Faculty and Staff handbooks (University of Michigan)

The first faculty handbook was published in September 1978 for instructional staff. It was created with the cooperation of various University Senate committees, the Academic Affairs Advisory Council, and the Office of Academic Affairs to provide a summary of employment policies and practices. The handbook served to orient new faculty to key policies and provided an easy reference source for continuing faculty.

The body of policies and practices governing faculty are derived from the direction of the Board Regents and executive officers of the university, as well as federal and state legislation, and principles and custom. This body of policies exists within several authoritative sources, including the university's Standard Practice Guide (SPG. The SPG is available online at: http://spg.umich.edu/ ), the Board of Regents' Proceedings (also available online at: http://www.umich.edu/~regents/ ), and policy directives from individual executive officers. These sources remained the authoritative versions of policies after the publication of the handbook.

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