion of regulations governing student conduct, for the interpretation and amendment of the guidelines, for the adjudication of student disciplinary cases, and for channeling to the faculty and administra tion student complaints and concerns in the academic area. Copies of this report are available from the Student Activities Division of the Dean of Students Office, Room 101, Student Service Building. Bylaws of the Board of Trustees of Michigan State University are available in printed form from the Office of the Secretary, Admin istration Building. Ordinances of Michigan State University are available from the Department of Public Safety. 55 Safety It is the desire of the Board of Trustees of Michigan State Univer sity to conserve the human resources of the University by prevention of accidents to University personnel, students, and visitors which may cause property damage, injury, or loss of life. Humanitarian motives impel the enunciation of the University policy on accident prevention. It is the policy of Michigan State University to prevent accidents in work, class, and other activities which the University supervises, is responsible for, or sponsors. Each person, regardless of official or unofficial status, who assumes or is assigned responsibility for the work or activities of others is administratively responsible for their safety during such work or activities. Investigation of accidents to University personnel and students during work, class, or sponsored activities is the responsibility of the person whose job it is to super vise the person injured. It is the intention of the University that there shall be compliance with safe practice standards which are a matter of professional knowledge, and with official codes and regulations. Each department is responsible for the establishment and preser vation of safe conditions and safe practices within the area of juris diction of the department. Smoking The following regulations have been approved by the Board ot Trustees: Smoking is hereby prohibited: (University Ordinance, Section 32.00) a) In barns and farm buildings except where specifically approved for smoking by the Director of the Department of Public Safety; b) In and adjacent to all buildings used primarily for storage of computible materials and/or flammable liquids; provided, how ever, that all buildings and areas other than classrooms shall be clearly posted as "No Smoking" areas. University Ordinance (Section 6.00) further provides that: Whosoever shall refuse or fail to conform to such rules or regulations, which may be prescribed by said Board in this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof may be fined and/ or imprisoned in the county jail of the county wherein the offense was committed, as provided by law. Telephone and Address Changes It is very important to yourself and to the University that changes in telephone number and address (both home and on campus) be 56 reported promptly. This information is vital to the Payroll Office, Telephone Center, and various other offices on campus. The correct procedure for reporting such change information is as follows: Obtain a Directory Address Card (IBM card # MSU 716) from your main department office. Fill out a complete address. (Incomplete addresses will not be processed.) Return the card to your department office. It is the responsibility of that office to forward the card to the Data Processing Department, where the changes will be processed and distributed to the various campus offices that require this information. These updating procedures are carried on throughout the year and should not be confused with the annual updating of telephone and address records by the Registrar's Office each year in July and August. Transportation on Campus Motor Vehicles: Full-time faculty and staff members may register their vehicles and pay the annual fee of $18 either in cash or through payroll deduction. However, they have the option of parking in metered spaces or gated lots at the usual rates or parking in the com muter parking lot at the intersection of Farm Lane and Mt. Hope Road. Registration of the vehicles and payment of the annual fee entitles one to a Faculty-Staff Parking Permit. This permit, properly installed on a vehicle, allows the vehicle to be parked in any legal space on campus. A parking-gate key-card which will operate the parking gates without use of a coin is issued to permit holders upon request. For faculty and staff possessing more than one motor vehicle, permits for each vehicle are provided for the single registration fee of $18. However, only one parking gate key is issued. It is suggested that each registrant carefully review the publication, "Faculty, Staff and Visitors Parking Regulations." Additional information is available from the Vehicle Office, 103 Quonsets, between the hours of 7: 30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. Bus System: The University operates a campus bus system pri marily for students who need transportation on campus. Term passes for students are available at a small fee. Faculty and staff members with a parking lot gate key card may use it for a bus pass. Bicycles: Many students, faculty, and staff operate bicycles on the campus. Every bicycle possessed or operated on the campus must be licensed either by the University's Department of Public Safety, Quonset 103, or by the cities of East Lansing or Lansing. 