{"id":12,"date":"2013-12-05T13:57:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T19:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T20:07:28","slug":"foreword","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Olaf College Faculty Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>[Faculty Handbook Category #1]<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<i>St. Olaf College Faculty Handbook<\/i>&nbsp;provides members of the faculty with information that is important for their work as teachers, advisers, and scholars.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;<i>Handbook<\/i>&nbsp;does not constitute, nor is it intended to serve as, an employment contract or a promise for the provision of any terms or conditions of employment.&nbsp;&nbsp;Policies and procedures regarding faculty governance as well as the rights and responsibilities of the faculty are provided under separate cover in the&nbsp;<i>Faculty Manual<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This&nbsp;<i>Handbook<\/i>, along with the current&nbsp;<i>Faculty Manual<\/i>, replaces all previous handbooks, manuals, and other oral or written statements of employment policy.&nbsp;&nbsp;The policies and procedures contained in this&nbsp;<i>Handbook<\/i>&nbsp;are not a complete list, and cannot cover all situations that may arise.&nbsp;&nbsp;At the direction of the President, the content of this&nbsp;<i>Handbook<\/i>&nbsp;may be withdrawn or changed from time to time, with or without prior notice, following the procedures set forth in Section 2 of the&nbsp;<i>Faculty Manual<\/i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;In particular, this&nbsp;<i>Handbook<\/i> will be revised from time to time to reflect changes in policies, procedures, and benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each member of the faculty is urged to become familiar with the contents of this&nbsp;<i>Handbook<\/i>.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have any questions about or need further clarification of any material in this&nbsp;<i>Handbook<\/i>, please consult your department chair, the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or the Human Resources Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/categories-of-handbook-content-and-procedures-for-modification\/\">Categories of Handbook Content and Procedures for Modification<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/table-of-contents\/\">Table of Contents<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Faculty Handbook Category #1] The&nbsp;St. Olaf College Faculty Handbook&nbsp;provides members of the faculty with information that is important for their work as teachers, advisers, and scholars.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;Handbook&nbsp;does not constitute, nor is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1718,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}