The WPI Faculty Handbook

The WPI faculty handbook outlines the rights, responsibilities, and expectations of faculty members at WPI.

Reorganized
May 9, 2023

Updated
February 14, 2024 - March 13, 2024 - May 7, 2024 - November 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025

Reformatted
Spring 2025

Temporarily Delegate Authority to a Quorum of Elected Faculty (Passed: May 13, 2025, Expires: August 27, 2025)
Clarify Eligibility of Professors of Teaching in the Promotion Process (Passed: May 13, 2025)
Revise Consulting Policy and Create Conflict of Committment Policy (Passed: May 13, 2025)
Update CASL Roles and Responsibilities (Passed: April 16, 2025)
Clarify Role of Professors of Teaching on CTAF, DTCs and JTCs (Passed: April 16, 2025)
Update Sources of Evidence for High Quality Teaching for Dual-mission Tenure Candidates (Passed: April 16, 2025)
Establish a Faculty Compensation Committee (FCC) (Passed: March 19, 2025)
Temporarily Increase CTAF Membership by One (Passed: December 11, 2024, Expires: June 30, 2027)
Extend the Ad Hoc Committee on Teaching and Research Faculty (CTRF) (Passed: March 19, 2025, Expires: June 30, 2027)
Create an Ad Hoc Committee on Teaching and Research Faculty (CTRF) (Passed: February 17, 2022, Expires: June 30, 2025)
Sabbatical Checklist (docx) (pdf)

Other relevant University policies are found at: https://www.wpi.edu/about/policies

Other policies, which apply to all WPI employees, are available from the Division of Talent & Inclusion at: https://www.wpi.edu/offices/talent/policies-compliance

Policies regarding obligations under various Federal copyright laws are found at: https://www.wpi.edu/about/policies/copyright-compliance

The WPI Faculty Governance webpages are found at: https://www.wpi.edu/offices/faculty-governance