Faculty Contract - Ferris State University

1 3. Program Development: The sabbatical leave may be used to develop
2 new teaching techniques; to collect materials for new programs; to develop new ways of
3 presenting material; to develop new curricula for implementation at FSU; to establish
4 linkages between FSU programs and other organizations, agencies, or institutions; or to
5 survey what is being done at other institutions as models for programs at FSU.
6 4. Research, Artistic, and Creative Activities: The sabbatical leave may
7 be used to pursue a variety of pure or applied scholarly projects that may be
8 interdisciplinary or focused within a discipline or area of specialization. Appropriate
9 projects include creation, studies, or critiques of works of art or artistic perfonnances;
10 investigations undertaken to establish facts, principles, and techniques within a discipline;
11 application of the principles and techniques of one discipline to the problems of another;
12 the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to address a theoretical or
13 practical problem; and preparation of books, articles, lectures, exhibitions, or
14 perfonnances that illuminate interdisciplinary connections or make theories, issues, or
15 methods of the faculty member's discipline or specialty accessible to wider audiences.
16 B. Eligibility- A member may apply for sabbatical leave after the completion of
17 ten (1 0) semesters of continuous employment, excluding summer. The sabbatical leave may
18 take place any time following the completion of the twelfth semester of continuous employment,
19 excluding summer.
20 A recipient of a sabbatical leave is eligible for a subsequent sabbatical leave only after
21 again fulfilling all of the above requirements, with time of employment being calculated from the
22 date of return from the previous sabbatical.
23 C. Duration - The duration of sabbatical leave shall be determined by the
24 validity of the request and the needs and resources ofFSU. Sabbatical leaves may be granted
25 for one(!) or two (2) semesters or twelve (!2) consecutive months but shall not exceed the
26 period of time for which the applicant is regularly appointed. Under special circumstances,
27 determined by the needs ofthe applicant and the interests ofFSU, a sabbatical leave of two (2) or
28 more non-consecutive semesters may be granted so long as the total period on leave does not
29 exceed the period of time for which the applicant is regularly appointed.
30 D. Sabbatical Review Committee- Each college, the librarians, and the group
31 composed of the personal counselors/admissions counselors may elect fi·om his/her tenured
32 members a college/unit sabbatical review committee consisting of at least tlu·ee (3) tenured
33 members or one (1) tenured member from each unit elected by the members of that unit,
34 whichever is greater. Personal counselors and admissions counselors are one "unit" for
35 purposes of this section and, as a unit, are entitled to elect one (1) member from the unit to serve
36 on the All-University Sabbatical Review Committee, as established in Paragraph E of this
37 section. Each unit sabbatical review committee may publish the guidelines it follows to rank
38 order sabbatical leave requests.
39 The Employer has no liability in the event there is no sabbatical review committee or in
40 the event such committee fails to meet its responsibilities.
41 E. All-University Sabbatical Review Committee - Each college, the librarians,
42 and the group composed of the personal counselors/admissions counselors may elect one (1)
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