Policy on Faculty Availability
It is important for faculty who teach to establish reasonable expectations of availability, and for students to be able to find and communicate with faculty in a reasonable time-frame. Therefore, faculty members who are currently teaching will make themselves available to students at least one hour per week for each course taught (face-to-face, online or blended). To qualify as an “available hour,” during a regularly scheduled time period faculty must be immediately available to their students either through office visits, phone, video chat, group chat or other medium of consultation. Faculty availability must be posted in the course syllabi. If faculty need to change their scheduled times for weekly consultation they will notify their students at least 24 hours in advance and provide alternative dates and times.