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APPENDIX C: SABBATICAL LEAVES AND LEAVES OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY

CONDITIONS

5.

Conditions related to sabbatical leaves and leaves without pay

Sabbatical leave will not be granted for more than two consecutive semesters.

Part-time faculty members electing a one-semester sabbatical leave will carry a course workload during the semester they are teaching equal to one-half of their normal yearly course workload, rounded upward to the nearest whole number of courses.

Normally, two absences from the College on sabbatical leave or leave without pay must be separated by at least two years of teaching at the faculty member's regular load. Likewise, two full-year absences from the College on sabbatical leave or leave without pay must be separated by three years of teaching.

Sabbatical leave will not normally be granted for the terminal year of any appointment.

Except in unusual circumstances, no more than one semester's sabbatical leave may be taken during the two years immediately prior to retirement.

Normally, leaves of absence without pay will not be granted for more than two consecutive years.

Members of the faculty may not accept paid employment for more than the teaching of one course or the equivalent during any semester on sabbatical leave, and then only with the prior approval of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty.

It is presumed that members of the faculty on sabbatical leave will return to the College after their absence.

Except in unusual circumstances, members of the faculty on sabbatical leave will not be replaced. Departments must make every effort to bracket courses, recommend courses at other institutions, or otherwise cover the teaching responsibilities of the individual on sabbatical leave. Members must, therefore, plan sabbatical leaves or leaves without pay in such a way as to inconvenience departments as little as possible.

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