{"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":"2026-01-12T11:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T17:26:29","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><p><i>[Faculty Handbook Category #1]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<i>St. Olaf College Faculty Handbook<\/i>\u00a0provides members of the faculty with information that is important for their work as teachers, advisers, and scholars.\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0<i>Handbook<\/i>\u00a0does 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.\u00a0\u00a0Policies and procedures regarding faculty governance as well as the rights and responsibilities of the faculty are provided under separate cover in the\u00a0<i>Faculty Manual<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0<i>Handbook<\/i>, along with the current\u00a0<i>Faculty Manual<\/i>, replaces all previous handbooks, manuals, and other oral or written statements of employment policy.\u00a0\u00a0The policies and procedures contained in this\u00a0<i>Handbook<\/i>\u00a0are not a complete list, and cannot cover all situations that may arise.\u00a0\u00a0At the direction of the President, the content of this\u00a0<i>Handbook<\/i>\u00a0may be withdrawn or changed from time to time, with or without prior notice, following the procedures set forth in Section 2 of the\u00a0<i>Faculty Manual<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0In particular, this\u00a0<i>Handbook<\/i> will be revised from time to time to reflect changes in policies, procedures, and benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Each member of the faculty is urged to become familiar with the contents of this\u00a0<i>Handbook<\/i>.\u00a0\u00a0If you have any questions about or need further clarification of any material in this\u00a0<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<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/categories-of-handbook-content-and-procedures-for-modification\/\">Categories of Handbook Content and Procedures for Modification<\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/table-of-contents\/\">Table of Contents<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Faculty Handbook Category #1] The\u00a0St. Olaf College Faculty Handbook\u00a0provides members of the faculty with information that is important for their work as teachers, advisers, and scholars.\u00a0\u00a0This\u00a0Handbook\u00a0does 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":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1594,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/facultyhandbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/1594"}],"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}]}}