These are “Guidelines and Procedures for Qualifying Faculty to Teach Using Tested Experience instead of Degrees”, as forwarded to the Faculty Senate for consideration at their first meeting of the academic year. 

Submitted by: John F. Vallentine, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Faculty

These Guidelines are meant to enable the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) to comply with the Higher Learning Commission’s (HLC) Assumed Practices regarding Faculty Qualification.  UNI is supportive of the following HLC statement in its publication entitled “Determining Qualified Faculty Through HLC’s Criteria for Accreditation and Assumed Practices.”

Please see: http://download.hlcommission.org/FacultyGuidelines_2016_OPB.pdf

Faculty Senate resolves to consider these Guidelines at their first meeting of the academic year, or as soon as possible thereafter.  We intend to vote on moving this topic to the head of the docket for that first meeting.