Faculty Development Fellowship Clause Samples

Faculty Development Fellowship. (formerly referred to as Periodic Professional Leave) (a) Subject to the availability of funds, the demonstrated benefit to the institution in terms of professional development, and the ability of the institution, its colleges and departments to maintain programs and program emphasis and to thereby achieve their mission and meet their enrollment demand, any Unit Member on Continuous Appointment who has completed six years of full-time service at UNK at any academic rank shall be eligible to apply for a Faculty Development Fellowship, either for a full year at half pay and full benefits or for a half year at full pay and full benefits. Each six-year period of full-time service shall renew eligibility to apply for a Faculty Development Fellowship. Subject to the factors noted above, it is a policy at UNK that as a normal course of affairs the on-going institutional goal is to annually fund approximately two
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Faculty Development Fellowship. (Formerly Known as Periodic Professional Leave) a. Subject to the availability of funds, the demonstrated benefit to the institution in terms of professional development, and the ability of the institution, its colleges and departments to maintain programs and program emphasis and to thereby achieve their mission and meet their enrollment demand, any Unit Member on Continuous Appointment who has completed six years of full-time service at UNO at any academic rank shall be eligible to apply for a Faculty Development Fellowship, either for a full year at half pay and full benefits or for a half year at full pay and full benefits. Each six-year period of full-time service shall renew eligibility to apply for a Faculty Development Fellowship. b. Faculty Development Fellowships are to be taken only for professional development. An application which sets forth the length of leave and its relationship to the Unit Member's professional development shall be prepared by the Unit Member and filed with the appropriate ▇▇▇▇. The application shall be reviewed by the Unit Member's department and subject to the approval of the appropriate ▇▇▇▇ (in consultation with an elected faculty advisory group), the Senior Vice Chancellor, the Chancellor, and the Board. Such leaves shall not be considered to be an entitlement or an automatic reward for years of service. The substantive decision of the Board or Administration to approve or disapprove applications for Faculty Development Fellowship shall not be grievable under this Agreement. c. The time period of the Faculty Development Fellowship shall be considered service to UNO for all purposes. Based upon a written report submitted by a Unit Member on Faculty Development Fellowship, such Unit Member shall be eligible for consideration for salary adjustments on the same basis as other continuing Unit Members. No Unit Member on Faculty Development Fellowship shall be required to contribute to the compensation of any substitute(s) to perform all or any part of that Unit Member's assigned workload. In the event the Unit Member fails to return on the date specified and has not received authorization from the Senior Vice Chancellor to return on a later date, he/she shall be considered separated as of the last day of such leave. d. The recipient of a Faculty Development Fellowship agrees to resume his/her duties at the University of Nebraska upon termination of the leave and continue such duties for a period of at least one academic yea...
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