Faculty Handbook

This edition of the Duke University Faculty Handbook contains policies and procedures pertinent to faculty at Duke University as of December 2019. Because of the range of subject matters and authority for them, these policies and procedures are subject to change at any time.

Revisions to the Faculty Handbook will be incorporated periodically. Duke faculty are responsible for checking this webpage to keep abreast of alterations and additions.

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• University’s Mission Statement
• Indenture of Trust
• Amended and Restated Charter of Duke University
• Bylaws of the University

• Bylaws of the Academic Council

• Faculty Participation in the Appointment and Retention of Administrators
• Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Procedures for Appointment, Reappointments and Promotions for Regular, Non-Tenure Track Faculty

• Bylaws of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
• Bylaws of the Arts and Sciences Council
• Procedures for Appointments, Reappointments, Promotions and Tenure in the Arts and Sciences
• Arts and Sciences Accelerated Sabbatical Policy

• Bylaws of the Faculty
• Procedures for Faculty Recruitment, Promotion, and Tenure

• Articles of Organization
• Bylaws of the Faculty
• Policies and Procedures

• Faculty Evaluation, Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure: Criteria and Procedures
• Faculty Bylaws

• Procedures for Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure

• Bylaws of the Basic Sciences Faculty Steering Committee
• Procedures and Criteria for Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure
• Materials to be Submitted by the Department in Support of Nominations for Tenured Appointments and Promotions

• Bylaws of the Clinical Sciences Faculty Council on Academic Affairs
• APT Process for Tenure Track Faculty with Primary Appointments in Clinical Departments

• Duke University Faculty Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form
• Institutional Conflict of Interest in Research Policy
• Institutional Conflict of Interest in Research Implementation

• Protecting Human Subjects in Nonmedical Research
• Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Technology Transfer
• Interpretation of the Policy on Inventions, Patents, and Technology Transfer Reaffirming the Rights of Undergraduate Students
• Duke University Policy on Intellectual Property Rights
• Interpretations of the Policy on Intellectual Property Rights as it Relates to Online Courseware
• Duke University Copyright Guidelines for Electronic Course Content
• Checklist for Fair Use Analysis
• Patent Agreement
• University-Industry Guidelines
• Policy on Research Records: Sharing, Retention and Ownership
• Duke University Policy and Procedures Governing Misconduct in Research
• Faculty Communication to External Sponsors on Administrative Issues
• Guidelines for Authorship and Authorship Dispute Resolution
• Principal Investigator Status
• Policy on Open Access to Research

• Bylaws of the Sanford School of Public Policy