What is the Handbook?

The UNCW Faculty Handbook provides information for faculty about the university and other aspects of their employment and professional lives, and it is a repository of policies that affect faculty. The Handbook is intended to introduce new faculty to the university, and it is an ongoing resource for all faculty.

All sections of the Handbook are intended to be helpful, but faculty are particularly expected to be familiar with information in the section Faculty responsibilities. Faculty should also be acquainted with two documents that are the basis for faculty rights and freedoms: Policies of Academic Freedom & Tenure and the UNCW Faculty Governance Document.

The Faculty Handbook is a joint production of the Faculty Senate and Academic Affairs, and it is maintained by the Faculty Handbook Committee of the Faculty Senate. Substantive changes to the Handbook are approved by the Faculty Senate. This online version is the official version of the Handbook.