- Mission Statement of the College
- The Handbook: Purpose and Provisions
- Pre-Introduction
- Policy on Acceptable Use of the Amherst College Electronic Environment
- Statement of Shared Responsibility in Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic
I. Introduction
II. Organization of the College
1. The President
2. President's Administrative Team
III. Faculty Appointments, Tenure, Promotions, Leaves and Terminations
A. Procedures for Academic Appointments to Tenured or Tenure-Track (Regular) Positions
C. Diversity and Inclusion in Search and Appointment Procedures
1. The Meaning of Reappointment
2. The Criteria for Reappointment
3. The Reappoinment Schedule and Notification of Procedures
4. Annual Conversations with the Chair
5. Reappointment Procedures and Schedule
6. The Reappointment Schedule in Relation to the Tenure Decision
1. The Meaning of Tenure
2. The Timing of the Tenure Decision
3. The Criteria for Tenure
4. Procedures Followed in Tenure Decisions
1. Sabbatic Leaves and Leaves of Absence
2. Fringe Benefits during Sabbatic Leave and Leaves of Absence without Pay
3. Leaves of Absence for Temporary Disability, Illness or Parenting
4. Leaves of Absence for Family or Pressing Personal Reasons
5. Trustee Faculty Fellowships
6. Miner D. Crary Summer Fellowship
7. Miner D. Crary Sabbatical Fellowship Class of 1952 Dean Eugene S. Wilson Faculty Development Fellowship Senior Sabbatical Fellowships for Tenured Faculty
8. External Fellowships and Grants9. Institutional Support for Faculty Research
1. Termination
2. Dismissal, suspension, demotion in rank, or deprivation of pay for cause (Voted by the Faculty, May 1995)
3. Grievance Procedures for Members of the Faculty (Voted by the Faculty, October 1986)
4. Resolution of Student Grievances with Members of the Faculty (Voted by the Faculty, May 1995)
5. Resolution of Faculty Grievances with Students
IV. Faculty Responsibilities, Academic Regulations, Meetings and Committees
1. Statement of Intellectual Responsibility (Voted by the Faculty 1966: amended April 1987)
2. Statement on Freedom of Expression and Dissent (Voted by the Faculty, 1968)
3. Statement on Respect for Persons (Voted by the Faculty, 1969)
4. Statement of Student Rights (Voted by the Faculty 1987: amended 1998)
1. Attendance and Voting
2. Attendance Without Vote
3. Regular Faculty Meetings
4. Special Faculty Meetings
5. Presiding Officers
6. Quorum
7. Agenda
8. Rules of Order
9. Voting
10. Concurrence of President
11. Binding Nature of Decisions
12. Confidential Nature of Meetings
1. Committees of the Faculty
2. Committees of the Board of Trustees
3. Committees of the College
4. Five College Committees
V. Salaries and Fringe Benefits
1. Retirement
2. Housing
3. Insurance Coverage
4. Life and Disability Insurance
6. Leaves of Absence for Temporary Disability, Illness or Parenting
VI. College Facilities and Services
1. The Libraries on the Amherst College Campus
2. Five-College Library Cooperation
1. Campus Mail and Post Office
2. The Purchasing Office
3. Campus Police
4. Physical Plant Service Center
VII. Student Life and Welfare
VIII. General Information
A. The Town of Amherst
B. The Five-College Area
C. The Amherst Public Schools
D. Automobile Registration in Massachusetts