57 Opportunities Credit Union The MSU Employees Credit Union is a non-profit financial co operative, owned by its members, serving the credit and savings needs of MSU employees. It is managed and operated by a professional, full-time staff and a Board of Directors elected from the membership. Income is distributed to members in the form of savings dividends and interest rebates on loans. Savings and loan protection insurance is provided to eligible members at no extra cost. Savings are pro tected by internal and external audits, yearly examinations by the State Banking Department, a $1 million liability bond, statutory limitations on investments, and the Stabilization Services of the Michigan Credit Union League. Any employee and member of his immediate family may join the Credit Union by paying a 25¢ fee and investing a minimum of $5 in a Credit Union share. Membership entitles the employee and his family to all the services of the Credit Union. The office is located at 1019 Trowbridge Road. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Family Participation The University offers many opportunities, facilities, and services in which participation by families of faculty members is welcomed. Some of these are as follows: Alumni Memorial Chapel The chapel may be used by persons of all faiths, who are associated with the University, for religious services, weddings, and other appro priate events. For information on use or hours telephone 5-3464. Cultural Opportunities The Kresge Art Center Gallery exhibits drawings, paintings, sculp ture, and related art forms from the University's permanent collection, from rental shows, and from the work of faculty members and stu dents. The gallery is open to the public daily from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 to 5 p.m., Tuesday evenings 7 to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 2 to 5 p.m. The gallery is closed Dec. 25 through Jan. 1. The Lecture-Concert Series each year presents more than 50 pro grams featuring art and foreign films, travel films, concerts, plays, and lectures. Season or individual tickets may be obtained. The MSU Chorus welcomes faculty members and their wives and husbands. Rehearsals are held Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Auditorium of the Music Building. 58 Evening College The Evening College, a division of the Continuing Education Serv ice, offers noncredit educational courses on timely, interesting and challenging topics during the fall, winter and spring terms. All courses are held on the campus, the majority of them in the evening, and are taught by MSU faculty members and guest lecturers. Most courses are designed for adults; some encourage family participation. For further information, contact 5-4562. Library The University Library is open to all members of the academic community. The only restriction is that children under eighteen years of age may not check out materials. All others may apply at the library office for permits which carry the privilege of borrowing books for two-week periods. Permits may be used anywhere in the library system. Museum Michigan history, anthropology, full size habitat groups, a hall of Man and his culture, and ecology dioramas are only a few of the outstanding exhibits featured on the three floors of the MSU Museum. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, 1 to 5 p.m. on weekends. Admission is free. Nursery School The Michigan State University Institute for Family and Child Re search includes preschool laboratories for three- and four-year-old children. The child laboratories of the Institute, which are admin istered within the College of Human Ecology, facilitate research in early childhood education, as well as providing learning experiences for students studying early childhood development and family rela tionships. Families who enroll their children agree to cooperate with the Institute staff in working toward these programmatic goals. Any family in the community, including faculty families, may make application to enroll their children. Children are selected to meet the educational and research objectives of the program. Applications for enrollment for 1971-72 will be available after January 1, 1971. Each of the groups is under the direction of an early childhood specialist. Students participating in the units are under the supervision of qualified instructional personnel. For further information on ages, hours, and fees, telephone 3-3717 or 5-7747. Planetarium Abrams Planetarium is an unusually fine facility, providing excel lent educational programs in astronomy and related space science subjects. MSU faculty are encouraged to consider requesting use of the facility to add stimulation in their courses. Time permitting, 59 planetarium staff members are eager to develop programs of various types for university instruction. This is appropriate for courses which include subject matter involving study of the sky (e.g., astron omy, natural science, humanities, physical geography, geology, science teaching, literature, and many others). In addition to university instruction the planetarium