• The Provost is responsible for developing, updating, and implementing a University-wide (i.e., statewide) Academic Plan.


• The Provost will involve all campuses and colleges, WSU Extension, the Libraries, the Center for Distance and Profession Education (CDPE), the Graduate School, and the Office of Research in developing and maintaining an up-to-date University-wide Academic Plan.


• The University-wide Academic Plan will:
  • Identify University-wide academic priorities and areas of preeminence in research and scholarship.
  • Address instructional, research/scholarship, and outreach programs.
  • Include campus and distance-delivered programs.
  • Identify academic priorities and areas of preeminence in research and scholarship for each campus and college.
  • Assure coordinated academic planning and implementation across campuses and colleges including the Center for Distance and Professional Education.

• Chancellors are responsible for developing, updating, and implementing academic plans for their campuses.


• Chancellors will appropriately involve other campuses, colleges, WSU Extension, CDPE, the Libraries, the Graduate School, and the Office of Research in campus planning.


• The Campus Academic plan will:
  • Identify the campus' academic priorities and areas of preeminence in research and scholarship.
  • Address instructional, research/scholarship, and outreach programs.
  • Include campus and distance-delivered programs.
  • Reflect coordinated academic planning and implementation across campuses and colleges including the Center for Distance and Professional Education.

• Deans are responsible for developing, updating, and implementing academic plans for their colleges.


• Deans will appropriately involve campuses, other colleges, WSU Extension, CDPE, the Libraries, the Graduate School, and the Office of Research in college planning.


• College academic plans will:
  • Identify the college's academic priorities and areas of preeminence in research and scholarship.
  • Address instructional, research/scholarship, and outreach programs.
  • Include campus and distance-delivered programs.
  • Reflect collaborative academic planning and implementation across campuses and colleges including the Center for Distance and Professional Education.

• May originate from college, campus, or university administrators.


• Campus and college decide whether to pursue or not to pursue.


• Campus and college designate lead responsibility for proposal development to the campus academic director, department chair, school/program director, or the dean/dean's designee.

• Designated lead (campus academic director, department chair, school/program director, or the dean/dean's designee) develops a formal program proposal in collaboration with the campus, department, school and/or program.


• Campus and college agree on the program content, management, and resourcing.

• Campus and college review and approve the proposal, and submit it to the Provost.


• Provost reviews and approves the proposal, and submits it to the Faculty Senate.

Teaching Assignments

• Campus academic director makes assignments in consultation with the department chair, or school director, or dean/dean's designee.

• Designated leads (campus academic director, department chair, school/program director, or the dean/dean's designee) make assignments in consultation with one another

• Campus academic director via normal campus process.

• Designated lead via normal campus process.

AMS Courses

• The orginating campus is responsible for delivery decisions in consulation with the receiving campus(es).
  

• The orginating campus is responsible for delivery decisions in consulation with the receiving campus(es).
  

• Reviews are the responsibility of the department/school and/or college offering the program.


• Reviews will include all campuses participating in/contributing to the program.


• The department chair, school director, and/or the dean/dean's designee will collaborate with the appropriate campus academic directors and vice chancellors of all campuses participating in/contributing to the program.

• Departments and schools are responsible for overseeing student outcome assessment on all campuses contributing to/participating in the program.


• Campus academic directors are responsible for implementing departmental/school student outcome assessment processes on their campuses.

• Course evaluation processes and instruments in "like-programs" will be consistent across campuses.


• Campus academic directors are responsible for:
  • Overseeing course evaluations on their campuses.
  • Sharing course evaluation results with department chairs/school directors or deans (of colleges without departments/schools).
  • Assisting chairs/directors or deans in implementing necessary follow-up for instructors on their campuses.

• Faculty positions (to be located on the campus) may be proposed by the campus, department/school, or college.


• Campus has the final authority for deciding whether to fill/not fill faculty positions funded by and located on that campus (departments/schools/programs desiring positions on a campus must submit requests to the campus).


• The campus and department/school or college (for colleges without departments/schools) will collaborate in the "design" of positions.


• Campus in consultation with department/school/college defines the search process, appoints a search committee, and secures the necessary University approvals.


• Campus conducts the search involving the department/school and college as per the agreed-upon search process.


• Campus in consultation with the department/school/college selects who to hire and defines the terms of hire (salary, startup, moving allowance, etc.).


• Campus, department/school, college, and the Provost sign the letter of offer.


• Campus must approve all non-campus-funded positions located on their campus.

• Faculty positions (to be located on the campus) may be proposed by the campus, department/school, or college.


• College is responsible for deciding whether to fill/not fill faculty positions located on the Spokane (co-located) campus (departments/schools/programs expanding positions on a campus must coordinate with the campus).


• College (following normal procedures) defines the position and the search process, appoints a search committee, and secures the necessary University approvals.


• College conducts the search.*


• College in consultation with the department/school selects who to hire and defines the terms of hire (salary, startup, moving allowance, etc.).


• Department/school, college, and the Provost sign the letter of offer.


• Campus must approve all non-campus-funded positions located on their campus.

*College normally delegates responsibility to the appropriate department or school.

• Campus (usually the campus academic director) in consultation with the department chair/school director makes teaching and campus service assignments.


• Department chair or school director in consultation with the campus academic director makes department/school service assignments.

• Designated leads (campus academic director, department chair, or school/program director) make teaching and service assignments in consultation with one another.

• Department chairs/school directors are responsible for the annual review of faculty in their units University-wide.


• The chair/director will provide all faculty, regardless of campus, equal opportunity to discuss their reviews.


• Department chair/school director is responsible for securing input from campus academic directors concerning the performance of campus faculty.


