Rights and Privileges of Emeriti/ae Faculty
UC DAVIS: OFFICES OF THE CHANCELLOR AND PROVOST
January 10, 2011
I am pleased to distribute the attached document entitled “Sources of The Rights and Privileges of Emeriti/ae Professors at UC Davis”. It summarizes the rights and privileges of retired faculty members afforded by Systemwide Academic Senate Bylaws, the UCD Policy and Procedures Manual (PPM), and current campus customs and practice. The attachment, compiled by the Academic Senate Emeriti Committee, summarizes present University of California policies and provides the sources of more detailed information.
It is important that deans, directors, and department chairs have a full understanding of the rights and privileges of emeriti/ae faculty. Emeriti/ae faculty can and do make valuable contributions to the intellectual life of the campus, teach and mentor undergraduate and graduate students, and serve their professional societies and their community. The Council of UC Emeriti Associations (CUCEA) publishes a biannual bio-bibliography which documents the contributions of emeriti on each campus. The report can be found on the CUCEA website: http://cucea.ucsd.edu. We should enable emeriti/ae to maintain their professional connections and activities where possible and be certain that the rights and privileges described in the attachment are uniformly and consistently applied across campus.
As a campus, UC Davis supports the following general principles:
• Emeriti/ae faculty make valuable contributions to the intellectual life of the campus, and, as departmental resources allow, we should enable such faculty to maintain their professional connections and activities.
• When space assignments are made to emeriti/ae faculty, they should be for specific terms of at least one year, with the understanding that the assignments are renewable upon mutual agreement. Specific term assignments will facilitate general planning for both departments and emeriti/ae faculty.
• As long as resources allow, current campus-based benefits to emeriti/ae faculty should be maintained, including free parking, library privileges, and e-mail accounts.
• As a professional courtesy, emeriti/ae faculty should be routinely notified of faculty meetings (departmental, college, and campuswide) and of other meetings of general interest to the faculty.
• Emeriti/ae faculty should be permitted to attend faculty meetings, but voting privileges will depend on the specific actions of individual departments/sections in conformance with systemwide Senate Bylaws.
• Emeriti/ae faculty are eligible to participate in graduate education through graduate groups or departmentally-based programs.
• Reasonable arrangements for the receipt and delivery of mail to emeriti/ae faculty should be established by each department/section, regardless of whether or not the emeriti/ae faculty member has been allocated office and/or laboratory space.
• The department/section chair will be responsible for overseeing and/or implementing any decisions, policies, and benefits involving emeriti/ae faculty at the departmental/section level consistently with such principles and policies for emeriti/ae relations as have been promulgated by the Chancellor, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, or dean. The maintenance of appropriate relations with emeriti/ae faculty can be considered in the evaluation of a department/section chair.
• Emeriti/ae faculty should be encouraged to create home offices with Internet links to the University.
• Resources allowing, departments/sections are encouraged to provide one-time assistance to move personal effects to an off-campus location. With departmental/section approval, emeriti/ae faculty can move their UC Davis computer to a home location or other off - campus location on an extended loan. The approved authorization form (http://accounting.ucdavis.edu/Forms/index.cfm?opt=2) should be filed by the department
• If feasible, departments/sections should establish an office or offices that can be used on a shared basis by emeriti/ae faculty.
• Laboratory space for emeriti/ae faculty should be handled on a case-by-case basis by the home department/section. However, since contracts and grants usually include space commitments, departments/sections need to be attentive to such requirements at the time grants are submitted.
Linda P.B. Katehi
Chancellor, Offices of the Chancellor and Provost
Directive #11-001