Proposed revision to office hours policy (1 of 2)

The current office hours policy reads:

“Each instructor shall post office hours on his/her door. The instructor is responsible for maintaining adequate office hours to enable him/her to be available for meeting with any student who wishes to see him/her. In no case shall posted office hours for student consultation be less than a minimum of one clock hour a day.”

http://gcsu.smartcatalogiq.com/Policy-Manual/Policy-Manual/Academic-Affairs/EmploymentPolicies-Procedures-Benefits/Faculty-Rights-and-Responsibilities/Faculty-Work-Requirements/Office-Hours-Posting

APC proposes the final sentence be reworded from “In no case shall posted office hours for student consultation be less than a minimum of one clock hour a day.” to “In no case shall posted office hours for student consultation be less than five hours (300 minutes) per week.”  

Upon extensive deliberation, APC considered the final sentence to create constraints that are not entirely consistent with the spirit of the regulation and inappropriate for some circumstances (for example, programs that require considerable field work supervision).