Rule Administrator: Provost and Chief Academic Officer

PART 1: POLICY Academic deans and community college presidents are due to be reviewed within six months of the third anniversary of their first appointment to their appointment as academic administrator and every fifth anniversary thereafter, under the criteria prepared by their supervisor. Reviews may be conducted at a shorter interval, at the discretion of…
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PART 1: POLICY Associate deans and community college academic officers will be reviewed within six months of the third anniversary of their first appointment to the position, and at least every five years thereafter, under the criteria prepared by their appropriate supervisor. Reviews may be conducted at a shorter interval, at the discretion of the…
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PART 1: POLICY Department heads or equivalent and community college division deans or division heads will be reviewed by the appropriate supervisor within six months of the third anniversary of their first appointment to the position, and at least every five years thereafter, under the criteria prepared by their appropriate supervisor. Reviews may be conducted…
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PART 1: POLICY The director of an academic school is reviewed using the same process as used for administrative reviews of department heads or equivalent. Directors of centers and programs are reviewed by their respective supervisors no later than within six months of the third anniversary of their first appointment to the position and at…
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Appointment of individuals to the following endowed chairs/professorships requires the approval of the cognizant dean and also the provost and chief academic officer: The Gerald W. Thomas Chair in Food Production and Natural Resources Jose Fernandez Chair in Field Crop Production Telemetering and Telecommunication Chair The Tombaugh Professorship in Astronomy

PART 1: PURPOSE To establish policy, rules and procedures by which allegations of serious faculty misconduct, or inability to perform essential functions of the job, may be addressed equitably, expeditiously and without violating the principles of academic freedom or due process.   PART 2: SCOPE This rule applies when serious misconduct, or inability to perform…
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PART 1: PURPOSE AND OVERVIEW Redress of Grievances: This rule is adopted pursuant to the authority granted in RPM 6.00 to provide Faculty with an objective and expeditious process to seek review of their grievances relating to workplace issues.  The rule (at Part 9. F.) also prohibits retaliation against those who utilize this rule to file…
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There are competing demands on the energies of a faculty member (for instance, research, teaching, committee work, outside consulting).  The way in which a faculty member divides effort among these various functions does not raise ethical questions unless the university or government, industrial, or business agency supporting the research is misled in its understanding of…
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PART 1: DEFINITION OF RESEARCH MISCONDUCT Research misconduct is academic misconduct, dishonest behavior, or any form of unethical practices involving an act of deception whereby one’s work or the work of others is misrepresented. Other terms, such as research fraud or scientific misconduct, are subsumed within the term academic misconduct.  Research misconduct is distinguished from…
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PART 1: PURPOSE To ensure the proper acquisition, inventory, professional care and use of the university’s art, archives and other cultural collections.   PART 2: SCOPE OF APPLICATION This rule applies throughout the NMSU System; it addresses all art owned by NMSU, including art acquired to become part of the university’s permanent art collection (i.e….
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