offers enrich ment to schools of the surrounding area. Lessons for visiting classes of all levels can be arranged by calling the planetarium, 5-4672. Special educationally entertaining programs are offered to the general public on weekends at the following times: Fridays 8: 00 p.m., Saturdays 2:30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Sundays 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Evening college courses are offered at the planetarium several times each year. Programs may be arranged for groups with various interests by contacting the planetarium office. Psychological Clinic The Department of Psychology operates a Psychological Clinic as part of its instructional and research programs. All residents of the state of Michigan, except those who are students in the Uni versity, may apply for services offered by the Clinic. Services in clude diagnostic evaluations and psychological treatment for both children and adults. Students apply to the Counseling Center. Coun seling for family and marital problems also is available. The num ber of individuals who can be accepted is limited. Only those who can be served well by a training-research clinic are accepted. Ap plication may be made by letter or telephone. Publications The Michigan State News, a morning newspaper, is published by students on class days Monday through Friday of the fall, winter, spring, and summer terms. It reports campus, area, and world news. Social Activities The Faculty Folk Club was organized in 1923 to assist wives of faculty members to become acquainted, particularly outside their husbands' departments. It includes many interest groups: book re view, book exchange, bridge, bowling, drama, gourmet cookery, golf, French, Spanish, antiquing, art, creative writing, German, interna tional interests, knitting, swimming and Newcomers' Club. New comers' Club, which invites two-year membership by wives of new faculty members, meets monthly. Meetings of Faculty Folk are usually held on the second Friday of the month during the academic year. Dues of $2.50 per year include membership in both Faculty Folk and Newcomers' Club and all wives of new faculty members are encouraged to attend both. Members are eligible for all general meetings and interest groups. 60 Sports Family swimming is held Saturday evenings in the Women's Intra mural Building and Friday evenings in the Men's Intramural Building, in the indoor and outdoor pools depending on the time of year. Children above a certain height or with swimming ability may accom pany their parents. There is a small admission fee. Athletic facilities in the Men's Intramural Building may be used free of charge during open hours by male faculty members with one male guest each, age 14 years or above. For further information on the women's program, telephone 5-471 0; men's program, 5-5250. The Forest Akers Golf Course includes an 18-hole course (West) and a 9-hole course (East) and a practice driving range. Season tickets for faculty are $60.00 single and $90.00 family plus $25.00 for each child. Faculty members, their wives and children 14 years and over and under 21 may use the West Course for $2.00 or the East Course for $1.25 any day of the week. The Ice Arena in Demonstration Hall is open for skaters of all ages. There is a small fee. During the fall and winter there are group lessons for adults on Sunday afternoons 2: 30 p.m. - 3: 15 p.m. Tod dler classes (age 2-6) are held Monday through Friday. Classes for children ages 5 to 15 are held on Saturday. There is open skating some evenings and every Saturday and Sunday from 3: 30 to 5 p.m. during the regular skating season. Open skating during the summer season is held on Friday and Saturday evenings and Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Athletic events sometimes necessitate schedule changes. Schedules are available at ice rink office, telephone 355-2380. Meal Facilities Union Building Cafeteria: Monday through Friday, 11: 15 a.m. to 1: 15 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.; Sunday, 12 noon to 2 p.m. Grill: Monday through Saturday, 7: 15 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. International Center Crossroads Cafeteria: 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Kellogg Center State Room: Monday through Saturday, 7 to 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5:30 to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 8 to 11 a.m. and 12:15 to 6 p.m. Cafeteria: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Not open Saturday or Sunday. 