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CWU 504-07: Responsibilities

Effective: February 20, 2019

Policy Review Date: YEAR

Policy Executive: Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

Responsible Office/Unit: Provost

 

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(1) Responsibilities and Leadership Roles of Department Chairs.

A. The chair, with appropriate consultation with department faculty and staff, is responsible to the department, the college, and the University for performing the following duties:

  1. Faculty Activities: Engage in teaching, scholarship, and service activities at the appropriate levels, as determined by their workload
  2. Curriculum: Provide leadership in the planning, scheduling, delivery, assessment, accreditation, improvement, and development of the academic curriculum in the disciplines housed in the department.
  3. Faculty Personnel: Conduct evaluations, manage workloads, oversee annual activities reports, and other department personnel matters. The department chair will not serve on the department personnel committee.
  4. Faculty Recruitment and Hiring: The department chair initiates and oversees search committee activity.
  5. Support-Staff Personnel: Recruit, supervise, and evaluate support staff.
  6. Students and Academic Policy: Apply academic policy and respond to student needs; participate in student recruitment and retention.
  7. Planning and Budgets: Coordinate department development, review, and revision of the department strategic plan; prepare the department budget request; and monitor departmental budget expenditures.
  8. Facilities and Equipment: Oversee the use and maintenance of department facilities and equipment.
  9. External Relations: Develop and maintain relationships with units and individuals external to the department.
  10. Other Administrative Duties: Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Dean; provided that any material changes to a chair’s duties will result in appropriate changes to the chair’s compensation and/or workload plan.

History: 

Responsibility: Provost/VP of Academic Life; Authority: Cabinet/UPAC; Reviewed/Endorsed by: Cabinet/UPAC; Review/Effective Date: 07/2009; 2/20/2019; Approved by: James L. Gaudino, President
Reformatted and Assigned new Policy Number - Previous Policy CWUP 5-60-040, June 2025