Regulations for Recruitment of Educators of Chang Jung University
Revised and passed by the Extemporary School Affair Meeting of Academic Year 2002 (05 Dec. 2002)
Article 1 The regulations are in accordance with “The Teachers Act”, “The Statute for
Appointment of Educational Personnel”, and Article 12 of the “Regulations
Governing the Establishment of Instructor Evaluation Committees (IEC).”
Article 2 The hiring of instructors shall be based on principles of fairness,
impartiality, and openness to ensure educators’ rights.
Article 3 The following regulations govern the faculty recruitment of Chang Jung
Christian University:
I. Lecturers should meet at least one of the following qualifications:
i.
A master degree or equivalent with excellent grades;
ii.
A bachelor degree, having held the post of teaching assistant or
researcher for at least 4 years with excellent performance, and
published works;
iii. A bachelor degree, has done researches or held a position in a field
related to the study for at least 6 years, and published works;
iv. A lecturer certificate issued by the Ministry of Education.
II. Assistant professors should meet at least one of the following qualifications:
i.
A doctorate degree or equivalent with excellent performance, and
ii.
iii.
iv.
published works;
A master's degree or equivalent, has done researches or held a position
in a field related to the study for at least 4 years, and published works;
A bachelor degree in medicine, Chinese medicine, or dentistry from a
university, and minimum clinical experience of 9 years, four of which
as an attending physician in a medical center with excellent
performance, and has published works of value.
A lecturer certificate issued by the Ministry of Education and having
taught for at least 3 years as a lecturer with excellent performance, and
published works, or has an assistant professor certificate issued by the
Ministry of Education.
III. Associate professors should meet at least one of the following qualifications:
i.
A bachelor degree, having held the post of teaching assistant or
researcher for at least 4 years with excellent performance, and
published works.
ii.
Assistant professor certificate issued by the Ministry of Education,
having served as an assistant professor for a minimum of 3 years, and
published specialized works of value.
iii.
Lecturer certificate before the Statute for Appointment of Educational
Personnel coming to effect on 21st Mar. 1997, having served as a
lecturer for at least 3 consecutive years, and has published specialized
works of value, or has an associate professor certificate issued by the
Ministry of Education.
IV. Professors should meet at least one of the following qualifications:
i.
An assistant professor certificate issued by the Ministry of Education,
having served as an assistant professor for at least 3 years with
excellent performance, and has published specialized works of value.
ii.
An associate professor certificate issued by the Ministry of Education,
having served as an associate professor for 3 at least years with
excellent performance, and has published specialized works of value.
Article 4 The following regulations govern the initial appointment, renewed
appointment of faculties in Chang Jung University:
I. Initial appointment:
i.
Each department and center applies for new appointments according to
the department/center personnel quota for faculties supplied by the
Office of Personnel with vacancies advertised in the media or in
academic publications.
ii.
After reviews of curriculum vitae, specialization, instruction, research,
characters, and proposed courses to be taught, departmental faculty
iii.
iv.
evaluation committees recommend the prospective faculty. The
departmental (or graduate institute) and center faculty evaluation
committee will then review the candidate according to Article 4 of
“Regulations Governing the Establishment of Faculty Evaluation
Committees” and personal information and documents of the candidate
will be submitted to college faculty evaluation committee for
evaluation.
College faculty evaluation committee will review according to Article
6 of “Regulations Governing the Establishment of Faculty Evaluation
Committees” and the result is signed by the president and turned over
to the university faculty evaluation committee for review.
University faculty evaluation committee reviews the education,
specialization, research and character of the candidate again according
to Article 8 of the “Regulations Governing the Establishment of
Instructor Evaluation Committees”. If an offer is made to the
candidate, a contract is issued to be approved by the president and
reported to the Ministry of Education for reference.
II. Renewed appointment:
After evaluations by all levels of faculty evaluation committees, contracts
approved by the president will be issued.
Article 5 Once the suspicion of plagiarism for works of a candidate is confirmed by
the university faculty evaluation committee, the candidate will not be
employed and the employment contract will be terminated immediately.
Article 6 The employment contract should come to effect on the first day of the
semester. Each department (or graduate institute) and center should
complete the recommendation procedure one month before the beginning of
each semester.
Article 7 Important issues, such as recruitment, and recruitment period, require
evaluations by all levels of faculty evaluation committee, and a contract is
issued upon the approval by the president.
Article 8 Faculty contract termination, contract suspension, and the denial of contract
renewal due to major incidents require reviews by all levels of faculty
evaluation committee and approval from the president.
Article 9 Disputes regarding dismissal, suspension or rejection of renewal may
appeal through a faculty appeals committee.
Article 10 Faculty members acquiring a lecturer or teaching assistant certificate
before the Statute for Appointment of Educational Personnel coming into
effect (21st March 1997), and serving continuously may apply for promotion
accordingly.
Article 11 Matters not covered herein will be subject to relevant rules and regulations
of CJCU.
Article 12 The above regulations are enacted after being passed in the Governing
Board Meeting of CJCU and approved by the President; amendments will
be processed in the same manner.