61 Owen Graduate Center Cafeteria-Coffee Shop: Monday through Saturday, 7 a.m. to midnight; Sunday, 8 a.m. to midnight. Honorary and Professional Organizations Honorary and professional societies and interest groups in virtually every academic field function as a part of campus life at Michigan State. Among them are many nationally recognized professional groups, as well as clubs and organizations formed locally to bring those with similar interests together. Honorary Organizations *Alpha Lambda Delta, Freshmen Women's Scholastic; *Alpha Phi Sigma, Police Administration; *Alpha Zeta, Agriculture; *Arnold Air Society, Air Force; *Beta Alpha Psi, Accounting; *Beta Alpha Sigma, Urban Planning; *Beta Beta Beta, Bio Science; *Beta Gamma Sigma, Business; *Blue Key, Junior and Senior Men's Scholastic and Service; Circle Honorary, Women's Residence Halls; *Delta Phi Epsilon, Foreign Service; *Delta Psi Kappa, Women's Physical Education. *Delta Sigma Rho - Tau Kappa Alpha, Forensics; Enzian Hon orary, Men's Residence Halls; *Eta Kappa Nu, Electrical Engineer ing; Excalibur, Senior Men's; Green Helmet, Sophomore Men's Scho lastic; Green Splash, Women's Swimming; *Kappa Delta Pi, Educa tion; *Mortar Board, Senior Women's Scholastic, Leadership and Service; Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics; *Omicron Delta Kappa, Junior and Senior Men's Scholastic and Leadership; *Omi cron Nu, Home Economics; Orchesis, Dance; *Pershing Rifles, Mili tary Science; *Phi Alpha, Social Work; *Phi Beta Kappa, Liberal Arts Scholastic; *Phi Eta Sigma, Freshmen Men's Scholastic; *Phi Kappa Phi, All-University Scholastic; *Phi Lambda Tau, Engineering. *Phi Sigma Iota, Romance Languages and Literature; *Phi Zeta, Veterinary Medicine; *Pi Alpha Xi, Floriculture; Pi Kappa Gamma, Packaging; *Pi Omega Pi, Business Education; *Pi Tau Sigma, Me chanical Engineering; *Scabbard and Blade, Military Science; *Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Earth Science; *Sigma Lambda Chi, Forest Prod ucts *Sigma Pi Eta, Hotel Management; Sparta, Senior Men; Tau Alpha Rho, Television and Radio; *Tau Beta Pi, Engineering; Theta Alpha Phi, Theatre; Tower Guard, Women's Scholastic and Service; *Xi Sigmi Pi, Forestry. Professional Organizations and Professional Fraternities and Sororities Alpha Mu (Music Therapy Fraternity), American Foundrymen's Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Insti tute of Interior Designers, American Society for Metals, American *National Affiliation 62 Society of Agricultural Engineers, American Society of Civil En gineers, American Society of Landscape Architects, American So ciety of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Medical Tech nologists, American Veterinary Medical Association, Association for Computing Machinery, Cantilever (Home Building), Delta Omicron (Women's Music). Gamma Theta Upsilon (Geography), Institute of Electric and Electronic Engineers, MSU Marketing Club of the American Mar keting Association, Phi Beta Lambda (Business Education), Phi Delta Kappa (Men's Education), Phi Gamma Nu (Business), Phi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics), Sigma Alpha Eta (Speech and Hearing Science), Sigma Alpha Iota (Women's Music), Sigma Delta Chi (Journalism), Society of Automotive Engineers, Student Education Association, Student Society of Urban Planners, Theta Sigma Phi (Women's Journalism). Cooperative Nursery The MSU Community Cooperative Nursery has been in existence since 1950. It is a state licensed, incorporated, non-profit organiza tion located in a rural setting on the MSU campus at the corner of College and Jolly Roads. The nursery is made up of a group of parents assisted by a professional teaching staff who, under an in dependent constitution, organize, govern, and provide a pre-school education to children ages 21h through 5. The nursery serves pri marily the children from the University community but accepts students from the Greater Lansing area. The nursery calendar corresponds closely to that of the University averaging three ten week terms. Morning and afternoon classes are available for both 3 and 4 year olds on alternate week days. For application informa tion: Telephone Mrs. Robert Staudte, Membership Chairman, 337- 2123. For any other information: Telephone Mrs. John Howell, President, 332-3960. Recreation Recreational facilities for faculty member! are sponsored by the University. Season tickets for all home Michigan State University athletic events may be purchased through the athletic ticket office, 5-1610. Faculty may purchase season tickets for the Lecture-Concert series through the ticket office in the Student Union, 5-3361. Each year some of the world's most famous musical and dramatic artists and groups are presented in this series. The Performing Arts Company of the Department of Theatre presents a series of plays during the year. Season tickets for these productions are sold at the beginning of each academic year, and a 63 limited number of individual tickets are available approximately two weeks before each performance at the Fairchild Theatre ticket office, 5-0148. The Department also sponsors a season of plays during the summer session. For information call 5-0148. Intramural sports activities and facilities are available to men and women of the faculty at designated hours to be announced at the beginning of each quarter. The Michigan State University Union provides facilities and op portunities that no other University building has to offer. Its loca tion at the Abbott Road entrance to campus makes it convenient to reach by bus, foot or bike. Students, faculty, staff, alumni and guests, as members of the University family, gather at the Union for informal discussions, in formation on campus events, dining in the cafeteria or grill, relaxing in the lounges, bowling alley or billiard room. The Union is the headquarters for the Alumni office, operates a university-wide lost-and-found service, maintains a ticket office for all