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.