• Department chairs/school directors shall provide ample time for campus involvement in the annual review process.


• The chancellor or his/her designee (usually the vice chancellor for academic affairs) and the dean shall review the annual review statements and assign a merit rating to faculty on their campus prior to submission to the Provost.

• Department chairs/school directors are responsible for the annual review of faculty in their units University-wide.


• The chair/director will provide all faculty, regardless of campus, equal opportunity to discuss their reviews.


• Department chair/school director is responsible for securing input from campus academic directors concerning the performance of campus faculty.


• Department chairs/school directors shall provide ample time for campus involvement in the annual review process.

• Department chair/school director is responsible for overseeing the tenure and promotion process for all faculty in their unit University-wide. This includes:
• Appointing a mentoring committee for all untenured faculty within 90 days of the employee's start date.
• Conducting annual tenure reviews and the third-year pre-tenure reviews.
• Conducting all promotion and tenure reviews.
• Soliciting input from and consulting with the campus (normally the vice chancellor for academic affairs) on mentoring committee formation, annual tenure reviews, third-year reviews, and tenure and/or promotion reviews.


• The dean is responsible for securing campus statements and signatures, and addressing any differences in recommendations between the college and campus on all tenure and/or promotion recommendations prior to submission to the Provost


• The campus and department/school/college will inform faculty of tenure and/or promotion decisions in a coordinated manner.

• Department chairs/school directors are responsible for making salary recommendations for faculty in their units University-wide.


• Department chairs/school directors and the campus (usually the vice chancellor for academic affairs) must agree on salary recommendations for campus faculty before they are forwarded to the dean.


• Department chairs/school directors shall provide ample time for campus involvement in making salary recommendations.

• Department chairs/school directors are responsible for making and funding salary recommendations for faculty in their units University-wide.

• Department chairs/school directors are responsible for securing input and campus approval (usually the campus academic director and the vice chancellor for academic affairs) of all professional leave applications of regional campus faculty before applications are submitted to the college.

• Chancellor is responsible for the campus' budget allocation and management decisions and processes.


• Chancellor works with the President, the Provost, the vice presidents, and the college deans to request and secure changes in state funding for her/his campus.


• Each regional campus has its own budget to support its campus operations (facilities, business operations, student services, library, information technology, communications and marketing, development, etc.).


• Revenue sources for regional campuses include:
  • Direct state allocation based on campus' contract enrollment
  • Tuition collected from students enrolled on that campus
  • Grants and contracts
  • Philanthropic support
  
  
• Each campus returns 11% of its state allocation and tuition to the University for an array of central support services.

• Campus is responsible for campus academic program budget allocation and management.

• Campus allocates academic budgets to the colleges and delegated responsibility for campus program budget allocation and management.

• Campus allocates the resources needed to deliver the academic program on that campus.


• Campus program budget includes:
  • Campus allocation to support campus program operations.
  • Lines and funding for faculty, staff, and other program personnel located on the campus.
  
  
• Campus academic directors are responsible for:
  • Managing the resources allocated to their programs.
  • Requesting resources* to support their programs.
  
  
• Campuses are charged for courses and services they receive from other campuses.


• Campuses are reimbursed for courses and services they provide to other campuses.

*Department, school, college, and the campus collaborate in evaluating need and requesting personnel lines and academic operating funds to deliver the program on that campus.

• College has all regional campus funding for department, school, or college to deliver program to that campus.


• Lines and funding for faculty, staff, and other personnel located on the regional campus are included in the department, school, or college budget.


• Colleges are responsible for allocating resources needed to deliver an academic program on the regional campus.


• Designated lead (campus academic director, department chair ,or school/program director) is responsible for:
  • Managing the resources provided by department, school, or college for regional campus program operations.
  • Requesting resources* to support their program.

*Department, school, college, and the campus collaborate in evaluating need and requesting personnel lines and academic operating funds to deliver the program on that campus.

• For research contracts at regional campuses, the campus receives an allocation of F&A for campus support (currently 38%).


• In addition, the campus receives the F&A allocated to revenue- generating units (currently 23%). This is distributed as follows:
  • For a regional campus contract with an academic unit affiliation, the F&A is split between the campus and the college.
  • For a regional campus contract without an academic unit affiliation, 100% of the F&A is returned to the campus.

• For research contracts at regional campuses, the campus receives an allocation of F&A for campus support (currently 38%).


• In addition, the campus receives the F&A allocated to revenue- generating units (currently 23%). This is distributed as follows:
  • For a regional campus contract with an academic unit affiliation, the F&A is returned to the college specifically to provide support for research and faculty on the regional campus.
  • For a regional campus contract without an academic unit affiliation, 100% of the F&A is returned to the campus.

• Chancellors, in consultation with Business and Finance via the Department of Capital Planning and Development, are responsible for identifying and prioritizing capital projects for their campuses.


• Campus will consult with colleges with programs in new/renovated facilities on the campus to assure that the facilities meets programmatic needs to the extent possible.


• Colleges will communicate their regional campus facility needs to the chancellor or his/her designee.


• Chancellors will work within the Capital Budgeting process to prioritize and secure funding for capital projects on their campuses.

• Campus is responsible for operating and maintaining campus facilities.

• Campus is responsible for assigning space on their campus.


• Colleges will communicate their regional campus space needs to the chancellor or his/her designee.


• Campus has authority to reassign space as needs change. The campus will consult with involved colleges, departments, schools, and Capital Planning prior to implementing changes.


• Vice President for Business and Finance, in consultation with involved campuses, colleges, departments, and schools, has authority to audit and reassign space as needs change within the University system.