10.38 Faculty Sabbatical Leave
A faculty member who has been employed full time (teaching .75 FTE each semester) by 色虎视频 six (6) consecutive years and who has been awarded continuous academic tenure is eligible to apply for a sabbatical leave. The person who is granted a sabbatical leave is entitled to one-half an academic year at full salary or a full academic year at half salary.
Faculty members who wish to apply for a sabbatical leave must write a letter of application addressed to the Board of Curators, transmitted through the appropriate academic channels beginning with the faculty member's immediate supervisor. The application for leave with pay shall include a precise statement of planned activities designed to contribute to the professional growth of the applicant and to the benefit of the University. At the end of the sabbatical leave period, the faculty member shall submit a report to the Vice President for Academic Affairs detailing the nature and extent of activities engaged in during the leave within sixty (60) days after return from sabbatical leave.
The faculty member who completes a sabbatical leave must return to 色虎视频 for at least one (1) semester following the sabbatical. A faculty member who does not return following the sabbatical for a full semester after such leave or leaves prior to completing a full semester after sabbatical leave will be required to refund to the University, on a prorated basis, the salary received during the leave by no later than thirty (30) days after separation from the University.
Sabbatical leave is dependent upon available funding, as determined by the President in consultation with the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
• No more than three (3) sabbaticals will be awarded per academic year (note: only one (1) person per department may be granted a sabbatical at a time, and only two (2) persons per college may receive a sabbatical in the same year).
• The award of a sabbatical leave is not guaranteed.
• The review process will begin with the Department Head whose recommendation must include a cost analysis and plan for how to cover the duties of the faculty member during the sabbatical period.
• Department Heads will submit their recommendation to the Dean.
• The Provost/VPAA will convene a standing Sabbatical Review Committee (made up of two (2) representatives from each college; one (1) of which shall be the Dean) who will review faculty sabbatical proposals and make recommendations to
Provost/VPAA.
• The faculty sabbatical proposal must have the support of the Department Head, Dean, and the Sabbatical Review Committee.
• The Provost/VPAA makes sabbatical recommendations to the President.
• The President upon review and consideration of the recommendations forwards the recommendations to the Board for final approval.
• Faculty recipients will be required to give a public presentation which will be advertised by the Office of the Provost/VPAA to their faculty colleagues.
• It needs to be noted that persons on sabbaticals cannot work at another institution for pay without the permission of the Provost/VPAA and President.
Faculty members who wish to apply for a sabbatical leave must write a letter of application addressed to the Board of Curators, transmitted through the appropriate academic channels beginning with the faculty member's immediate supervisor. The application for leave with pay shall include a precise statement of planned activities designed to contribute to the professional growth of the applicant and to the benefit of the University. At the end of the sabbatical leave period, the faculty member shall submit a report to the Vice President for Academic Affairs detailing the nature and extent of activities engaged in during the leave within sixty (60) days after return from sabbatical leave.
The faculty member who completes a sabbatical leave must return to 色虎视频 for at least one (1) semester following the sabbatical. A faculty member who does not return following the sabbatical for a full semester after such leave or leaves prior to completing a full semester after sabbatical leave will be required to refund to the University, on a prorated basis, the salary received during the leave by no later than thirty (30) days after separation from the University.
Sabbatical leave is dependent upon available funding, as determined by the President in consultation with the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
• No more than three (3) sabbaticals will be awarded per academic year (note: only one (1) person per department may be granted a sabbatical at a time, and only two (2) persons per college may receive a sabbatical in the same year).
• The award of a sabbatical leave is not guaranteed.
• The review process will begin with the Department Head whose recommendation must include a cost analysis and plan for how to cover the duties of the faculty member during the sabbatical period.
• Department Heads will submit their recommendation to the Dean.
• The Provost/VPAA will convene a standing Sabbatical Review Committee (made up of two (2) representatives from each college; one (1) of which shall be the Dean) who will review faculty sabbatical proposals and make recommendations to
Provost/VPAA.
• The faculty sabbatical proposal must have the support of the Department Head, Dean, and the Sabbatical Review Committee.
• The Provost/VPAA makes sabbatical recommendations to the President.
• The President upon review and consideration of the recommendations forwards the recommendations to the Board for final approval.
• Faculty recipients will be required to give a public presentation which will be advertised by the Office of the Provost/VPAA to their faculty colleagues.
• It needs to be noted that persons on sabbaticals cannot work at another institution for pay without the permission of the Provost/VPAA and President.
Effective Date
Approved by Board of Curators: January 15, 2026