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Faculty Handbook

1.1 UH System Board Regents   
1.2.2 Community College Advisory Council   
1.3 UHCL Administration   
1.4 An Overview: The University of Houston-Clear Lake   
1.5 UHCL Mission   
1.6 Formatting, Tracking, Maintaining, & Disseminating UHCL Policy Documents   
2.1 Overview of Governance   
2.2 Constitution of the Faculty Senate   
3.1 Faculty Position Ranks   
3.2 Faculty Appointments: General Guidelines   
3.3 UHCL Guidelines for Faculty Appointments   
3.4 Non-Tenure Track Academic Appointments   
3.5 Policies on Graduate & Undergraduate Teaching/Research Asst.   
3.6 Adjunct Faculty Appointments   
3.7 Graduate Faculty Definition   
3.8 Retirement   
3.9 UH System Voluntary Modification of Faculty Employment Program   
3.10 Emeritus/Emerita Status Guidelines   
3.11 Nepotism Policy   
3.12 Employement of Non-U.S. Citizen   
4.1 Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action Plan   
4.2 Search and Selection Procedures    

5.1 Annual Faculty Review Policy   
5.2 UHCL Policy on Program Reviews   
5.3 UHCL Promotion & Tenure    
5.4 UHCL Post-Tenure Performance Review   
5.5 UH System Faculty Dismissal Policy   
5.6 Dismissal of Faculty Members   
5.7 Financial Exigency   
5.8 Program Discontinuance Policy & Procedures    
6.1 Workload Policy for Faculty   
6.2 Faculty Office Hours   
6.3 Interschool Teaching Policy   
6.4 Policy on Direction of Theses & Master's Projects   
6.5 Dual Employment, Outside Employment, & Consulting Contracts   
6.6 Guidelines for Full-Time Overload & Off-Campus Teaching Compensation   
6.7 Policy on Administrative Salaries in the Academic Affairs Division   
6.8 Faculty Merit Raise Increments    
6.9 Perquisites   
6.10 Summer Pay Policy   
6.11 Policy for Extra Compensation In Excess of Base Salary   

7.1 Benefits   
7.2 Family & Medical Leave of Absence Policy   
7.3 Parental Leave Policy & Procedure   
7.4 Leave of Absence   
7.5 Employee Time & Effort Reporting   
7.6 Fair Labor Standards Act Policy   
7.7 Employee Group Insurance   
7.8 Graduate Work by University Faculty and Staff   
7.9 Paid Holidays   
7.10 Faculty Development Leave   
7.11 Minnie Stevens Piper Award   
7.12 President's Distinguished Faculty Award   
8.1 Academic Freedom   
8.2 Standards of Conduct for the Academic Community   
8.3 Legal Responsibilities of Faculty and Staff   
8.4 Liability   
8.5 Open Records Policy   
8.6 Faculty Disciplinary Procedures   
8.7 Sexual Harassment Policy   
8.8 ADA   
8.9 Aids    
8.10 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention    
8.11 Non-Discrimination & Grievance   
8.12 Workplace Violence   
8.13 Electronic Information Policy   
9.1 Faculty Grievance Policy   
10.1 Policy on Research, Scholarly & Artistic Activities   
10.2 Personnel Policies Related to Research & External Activities   
10.2.3 Procedure on Conflicts of Interest for Investigators   
10.3 Faculty Research & Support Funds   
10.4 Faculty Development & Support Funds   
10.5 Intellectual Property Policy   
10.6 Policy on the Authoring & Delivery of Distance Education Courseware by UHCL Faculty & Staff   
10.7 Development Policy   
11.1 Student Rights & Responsibilities   
11.2 Grading Policy   
11.3 Grading Procedures   
11.4 Academic Honesty Policy   
11.5 Academic Appeals Policy   
11.6 Combined & Parallel Undergraduate & Graduate Courses   
11.7 Grade Change Annotation on Academic Transcript   

12.1 Policy for the Use of University Facilities   
12.2 University Hours of Operation   
12.3 Safety Policy   
12.4 Facilities Repair and Maintenance Services   
12.5 Smoking   
12.6 Emergency Closings   
12.7 UHCL Evacuation Plan   
12.8 Neumann Library   
12.9 University Computing Resources   
12.10 Student Services   
12.11 Bookstore   

Faculty Handbook

Policy No. EPCC.1999.001

11.2 GRADING POLICY

Approved by University Council, April 22, 1999.
1. Purpose
This document describes policies for assigning and modifying course grades at UHCL.
2. Grade Assignments
Only the course instructor may assign a grade for a student.
3. Grade Changes
Grade changes are allowed for only one of the following three reasons:
3.1 Removal of an incomplete grade.
3.2 Result of a grade appeal or hearing.
3.3 Correction of instructor error.
Other than removing an incomplete, grades will not be changed on the basis of extra work submitted after final grades are assigned.
Grade changes may be made by the instructor or the appropriate Associate Dean in the absence of the instructor. After one long semester, a grade change submitted by an instructor must be approved by the Associate Dean of the School in which the course is located. Grade changes must be filed in the Registrar’s office within one year after the initial grade is posted.
Approval Date: April 22, 1999
Sunset Date: April 22, 2009
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