Alpha Index

2025-2026

• Part I. The University and Its Governance (Snapshot as of 8/18/2025)
• Part II. Appointment and Tenure (Snapshot as of 8/18/2025)
• Part III. University Principles and Policies (Snapshot as of 8/18/2025)
• Part IV. Disciplinary Actions and Grievances (Snapshot as of 8/18/2025)
• Part V. Faculty Awards (Snapshot as of 8/18/2025)
• Part VI. Faculty Benefits (Snapshot as of 8/18/2025)
• Part VII. Financial Procedures (Snapshot as of 8/18/2025)
• Part VIII. Vanderbilt University Compliance Program and Standards of Conduct (Snapshot as of 8/18/2025)
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A

Academic freedom

Academic integrity

Academic offerings (resources)

Academic responsibility

Academic tenure

Acceptable use of information technology resources

Accidental death and dismemberment insurance (AD&D)

Adjoint Assistant Professor of _______

Adjoint Associate Professor of _______

Adjoint Instructor in ______

Adjoint Professor of ______

Adjunct Assistant Professor of _______

Adjunct Associate Professor of _______

Adjunct Instructor in ______

Adjunct Professor of ______

Administration

Affirmative Action Plan

Alcohol and drug policies

Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor Award

Alumni Education Award

Amendments to Faculty Manual

Appointment, conditions and terms of

Appointments, in-residence

Appointments, procedures for non-tenure

Appointments, procedures for tenure

Appointments, title, non-tenure

Appointments, title, tenure

Artist Teacher of ________

Artistic works, policy on

Assistant Clinical Professor of _______

Assistant in ________

Assistant Professor of ________

Assistant Professor of Clinical ________

Assistant Professor of the Practice of ________

Associate Clinical Professor of ________

Associate in _________

Associate Professor of ________

Associate Professor of Clinical ________

Associate Professor of the Practice of ________

Athletics Committee

Authorization of academic positions

Award of tenure

Awards, faculty

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B

Best interests of the University, primary commitment to

Blair School of Music, titles

Buckley Amendment

Byrd Amendment

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C

Calendar Committee

Centennial professorships

Chancellor’s Awards for Research

Chancellor’s Cup

Chancellor’s professorships

Charitable contributions

Chemical Safety Committee

Civility

Clinical Fellow

Clinical Instructor in ________

Clinical Professor of ________

Colleges and schools

Commencement

Committees, University

Complaint procedure, harassment

Compliance program

Confidentiality, Compliance Program and Standards of Conduct

Confidentiality, Disciplinary Actions

Confidentiality, Faculty Grievances

Conflicts Committee, University

Conflict of commitment, individual

Conflict of interest, Compliance Program and Standards of Conduct

Conflict of interest, enforcement and penalties

Conflict of interest, individual

Conflict of interest, policies for research and health care

Conflict of interest, procedures

Consensual relationships

Counseling services

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D

Department chairs, terms of office

Development office

Disabilities, individuals with

Disability insurance

Disciplinary actions

Disclosure

Distinguished Professor of ________

Distinguished Professor, University

Distinguished professorships

Division of Sponsored Research

Drug and alcohol policies

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E

Earl Sutherland Prize

Ellen Gregg Ingalls Award

Emeritus and Emerita

Environmental Affairs Committee

Environmental Health and Safety Oversight Committee

Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Disability Services Department

Equal opportunity employer

Extracurricular activities

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F

Faculty Advisory Council

Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee

Faculty Fellow

Faculty home purchase plan

Fair procedures

Fellow

Fidelity Investments

Formal instruction

Full-status partial-load appointments

Fund raising

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G

Gifts

Governance, University

Graduate Research Assistant

Graduate school student titles

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Graduate Teaching Scholar

Grievances committee

Grievance procedures

Group life insurance

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H

Harassment

Harvie Branscomb Distinguished Professor Award

Health and safety

Health care coverage

History, University

Home purchase plan

Honor system

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I

Income from technology, allocation of

Individuals with disabilities

In-residence appointments

Institute for Public Policy Studies

Institutional Animal Care Committee

Institutional Biosafety Committee

Instructor in ________

Instructor in Clinical ________

Instructor in the Practice of _______

Interruptions in career path

Inventions, employee

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J

Joint appointments

Junior collegiate faculty, Blair School

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K

No listings

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L

Leaves of absence

Lecturer in ________

Liability insurance

Library Committee

Licensing

Literary works, policy on

Lobbying regulations

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M

Madison Sarratt Prize

Maternity leave

Memorial donations

Misconduct in research

Moving expenses

Multiple titles

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N

Named professorships

Nondiscrimination

Non-tenure appointments

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O

Officer Education Advisory Committee

Open communication

Open inquiry

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P

Parental leave

Partial-load appointments

Part-time appointments

Patent and Trademark Repository Library

Payment procedures

Political activity

Postgraduate titles, schools of Medicine and Nursing

Pre-collegiate faculty, Blair School

Privacy rights of students

Probationary period

Procedures for initial term appointments

Professor of ________

Professor of Clinical ________

Professor of the Practice of ________

Promotion

Promotion and Tenure Review Committee

Promotion and Tenure Review Committee, Medical Center

Promotion to full professor

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Q

No listings

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R

Racial harassment

Radiation Safety Committee

Registry

Religious Affairs Committee

Renewal of term appointments

Research Assistant Professor of ________

Research Associate in ________

Research Associate Professor of ________

Research Fellow

Research Instructor in ________

Research Professor of ________

Research professorial appointments

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps titles

Resignation

Retirement plan

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S

Salary supplement

Security Committee

Senate Committee on Professional Ethics and Academic Freedom

Senior Artist Teacher of _________

Senior Associate in _________

Senior collegiate faculty, Blair School

Senior Faculty Fellow

Senior Lecturer in ________

Senior Research Associate in ________

Sexual harassment

Sexual orientation

Social Security

Sponsored research

Standards of Conduct

Student records

Student titles, Graduate School

Students, statement of principles

Summer employment

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T

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF)

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America – College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), Summer Employment

Technology, policy on

Technology Review Committee

Technology, rights in

Technology Transfer, Office of

Tenure appointments

Tenure, policies and procedures for award of

Term appointments

Termination

Terms of office of department chairs

Thomas Jefferson Award

Traffic and Parking Committee

Trainee

Travel accident insurance

Tuition discounts

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U

University governance

University Press Editorial Committee

University Professor

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V

VALIC

Vanderbilt Research and Development Corporation

Vanguard

Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (VALIC)

Visiting Assistant Professor of _______

Visiting Associate Professor of _______

Visiting Instructor in _________

Visiting Professor of _________

Visiting Scholar

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W

Workers’ compensation

Works-for-hire

Written terms of appointment

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X

No listings

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Y

No listings

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Z

No listings

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