The following standards have been adopted by this Institution to clearly define the responsibility and authority of faculty in matters of academic governance:
- The Institution administration regularly seeks out the advice of its instructors in matters pertaining to academic affairs and strongly encourages its instructors to provide input on an ongoing basis.
- The Institution administration views instructors’ opinions and suggestions as providing critical insight into the assessment of student learning outcome planning for institutional effectiveness.
- The Institution administration regularly seeks out instructors’ opinions in the evaluation and revision of existing curriculum and the assistance in the development of new educational programs.
- The Institution administration regularly seeks out instructors’ opinions in the planning for Institutional Effectiveness.
- The Institution administration grants individual instructors the academic freedom to teach assigned courses utilizing the methodology and techniques that the instructor, in his/her professional judgment, deems most appropriate to the situation.