Faculty Handbook & Constitution - Lee University

_________________LEE UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOK & CONSTITUTION_________________hopes that the sabbatical leave will produce something that will make faculty membersbetter professors and academicians.It should be noted here that we realize family constraints may impinge upon a facultymember being gone for extended periods of time. Therefore, in speaking of being “awayfrom campus” or the town of Cleveland, Tennessee, we are not suggesting that oneneeds to be away the entire sabbatical semester. Rather, we are encouraging at leastsome research time away from campus during the semester, not necessarily all researchtime.Types of Research Activities Considered AppropriateNot every proposal for sabbatical research leave is worthy of consideration for asemester away from the university. Therefore, the faculty member is encouraged tomake a strong case for the value of his/her projected work for both the academiccommunity and Lee University.Appropriate sabbatical research proposals tend to include measureable activitieswhose primary location is away from Cleveland, Tennessee, or the university campus.These may be placed in the following categories. (This list is meant to be illustrative, notexhaustive):a. taking post-doctoral courses related to one’s teaching discipline at othereducational institutions;b. engaging in academic research appropriate to one’s discipline at otheruniversity/college libraries;c. writing a chapter in a book, an article for a peer-reviewed academic journal, ora research-level book;d. singing, playing, conducting, directing, or acting in juried performances;e. teaching and researching in a PreK-12 school;f. producing works of art;g. composing music;h. studying statistics and data for one’s academic discipline;i. renewing one’s ability in a foreign language—if one can show how thatlanguage is useful for research in his/her discipline;j. performing a “literature review” that evaluates previous work in the realm to beinvestigated.The following types of research and work will be given less consideration forsabbatical leave than those above: writing a book (or dissertation) while remaining intown; preparing teaching material/lessons for future courses; preparing new coursecurricula for one’s department; travel—without designating how that travel will engageone in research or benefit the academic community; visiting a conference or academicsociety meeting (only); teaching at another institution—without giving clear expression asto the benefit that Lee University might gain from such work; or doing research that couldbe performed during time off in the summer.Presentation Summary of Sabbatical ResearchWhile not all the benefits of a sabbatical leave can be compiled in a finished product,there does need to be some accounting for the granting of a leave by means of apresentation summary to the President and Board of Directors. Within one calendar year6 - 11 Benefits of Faculty Service