2024 - 2025 Faculty Handbook
IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY
This Faculty Handbook has been prepared to acquaint you with the mission, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of Berkeley College. It supersedes any previous Faculty Handbook, and will remain in effect until a new Handbook is released. This Faculty Handbook outlines the faculty’s principal responsibilities and provides a context for the various programs, policies, procedures, and benefits that are set forth in Office 365 and elsewhere. Please note that this Handbook is not intended to create a contract of any kind, and the College reserves the right to modify, supplement, or eliminate the contents of this Faculty Handbook and any of the various programs, policies, procedures, and benefits at any time, without notice.
The employment relationship that exists between you and Berkeley College is employment-at-will. You are free to end your employment relationship with Berkeley College at any time and for any reason, with or without notice. Likewise, Berkeley may, at any time and for any reason, decide to end your employment, with or without notice or cause.
Please read the Handbook carefully, and refer to it when you have questions concerning the College, its programs, and faculty responsibilities. To promote student success and to enhance Berkeley College’s ability to achieve its mission, full participation of faculty in the governance of the institution and in compliance with policies and procedures is essential. Berkeley faculty are responsible for being aware of all content related to faculty job performance, including but not limited to policies, procedures, and programs set forth in College publications, such as the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalogs, Faculty Handbook, and Student Handbook. Clinical faculty teaching in the School of Health Studies are encouraged to view the Healthcare Supplements for program-specific policies.
Faculty members are also responsible for maintaining knowledge of the curricula and courses offered by their respective departments. Since any of the above content may change from time to time, faculty should routinely review such content on the College website, where the most recent versions of policies, handbooks, and the catalogs are posted.