Common use of Faculty Workload Clause in Contracts

Faculty Workload. 15.1 The goals of the University require that the average workload for tenure-stream faculty members consist of three basic elements: (a) the basic instructional workload, (b) research, creative or professional activity and (c) service both on and off the campus (for non-tenure- track faculty workload see Article 21.2). 15.2 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and to budgetary constraints, the Administration shall, as a high academic priority, maintain the goal of achieving a student-faculty ratio appropriate to a high quality of education and fulfilling the mission of the University. 15.3 Instructional workload assignments to faculty members shall reflect (a) the academic needs of the department or program, (b) the faculty member's qualifications and expertise and (c) the faculty member's professional interests. 15.4 The number of classroom contact hours, class size and total number of students taught by each faculty member are expected to vary widely among and within schools and departments, depending on the nature of the subject or activity being taught and upon the amount of teaching assistance provided (in the form of teaching assistants, graders, etc.). Departments and faculty set course enrollment caps, for all departmental courses, subject to the approval of the chair, where applicable, and ▇▇▇▇. Should the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ that circumstances require increases to instructional efficiency, and thereby request that departments make adjustments to course caps, department faculty shall have primary responsibility for proposing academically and pedagogically sound plans for achieving the fiscal savings targets assigned by the ▇▇▇▇, including options other than that proposed by the ▇▇▇▇; such plans, however, remain subject to approval by the ▇▇▇▇. Once course capacities are announced for a given semester schedule, individual course capacities may be increased: a) At the discretion of the instructor of the course b) Upon request to the instructor by the department chair (or ▇▇▇▇ in units where there are no department chairs), at the discretion of the instructor c) In cases where the chair/▇▇▇▇ seeks to raise the capacity of all sections of a multi(5+)- sectioned course, the chair/▇▇▇▇ may increase the capacity of the course by no more than 5% of the original cap, rounded upward to the nearest whole number, with a minimum of one, in order to accommodate a surge in enrollment for the relevant semester occurring between the week before classes start and the end of the Add/Drop Period. Any such increase in course capacity will apply only to the relevant semester The average faculty workload practices of the various departments/programs in the recent past shall remain in effect for the duration of this Agreement. 15.5 The Administration recognizes the central fact, common to all institutions of higher education, that, generally, one (1) hour of scheduled instruction by a faculty member requires several hours of instruction-related work that takes place outside the classroom. This includes preparation and ongoing revision of teaching material, remaining professionally up to date, as well as being available to students both through scheduled office hours and other methods of student-faculty contact. These activities are expected of all faculty members and are taken into account in the assignment of instructional workloads. 15.6 The regularly scheduled instructional workload as described in Sections 15.1 through 15.5 may include such nonscheduled instruction as the supervision of internships, fieldwork, dissertations and theses, external degree contracts and competencies, honors projects,

Faculty Workload. ‌ 15.1 The goals of the University require that the average workload for tenure-stream faculty members consist of three basic elements: (a) the basic instructional workload, (b) research, creative or professional activity and (c) service both on and off the campus (for non-tenure- track faculty workload see Article 21.2). 15.2 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and to budgetary constraints, the Administration shall, as a high academic priority, maintain the goal of achieving a student-faculty ratio appropriate to a high quality of education and fulfilling the mission of the University. 15.3 Instructional workload assignments to faculty members shall reflect (a) the academic needs of the department or program, (b) the faculty member's qualifications and expertise and (c) the faculty member's professional interests. 15.4 The number of classroom contact hours, class size and total number of students taught by each faculty member are expected to vary widely among and within schools and departments, depending on the nature of the subject or activity being taught and upon the amount of teaching assistance provided (in the form of teaching assistants, graders, etc.). Departments and faculty set course enrollment caps, for all departmental courses, subject to the approval of the chair, where applicable, and ▇▇▇▇. Should the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ that circumstances require increases to instructional efficiency, and thereby request that departments make adjustments to course caps, department faculty shall have primary responsibility for proposing academically and pedagogically sound plans for achieving the fiscal savings targets assigned by the ▇▇▇▇, including options other than that proposed by the ▇▇▇▇; such plans, however, remain subject to approval by the ▇▇▇▇. Once course capacities are announced for a given semester schedule, individual course capacities may be increased: a) At the discretion of the instructor of the course b) Upon request to the instructor by the department chair (or ▇▇▇▇ in units where there are no department chairs), at the discretion of the instructor c) In cases where the chair/▇▇▇▇ seeks to raise the capacity of all sections of a multi(5+)- sectioned course, the chair/▇▇▇▇ may increase the capacity of the course by no more than 5% of the original cap, rounded upward to the nearest whole number, with a minimum of one, in order to accommodate a surge in enrollment for the relevant semester occurring between the week before classes start and the end of the Add/Drop Period. Any such increase in course capacity will apply only to the relevant semester The average faculty workload practices of the various departments/programs in the recent past shall remain in effect for the duration of this Agreement. 15.5 The Administration recognizes the central fact, common to all institutions of higher education, that, generally, one (1) hour of scheduled instruction by a faculty member requires several hours of instruction-related work that takes place outside the classroom. This includes preparation and ongoing revision of teaching material, remaining professionally up to date, as well as being available to students both through scheduled office hours and other methods of student-faculty contact. These activities are expected of all faculty members and are taken into account in the assignment of instructional workloads. 15.6 The regularly scheduled instructional workload as described in Sections 15.1 through 15.5 may include such nonscheduled instruction as the supervision of internships, fieldwork, dissertations and theses, external degree contracts and competencies, honors projects,

