10/4/2005 University Of South Florida Department Of Psychology Space

10/4/2005 university of south florida department of psychology space allocation policies (approved by executive committee, 9/30.20

10/4/2005
University of South Florida
Department of Psychology
Space Allocation Policies
(Approved by Executive Committee, 9/30.2005)
The policies articulated in this document pertain to the space in PCD
that has been assigned by the University to the Department of
Psychology.
Space Allocations in PCD are made by the Chair, with the advice of the
Space Committee and the Executive Committee, and guided by the
following principles.
Every tenure track member of the faculty, appointed full time on the
Tampa campus of USF, is entitled to one office in PCD.
Emeriti retain space, at the discretion of the Chair, provided they
continue to contribute to the department’s mission through research,
instruction or service.
Research Professors, Visiting Professors and Zero-time
Joint-appointees can be allocated office, and research space, at the
discretion of the Chair and with the understanding that the needs of
the regular faculty and the graduate students will take precedence.
The Chair will allocate space to non-tenure track faculty and to staff
in accordance with their assignments.
Faculty will be allocated space in which to conduct their research
program, reflecting the needs of their program. The allocation of
research space will be made at the discretion of the Chair, with the
advice of the Space Committee and according to the following
guidelines.
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All allocations of space in the building are by definition
temporary. All space is controlled by the Department and can be
recalled by the Chair either because its usage does not justify
the allocation, or because departmental priorities require the
assignment of the space to other purposes. Such reallocations will
be made with due sensitivity to the integrity of active research
programs and with adequate notice and consultation.
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It is recognized that faculty within the department use a variety
of scientific methods and accordingly the way space is used
differs widely among labs (e.g., running participants; conducting
observations; administering surveys; analyzing data; housing
graduate students).
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An effort will be made, whenever there is a need to allocate space
for new purposes, to find the required space in a collegial
manner, seeking voluntary divestment, or an agreement to the
sharing of space by those to whom it has been allocated.
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If collegial methods fail to meet the needs requiring the
reallocation, then allocations will be driven by the merits, and
productivity, of the research programs as judged in the faculty
merit evaluation process, and by the manner in which the space is
utilized. Productive use of space will be assessed in terms of the
publication record of the lab, the number of active graduate and
undergraduate student projects conducted in the lab as well as the
degree to which the research is supported by extra mural funds.
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The department will honor commitments of space made to extra mural
funding agencies at the time funding was solicited and awarded.
All space commitments implied in a grant application must be
reviewed by the Chair at the time the application is submitted.
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Faculty whose space is reassigned and who believe that the
reassignment is not consistent with the policies established in
this document can appeal to the Executive Committee. Faculty can
also appeal to the Executive Committee if they believe that a
reassignment decision is based on an inaccurate assessment of the
productivity of their research program.
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The Department will maintain a data base recording the actual
assignment of all space, its current status as well as indices of
productivity associated with the space. The Space Committee will
be guided by the data base in its deliberations about allocations.
The space data base will be maintained by the Chair’s office.
Note: The present document is not concerned with the allocation of
class rooms, computer labs, or other public spaces in Psychology’s
section of PCD.
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