campus events except athletics; has the only barber shop on campus, and sells and rents caps and gowns. Faculty Club The Michigan State University Faculty Club maintains a multiple use facility adjacent to the campus. Membership is available to fac ulty members and persons holding board appointments at the ad ministrative-professional level. Details on membership application are available from the officers of the club, the Membership Com mittee, or by writing to the MSU Faculty Club, Michigan State University. The Club has outdoor facilities for swimming and tennis as well as indoor accommodations for billiards, table tennis, and other ac tivities. It is conveniently located for use of the University golf course. Luncheon and dinner are served each day except Mondays. A luncheon program with a featured speaker is presented on Tuesdays. Brief Facts About Michigan State University Founded - In 1855 as the nation's first agricultural college; served as model for America's Land-Grant College System established under the Morrill Act of 1862. In East Lansing, four miles east of the state capitol. Located - Member -Association of American Universities, National Associa tion of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, American Council on Education, and the North Central Association of Col leges and Secondary Schools. 64 Enrollment - 40,820 students (today ranks 11th among the nation's universities in full-time enrollment). $347,753,000 - Plant, Equipment and Campus - total at-cost value of land, completed buildings and equipment, and partially com pleted construction as of June 30, 1970. More than 5,000 acres at East Lansing, including 2,010 in existing or planned campus development; the remainder devoted to agricultural research and other uses. Brief Facts About Greater Lansing* Code: (M) Metropolitan Area: Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties, (L) Lan sing, (EL) East Lansing, (U) Urbanized area. Accommodations - Altitude - 863 feet above sea level. 44 hotels and motels providing 2,431 units. Banks - Five major banks with 30 drive-ins and branches, three savings and loan associations with 3 branches, and stock brok erages offices. Churches - 272 churches representing 55 denominations. Climate - Mean temperature, summer 69 °, winter 25 °, rainfall 31.8 in. Communication - Two daily and five weekly newspapers. Ten radio stations, including WKAR and WKAR-FM on the campus. Two television stations, including WMSB (10) on the campus. Education Lansing East Lansing Okemos Haslett Waverly Parochial Grade 50 9 4 3 6 11 Mid. Jr. Hi. 5 2 1 1 2 Sr. Hi. 3 1 1 1 1 3 Students 33,168 5,174 3,227 2,051 4,742 4,670 Michigan State University The nation's eleventh largest university 40,820 students on the East Lansing Campus Lansing Community College Established 1957 Currently serving a district of 300,00 with over 7,000 students Lansing Business University Established 1867 An accredited 2-year business school serving 430 students "Compiled by the Chamber of Commerce of Greater Lansing. 65 Employment Non-Farm Manufacturing Monthly Average 1964 108,650 31,908 1969 148,958 40,242 Entertainment- $5 million Civic Center, 96 parks and playgrounds covering 1802 acres. Also a major zoo. Land is currently being acquired for a new "Sleepy Hollow State Park" near East Lansing. Nine public golf courses and four private country clubs. In addition to the parks and golf courses there is a private ski club, numerous theaters, bowling alleys as well as year round ice skating at MSU. The area provides facilities for fishing, water skiing, boating and hunting. History - Lansing became the capital of Michigan by an act of Legislature in 1847. It was incorporated iu 1859. The City de rived its name from Chancellor John Lansing of New York, among the early developers in 1849, and received its charter as a city in 1907. Michigan State University located in East Lansing, was founded in 1855 as the nation's first college for the teaching of scientific agriculture. Hospitals - 4 hospitals plus the MSU Health Center. Manufacturing Industries - 40,242 employees in 209 industries. Major firms are Oldsmobile (home plant) and Fisher Body Divi sion, of GMC; Diamond-Rea, Division, of White Motors; Motor Wheel Corporation; John Bean Division, FMC; Five drop forge companies, and a variety of other plants. Population Year 1950 1960 1970 Est. Lansing 92,129 107,807 133,000 East Lansing 20,325 30,198 47,393 Region 244,159 298,949 374,491 Tax Rates - (L) $53.62 per thousand of state equalized value and 1 percent income tax for residents, ~ percent for non-residents working in Lansing. (EL) $63.84 per thousand of state equal ized value. Transportation - United and North Central Airlines serve the area primarily with jet and jet prop equipment. One local bus com pany, three area bus lines and the campus bus line; three rail roads: Chesapeake and Ohio, Grand Trunk, and New York Cen tral. Three taxi cab companies, with 74 units. Highways: 1-496, 1-96, US 127, US 27, M-43, M-99, M-143 and M-174. 