Faculty Policies

Academic Calendars

The University Registrar sets the academic calendar and final exam schedule for each school. The Religious Holy Days calendar and the Policy Accommodating Students’ Religious Observances are available on the Campus Ministry website.

Annual Review

• University Professor Merit Increases
• Guidelines for Merit Review of Faculty with Administrative Appointments (March 2023)
• Main Campus Faculty Salary Plan for 2017-2026 (October 2022)
• Report of the Executive Faculty Merit Evaluation Review Committee (September 2002)
• Adjusting the Merit Review Policy (Tenure-Line) for Pandemic-Related Disturbances (March 2021)
• Main Campus Merit Review Policy (2003 rev 2022)
  • Sample Common Spreadsheet (February 2021)
• Faculty Members’ Access to their Records (January 2018)
• Annual Review of Junior Tenure-line Faculty (September 2018)
• Pre-Tenure Review Policy (October 2018)

Course Buyouts and Course Banking Honor System Procedures 

• Course Buy-out Policy (August 2023)
• Course Banking Policy (August 2020)

Appointment Frameworks and Policies

• Postdoctoral Fellow Policy (October 2023)
• Description of Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow Program
  • Process for Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Fellow Program
• GU-Q Faculty Framework (May 2023)
• Joint Appointment Policy for Tenured Faculty
  • Joint Appointment Process
• Joint Appointment Initiative for 2016-2017
• Framework for Full Time Non-tenure Line (NTL) Research Faculty
• Framework for Full Time Non-tenure Line (NTL) Instructional Faculty (Revised April 2022)

Faculty Support and Mentoring

• Dependent Care Funds for Short-term Professional Travel (November 2018)
• Mid-Career Development Consultation 
• Supporting Faculty Groups 

Guidelines for Deans – New Programs

• Guidelines for Deans – New Programs

Guidelines on Term Limited Chairs

• Guidelines on Term Limited Named Chairs and Professorships (April 2021)

Honor System Procedures

• The Honor System
• Obligation to Report
• Professor Follow-Up and Grading

Instructional Continuity Policy

• Instructional Continuity Policy (July 2014)
• Instructional Continuity Process: How to Prepare (July 2014)

Leaves and Sabbaticals

• Partial Sabbatical Policy (October 2013)
• New Parent (Primary Caregiver) Leave Option for Tenure-line Faculty (November 2004)
• Research Leave Policies Dec., 2019  
• Guidelines for the Approval of Sabbatical Applications for Tenured Faculty (September 2015)

Other

• Visiting Researcher Program- Main Campus
• Dual-Career Recruitment and Retention for Faculty

Retirement for Tenure-line Faculty

• Phased Retirement Plan for Tenure-line Faculty (new window)
• Special Buyout Program 2024 (new window)
• Georgetown University Association of Retired Faculty and Staff (new window) (GUARFS) 

Policy re: Leadership role for Associate Professors

• Chair and Director Appointments of Associate Professors (November 2013)

Practices for Centers and Institutes

• Centers and Institutes (July 2018)

Supplemental Compensation Guideline

• Guidelines on Supplemental Compensation (December 2017)
• Extraordinary Merit for Tenure Line Faculty Guidelines (January 2024)
• Extraordinary Merit for Full-Time Non-Tenure line Faculty Guidelines (January 2024)
• Equity procedure for Tenure Line Faculty (May 2021)

Term Papers, Final Exams, and Study Days Policy

• Term Papers, Final Exams, and Study Days Policy (2006)

Full-Time Faculty Searches

• Search Guidance (December 2023)
• Green-Card Sponsorship

UCRT Service Research Credit

• Policy Statement
• FAQs