Faculty Workload. 15.1 The goals of the University require that the average workload for tenure-stream faculty members consist of three basic elements: (a) the basic instructional workload, (b) research, creative or professional activity and (c) service both on and off the campus (for non-tenure- track faculty workload see Article 21.2).21.2).‌ 15.2 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and to budgetary constraints, the Administration shall, as a high academic priority, maintain the goal of achieving a student-faculty ratio appropriate to a high quality of education and fulfilling the mission of the University. 15.3 Instructional workload assignments to faculty members shall reflect (a) the academic needs of the department or program, (b) the faculty member's qualifications and expertise and (c) the faculty member's professional interests. 15.4 The number of classroom contact hours, class size and total number of students taught by each faculty member are expected to vary widely among and within schools and departments, depending on the nature of the subject or activity being taught and upon the amount of teaching assistance provided (in the form of teaching assistants, graders, etc.). Departments and faculty set course enrollment caps, for all departmental courses, subject to the approval of the chair, where applicable, and ▇▇▇▇. Should the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ that circumstances require increases to instructional efficiency, and thereby request that departments make adjustments to course caps, department faculty shall have primary responsibility for proposing academically and pedagogically sound plans for achieving the fiscal savings targets assigned by the ▇▇▇▇, including options other than that proposed by the ▇▇▇▇; such plans, however, remain subject to approval by the ▇▇▇▇. Once course capacities are announced for a given semester schedule, individual course capacities may be increased: a) At increased only at the discretion of the instructor of the course b) Upon request to the instructor by the department chair (or ▇▇▇▇ in units where there are no department chairs), at the discretion of the instructor c) In cases where the chair/▇▇▇▇ seeks to raise the capacity of all sections of a multi(5+)- sectioned course, the chair/▇▇▇▇ may increase the capacity of the course by no more than 5% of the original cap, rounded upward to the nearest whole number, with a minimum of one, in order to accommodate a surge in enrollment for the relevant semester occurring between the week before classes start and the end of the Add/Drop Period. Any such increase in course capacity will apply only to the relevant semester The average faculty workload practices of the various departments/programs in the recent past shall remain in effect for the duration of this Agreement. 15.5 The Administration recognizes the central fact, common to all institutions of higher education, that, generally, one (1) hour of scheduled instruction by a faculty member requires several hours of instruction-related work that takes place outside the classroom. This includes preparation and ongoing revision of teaching material, remaining professionally up to date, as well as being available to students both through scheduled office hours and other methods of student-faculty contact. These activities are expected of all faculty members and are taken into account in the assignment of instructional workloads. 15.6 The regularly regularly-scheduled instructional workload as described in Sections 15.1 through 15.5 may include such nonscheduled instruction as the supervision of internships, fieldwork, dissertations and theses, external degree contracts and competencies, honors projects,, independent study programs, instruction in special programs and direction and/or coordination of laboratories and/or multi-sectional courses. In accordance with past practice and procedures, certain faculty members may be involved in pre-college programs, continuing and adult education, and summer session activities as a part of their basic instructional workload. 15.7 A faculty member shall be assigned courses to teach in his/her area(s) of expertise as much as possible. An individual faculty member's rank, status and seniority shall not be the controlling factors in said assignment of courses.