FAC 490.1 Grounds for Faculty Discipline

Faculty discipline may include any discipline the President determines to be appropriate in the particular case. Discipline may include dismissal but, without limitation, may include lesser measures such as oral or written reprimand, suspension without pay, mandatory counseling, or supervision or mentoring by faculty or administrative personnel.

Grounds for discipline include any substandard performance or misconduct by the faculty member that justifies corrective action by the college. Grounds for discipline include but are not limited to:

• conduct involving dishonesty or moral turpitude that directly impacts the performance of a job;
• conduct seriously injurious to the interests of the college (but not including speech or conduct protected by academic freedom, see FAC 470);
• acts carried out with the intent and purpose of causing injury to the college;
• violation of college rules or policies, including, without limitation, prohibited harassment of any kind, such as sexual harassment;
• intentional misrepresentation of professional education, qualifications, accomplishments, degrees, or honors;
• violation of standards of scholarship, including, without limitation, plagiarism, theft, or fraud;
• professional incompetence.

Grounds for dismissal are any grounds for discipline that justify the conclusion that the faculty member’s continued service at the college undermines the pursuit of the mission of the college.