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Faculty Handbook      
1.1 UH System Board Regents
1.2.2 Community College Advisory Council
1.3 UHCL Administration
1.4 An Overview: The University of Houston-Clear Lake
1.5 UHCL Mission
1.6 Formatting, Tracking, Maintaining, & Disseminating UHCL Policy Documents
2.1 Overview of Governance
2.2 Constitution of the Faculty Senate
3.1 Faculty Position Ranks
3.2 Faculty Appointments: General Guidelines
3.3 UHCL Guidelines for Faculty Appointments
3.4 Non-Tenure Track Academic Appointments
3.5 Policies on Graduate & Undergraduate Teaching/Research Asst.
3.6 Adjunct Faculty Appointments
3.7 Graduate Faculty Definition
3.8 Retirement
3.9 UH System Voluntary Modification of Faculty Employment Program
3.10 Emeritus/Emerita Status Guidelines
3.11 Nepotism Policy
3.12 Employement of Non-U.S. Citizen
4.1 Equal Employment Opportunity & Affirmative Action Plan
4.2 Search and Selection Procedures
5.1 Annual Faculty Review Policy
5.2 UHCL Policy on Program Reviews
5.3 UHCL Promotion & Tenure
5.4 UHCL Post-Tenure Performance Review
5.5 UH System Faculty Dismissal Policy
5.6 Dismissal of Faculty Members
5.7 Financial Exigency
5.8 Program Discontinuance Policy & Procedures
6.1 Workload Policy for Faculty
6.2 Faculty Office Hours
6.3 Interschool Teaching Policy
6.4 Policy on Direction of Theses & Master's Projects
6.5 Dual Employment, Outside Employment, & Consulting Contracts
6.6 Guidelines for Full-Time Overload & Off-Campus Teaching Compensation
6.7 Policy on Administrative Salaries in the Academic Affairs Division
6.8 Faculty Merit Raise Increments
6.9 Perquisites
6.10 Summer Pay Policy
6.11 Policy for Extra Compensation In Excess of Base Salary
7.1 Benefits
7.2 Family & Medical Leave of Absence Policy
7.3 Parental Leave Policy & Procedure
7.4 Leave of Absence
7.5 Employee Time & Effort Reporting
7.6 Fair Labor Standards Act Policy
7.7 Employee Group Insurance
7.8 Graduate Work by University Faculty and Staff
7.9 Paid Holidays
7.10 Faculty Development Leave
7.11 Minnie Stevens Piper Award
7.12 President's Distinguished Faculty Award
8.1 Academic Freedom
8.2 Standards of Conduct for the Academic Community
8.3 Legal Responsibilities of Faculty and Staff
8.4 Liability
8.5 Open Records Policy
8.6 Faculty Disciplinary Procedures
8.7 Sexual Harassment Policy
8.8 ADA
8.9 Aids
8.10 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention
8.11 Non-Discrimination & Grievance
8.12 Workplace Violence
8.13 Electronic Information Policy
9.1 Faculty Grievance Policy
10.1 Policy on Research, Scholarly & Artistic Activities
10.2 Personnel Policies Related to Research & External Activities
10.2.3 Procedure on Conflicts of Interest for Investigators
10.3 Faculty Research & Support Funds
10.4 Faculty Development & Support Funds
10.5 Intellectual Property Policy
10.6 Policy on the Authoring & Delivery of Distance Education Courseware by UHCL Faculty & Staff
10.7 Development Policy
11.1 Student Rights & Responsibilities
11.2 Grading Policy
11.3 Grading Procedures
11.4 Academic Honesty Policy
11.5 Academic Appeals Policy
11.6 Combined & Parallel Undergraduate & Graduate Courses
11.7 Grade Change Annotation on Academic Transcript
12.1 Policy for the Use of University Facilities
12.2 University Hours of Operation
12.3 Safety Policy
12.4 Facilities Repair and Maintenance Services
12.5 Smoking
12.6 Emergency Closings
12.7 UHCL Evacuation Plan
12.8 Neumann Library
12.9 University Computing Resources
12.10 Student Services
12.11 Bookstore

Faculty Handbook

3.8 RETIREMENT



All benefits eligible employees are required, as condition of employment, to be a member of the Teacher Retirement System (TRS) or the Optional Retirement Program (ORP). All benefits eligible employees are eligible to participate in TRS, but only employees holding certain positions are eligible to participate in the ORP. 

A State contribution is made through the University toward the employee's chosen retirement plan (TRS or ORP), based on a percentage of the employee's gross salary. The employee is also required to contribute a specific percentage of his or her gross salary toward the retirement plan. The percentage rate for the State contribution and the rate for the employee contribution are set by the State Legislature. The employee's contribution is tax-deferred. 

All new benefits eligible employees whose positions are not eligible, or who elect not to participate in ORP must enroll in the TRS program unless the employee is vested in ORP from another Texas State institution or another position. In that case, the employee is prohibited by State law from enrolling in TRS and must enroll in ORP. 

A benefits eligible employee who begins employment at UHCL, and who at one time was eligible and participated in ORP at another Texas State institution, but subsequently became employed in the Texas Public School System and was required to return to TRS must enroll in TRS at the University, and is prohibited by State law from enrolling in ORP. 

Employees may also participate in supplemental retirement plans, with no contribution from the State or University, through the State's Deferred Compensation Program and/or the University's Tax Deferred Annuity (TDA) Program.

Additional Retirement Information

Teachers Retirement System (TRS) Tax Deferred Plans
Optional Retirement Program (ORP) Social Security & Medicare
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