Rights and Responsibilities

Use of the College name or logo on intellectual property is subject to prior approval by the president of the College.
Intellectual property must not include intellectual property owned by others unless the creator(s) obtains the appropriate signed permission or release form.
Intellectual property creator(s) must promptly notify the appropriate dean when he or she deems that an unusually great number of College resources will be required to complete the work.
The creator(s) and the College will negotiate an ownership agreement if the intellectual property has financial value and is potentially marketable.
The vice president for academic affairs’ office is responsible for implementing the intellectual property policy.
When employees leave employment, they must submit all intellectual property to the College.
An ad hoc textbook selection committee will be appointed by the chair of the academic school when a faculty member who has authored a textbook or supplemental book wishes to replace the current textbook or supplement existing text(s) with his or her own textbook. This committee will make a decision regarding this change and forward recommendation(s) to the vice president of academic and student affairs.