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Evidence of Compliance:

The Department Chair is the administrative head of the unit, elected by Department faculty or, in the event of an unexpected vacancy, an Interim Chair is appointed by the Dean. Duties of the chair are set forth in the CSULB Policies and Procedures for the Appointment and Review of Department Chairs (policy 11-06, June 2011). This policy can be viewed via the following link: CSULB Policies and Procedures for the Appointment and Review of Department Chairs

The department chair provides leadership in all departmental matters, including faculty and staff recruitment, retention, and evaluation; staff supervision; curriculum; coordination of external and internal reviews; budget administration; student advising; course scheduling; and faculty and staff professional development. Department chairs are expected to actively promote the following core values of academic leadership: ethics, shared governance, teamwork, collegiality, transparency, and empowerment with accountability.

Evidence of Compliance:

It is the responsibility of the Chair to provide input to the Dean’s office regarding the preparation of the College budget according to College and University guidelines and in consultation with the full- time faculty. The Chair’s fiscal responsibility is restricted to the management and allocation from the Dean’s office for Operating and Equipment (O & E), open university and winter session revenues returned to the Department, and revenues held by the California State University Long Beach Foundation. The University requires standard budget and fiscal management reports, which are prepared by the chair in consultation with the Administration Support Manager in the College Dean’s office.

Evidence of Compliance:

Policies and procedures affecting faculty are established through shared governance and are incorporated in the Faculty Handbook and the Memorandum of Understanding at the University level by the Academic Senate’s Faculty Personnel Policies Council (FPPC). The Chair is responsible for the dissemination of information related to these policies as well as guiding and implementing practices in accordance to the contract set forth by the California Faculty Association (Faculty Union). The Faculty Handbook and FPPC website can be viewed via the following links: CSULB Faculty Handbook Faculty Personnel Policies Council (FPPC)

Faculty personnel policies and procedures, to a significant degree, reflect the contract or memorandum of understanding between the state College trustees and the faculty union (the California Faculty Association). Information about faculty union and the union contract is available via these links: California Faculty Association (Faculty Union) California Faculty Association Contract

Evidence of Compliance:

Policies and procedures affecting students are established at the University level by the Academic Senate and at the Department level by the faculty in accordance with College and University guidelines. At the College level, the Council of Chairs and the Faculty Council provide consultation to the Dean of the College regarding the development and implementation of academic policies and procedures. A representative from each department within the College serves on each of these councils. In Fall 2012, the college Faculty Council finalized a revision of the College Constitution, and distributed to the college faculty for final approval. The college faculty voted to approve the revisions proposed by the Faculty Council.

The Chair is responsible for the dissemination of information regarding and the implementation of these policies and procedures in consultation with the faculty. Policies and procedures affecting the unit are established through departmental meetings with faculty and are documented in the minutes from those meetings. For example, the Department Retention, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP) policy, was developed via a departmental committee of full-time tenure track faculty and is available electronically via the University Faculty Affairs website. University Faculty Affairs RTP policy website