Tip Sheets, Resources and Forms

Tip Sheets

• Role of FASA
• Named or Endowed Chair and Professor Titles, Adding to Faculty HR Record
• Sabbatical Review and Approval Process
• Extending the Tenure Clock Request Process
• Hiring with Tenure - Provost Approval Process
• Emeritum Request Process
• Spousal and Partner Hires
• Designation B Process
• Classifying Positions as Academic Specialists
• FASA Guidance for Responding to MSU Budget Reductions
• Extending the Continuing Clock Request Process
• Considerations for Consulting and Outside Work for Academic Specialists
• Best Practices for Academic Unit Leaders Conducting Annual Reviews
• Navigating Retirement from a Faculty Position
• Writing a Strong Reflective Essay

Resources

• Position Differentiation - Guidelines for Assistant and Associate Dean Positions
• The Tenure Clock Timeline - A Reference Guide for Assistant Professors

Forms

• Conflict of Commitment Form
• Emeritum Request
• Faculty Overload Request
• Offering a Tenured Appointment, Request for Provost's Approval
• Salary Support (1/3) for Partner Hire, Request for Approval

Unionization Resources

• Guidance for MSU Administrators: New Bargaining Representative for Tenure System Faculty and Librarians in the Continuing System
• Description of Bargaining Unit
  • Communications on UTSF Administrative Exclusions (July 2026)
  • Checklist for Determining Whether Secondary Position Could be Excluded From the UTSF
  • Request to Review Potential Management Position Excluded from the UTSF (Microsoft Form)
  • Administrative Exclusion – Memo Template (only for use with FASA approval)
  • Adding Secondary UTSF-Excluded Titles to Faculty Records in the HR/Payroll System

Executive Orders

• FAQs: Additional Guidance on Recent Executive Orders and the Impact to Academic Colleges, Departments, and Units

Budget Reduction Guidance

• FASA Guidance: Reduction in Force (June 2025)
  • Reduction in Force: for FASA Review (Microsoft Form)
    • Dean's Review/Approval Template
• FASA Guidance: Responding to MSU Budget Reductions (May 2025)

Conflict of Commitment Resources

• Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment Policy
• Guidance for Chairpersons and Supervisors on Reviewing Outside Activity Requests
• Frequently Asked Questions on New Conflict of Commitment Policy
• Crosswalk of Changes - Outside Work for Pay Policy