Common use of Sabbaticals and Professional Development Programs Clause in Contracts

Sabbaticals and Professional Development Programs. 22.1 Sabbaticals. (a) Policy. Sabbaticals are granted to increase an employee's value to the University through opportunities for research, writing, professional renewal, further education or other experiences of professional value. While such leaves may be provided in relation to an employee’s years of service, they are not primarily a reward for service. (b) Types of Sabbaticals. (1) Type I Sabbaticals: Each year, each college shall make available at least one Type I sabbatical, either at full pay for one semester [Type IA] or one at three-fourths pay for one academic year [Type IB], for each twenty tenured and tenure-earning employees, subject to the conditions of this Article. Standard rounding techniques shall be used to determine the total number of Type I sabbaticals to be made available in each college. (e.g., a college with 29 tenured or tenure-earning employees shall make one Type I sabbatical available. A college with 30 tenured or tenure-earning employees shall make two Type I sabbaticals available.) Colleges with fewer than twenty tenured and tenure-earning employees shall make available at least one such sabbatical every other year.