I know that, at least in California, a complaint can be filed against a civil employee (police officer, social worker, etc) for misconduct or failure to perform their duties, etc. By law, the complaint must be investigated and if misconduct can be proved, penalties can be assessed (termination, beach time, demotion, etc.) Does the same hold true for a tenured public University Professor? What obligations do they have to actually teach? What are the normal procedures for initiated a written complaint?
All of the colleges and universities with which I have been affiliated have procedures for students to file complaints about faculty. The student services office will often have an employee that serves as an ombudsperson for this service. Another avenue that students can pursue is to file a formal written complain with the faculty member's department chair and the dean of college. Tony Piña Administrator, Northeastern Illinois University
The process there is normally to file a grievance with the department chair (or the executive committee of the chair). If the prof is the program director or dean of the school, check to see if there is some comparable executive committee of the program director/dean. The appeals would then, I think, go to the Dean of the Grad School or the VP of Academic Affairs. Check your CSUDH handbook.