66 Index Academic Advisement ------------------ Appointment Period _____ _ F reedom ---------------------- Program ------------------------- Personnel Policies _________ _ T enure Appointment ___ _ Accident Insurance ------------- Additional Work for Pay _____ _ Advisers to Student Organizations -------------------- Alumni Memorial Chapel _____ _ Benefits ---------------------------- Board of Trustees ------------------ Bo1Towing University Equipment ----------------------- Buildings ------------------------------ Channeling Information to the Public -------------------- Code of T eaching Responsibility ------------------ Commencement Participation Conflict of Interest -------------- Consultant Work ----------------- Copyright -------------------------- Counseling --------------------------- Credit Union ----------------------- Cultural Opportunities ________ _ Design Service -------------------- Disabiilty . 34 6 11, 39 34 6 6 43 27 41 58 42 4 48 2, 48 48 36 41 24 27 50 35 58 58 49 44 Insurance ----------------------- 44 Pensions ------------------------- 10 Dismissal ------------------------ 31 Distinguished Faculty Awards 51 Emergencies ------------------------- Emergency Health Service ____ 46, 51 20 Emeritus Title ---------------------- Employment of Relatives ______ 33 E ndorsement of Commercial Products ---------------------------- Enrollment ---------------------------- E qual Opportunity ---------------- Evaluation of Instruction _____ _ E vening College __________________ _ Faculty 30 1,65 2 38 59 Appointments ----------- A wards --------------------------- Club ----------------------------- Organization ---------------- Retirement -------------------- Number of --------------------- F amily Participation ________ _ Field Trips ---------------------------- 6 31 64 4 17, 45 3 58 51 Graduate Programs ------------------------ Study ---------------------------- T ea?hif.1-g Assistant Citations ---------------------- Group Life Insurance ------------ Guest Speakers --------------------- Holidays ------------------------------ Honorary and Professional Organizations ------------------- Hospital-Medical Insurance __ Housing -------------------------------- Identification Card ------------- Information Services ----------- Instructional Info1mation ------------------- Media Center---------------- Rating Reports ------------- Insurance Accident ------------------------ Disability Income _________ _____________ H ospitalization 5 21 31 42 39 13 62 42 51,52 52 48 34 52 38 43 44 42 Life ------ -------------- 42, 46 42 Medical ------------- 46 Social Security Travel -------- - --- 43 Workmen's - - Compensation ___ _ 47 Integrity of Scholarship and Grades-------- - - - - - · Kellogg Center Housing ____ _ Kresge Art Center ------------- Lansing, brief facts ------------ Leaves of Absence ------------- Lecture-Concert Series _____ _ Library ------------------ ----- Lost and Found --------------- Maintenance Calls ------- - --- Meal Facilities ----------------- Medical Treatment --------------- Messenger Service ------------ Military Leaves ------------------- ]\{ useum --------------------------------- MSU 38 52 58 65 14 58 52,59 53 53 61 46 54 16 59 64 Brief F acts -------------------- 1 In Focus ------------------ 8 Non-Tenured Faculty ------- --- Nursery Schools ------------ 59, 63 12 Oath ---------------------------------- 58 Opportunities -------------------- 4 Organization -------------------------- 27 Outside Work for Pay _________ 67 Smoking -------------------------------- Social Activities ------------------- Social Security -------------------- Solicitation of Funds ----------- Sports ------------------------------------- Student Academic Freedom _______ _ Organizations ___________ _ Representation on Faculty Committees ___ _ Teacher-Scholar Awards _____ _ Teaching Materials --------------- Telephone and Address Changes ---------------------------- ----------------------------- Television Temporary Appointments ___ _ 56 60 46 32 61 39 41 40 31 30 56 49 11 Tenure 10 6 Action and Promotion ___ _ System --------------------------- Textbook Publication ------------ 29 TIAA-CREF -------------------------- 17, 45 57 Transportation on Campus ____ Travel University ------------------ Accident Insurance ________ University Editor ---------------- Vacations ----------------------------- Vehicle Registration ____________ Workmen's Compensation ____ 20 43 49 13 57 47 Overload Pay ----------------------- Patents ---------------------------------- Payroll ----------------------------------- Personnel 28 28 12 12 3 49 7 59 30 54 48 62 60 __________________ --49, 55, 60 Forms ----------------------------- Statistics -------------------------- Photo Lab ----------------------------- Physical Examinations _________ Planetarium ------------------------- Political Activity ---------------- Printing and Mimeographing Procedures ----------------------------- Professional Organizations ____ Psychological Clinic ______________ Publications Questionnaires ---------------------- Radio Stations ----------------------- Recreation ----------------------------- Research ------------------------------- Resignations ------------------------ Retirement Pensions ---------------------- Programs ------------------- Rights of Students ------------- Sabbatical Leaves --------------- Safety --------------------------------- Salary Reduction for Tax Advantage --------------- Sick Leaves -------------------- Pay ------------------------ 32 49 63 21 11 45 17 37 14 56 45 16 46 68