Faculty members, like other authors, deserve to receive royalties for their intellectual property. However, consistent with the University's Policy on Conflict of Interest (No. 4.16.02) and in the interest of our students, faculty members who assign books and other educational materials which they have written, edited, or published and from which they receive royalties or other remuneration may not profit financially either directly or indirectly from the purchase of these materials by students enrolled in their classes. The faculty member must either refund the money or make other arrangements to avoid profiting from the students' use of the materials. Faculty may, for example, transfer the remuneration to the University or one of its units (e.g., for a student scholarship fund).
Faculty Handbook
The Faculty Handbook is designed to provide important information to both new and continuing full-time faculty.
Adjunct Faculty Handbook
The Temple University Adjunct Faculty Handbook is designed to provide important information to both new and continuing adjunct faculty.
Employee Manual
The Employee Manual was prepared to help you become familiar with Temple University’s policies and procedures. Please read it carefully. If you have questions or concerns, please speak with your supervisor, who should be able to answer your questions or direct you to someone who can.
University Policies and Bylaws
Policies, procedures, guidelines, forms, applications, deadlines and other important information regarding faculty processes, development and endeavors are accessible via the Faculty Tools tab of Temple’s intranet, TUportal.
The link below will take you to the alphabetical list of the contents of the Temple University online Policies and Procedures Manual.
Policy on the Safety of Minors
Temple University welcomes the presence of minors who come to the university to visit and to
participate in programs and activities on campus. The university encourages safe, supervised
campus visits by minors for the purposes of making decisions about their academic future; and to
attend educational, cultural, or sporting events, programs and camps.
Temple-TAUP Collective Bargaining Agreement
This Agreement, which is between Temple and TAUP, representing faculty, academic professionals and librarians, seeks to further academic excellence, assure fair and reasonable conditions of employment, and promote procedures for peaceful solution of disputes.
Featured Faculty Policies
No full-time faculty member may engage in part-time or full-time teaching at another educational institution during the semester(s) that s/he is employed by the University unless s/he has obtained prior, written approval of the Dean. In addition, any faculty member who maintains a tenured position with another educational institution will be deemed to have resigned his/her position with Temple University.
For faculty on academic year contracts, retirements and resignations are accepted for the effective date of Dec. 31st or June 30th of each year (unless a different end date is specified in the letter of appointment). Any faculty member on an academic year contract who does not return for the following academic year (or for the Spring semester in the case of a mid-year retirement/resignation), will have their retirement or resignation made retroactive effective to the appropriate date (December 31 or June 30).
Please note that your July and August payments are paid to you in anticipation of your return to service in September (the Fall semester). Accordingly, faculty who received payments in July and August payrolls but who leave Temple University for any reason prior to the beginning of the Fall semester must reimburse the University for the July and August payments.