Faculty Appointments and Conditions of Employment
Academic Leave of Absence for One or More Semesters:
Research/Scholarship Semester
for Tenure-track Assistant Professors
To assist with their professional development and
their progress towards promotion and tenure, tenure-track Assistant
Professors are eligible for a semester at full pay devoted to research
and scholarship during the third or fifth year of probationary period
of service. This research/scholarship semester will count as part
of six-year probationary period for purposes of promotion and tenure.
Assistant Professors must apply to their Chairpersons for the
research/scholarship semester no later than January 1st of the
second full year of service for a third year research semester
and the fourth full year of service for a fifth year research semester.
The application must include a detailed proposal
for the work to be conducted during the semester and demonstrate
the direct significance of that work to meeting the promotion and
tenure criteria of the unit. The department chairperson (or other
appropriate administrative officer) will evaluate the academic merits
of the proposed work in the context of the promotion and tenure criteria
of the unit. Proposals may be rejected because of lack of merit.
Approval of the application for a research/scholarship semester
will be conditional upon a two-year contract renewal for the Assistant
Professor that will include the period of research/scholarship
semester.
Approval of each application requires the positive
recommendation of the Chair and the Dean and a copy sent to the
Provost. Any exceptions to the policy require the approval of the Provost. The Department and College will be responsible for meeting
the instructional needs from which each Assistant Professor is released
from their own resources. A proposal may be rejected if the Department
and College are unable to otherwise meet the instructional needs
from which the Assistant Professor is to be released.
Faculty members on a research/scholarship semester are not eligible
for extra compensation for teaching in Continuing Education or
other overload assignments.
All Assistant Professors who complete a research/scholarship
semester must serve a full year after that semester.
The research/service semester is in lieu of a mini-sabbatical
after three years of service (whereby the individual is eligible
for a semester at half pay). Assistant Professors who take a mini-sabbatical
in their fourth year of service are not also eligible for the research/scholarship
semester. The time-clock for eligibility for the next sabbatical
will begin with the semester after completion of research/service
semester. (Text added in entirety 03/11/2002).
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