Thanks to everyone that helped with my question regarding sabbatical policy. To answer Jim's question and share information for interested others, here's PSU's sabbatical program:
Sabbaticals are competitive (must make a strong case)
Faculty are eligible to apply after each 6 full years of service for leave in 7th year
½ year leave at 100% salary
Full year leave at 67% salary
Must return for one full contract year following sabbatical
When on sabbatical, faculty have no teaching or service duties. Some still come in for meetings and such, but it's at their discretion. There is no expectation to make up the sabbatical through overload teaching. Upon return, faculty resume their regular schedule. This is at least my understanding. I haven't had the good fortune of taking a sabbatical leave yet, but I'm counting my years...
- Kim
Kimberly Merriman, Ph.D.
Department of Management & Organization
Penn State University School of Graduate Professional Studies
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> Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:49:05 -0500
> From: "Clawson, Jim" <ClawsonJ@DARDEN.VIRGINIA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Sabbatical Policy
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> Dear Kim,
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> UVA doesn't really have what I would call a "sabbatical" program. We
> have something called a sesqui which people can apply for and is highly
> competitive, with very few given annually, but nothing like one year off
> in seven for all. At the GSB our teaching load is 4 courses (units) per
> year or roughly equivalent to 60 classes. Our two semesters are
> organized into four quarters in which courses are 15 sessions each. If
> people want some time, like a semester off, they organize their teaching
> schedules into one semester (say Q1 and Q2) and then just write (here
> or elsewhere) the other semester (Q3&Q4) or combinations / variations on
> that. One may apply for research funds for things like travel and/or
> questionnaire development. When the following year begins, one is
> expected to teach the normal four course load as usual, so no changes
> there. Several years I taught an overload, as much as seven units a
> couple of years, but these were just accepted and counted for no
> recompense in time or otherwise.
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> So I have some questions, if I may:
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> 1. By sabbatical, do you mean a reduced teaching load?
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> 2. Do you get paid full pay for that reduced load? Or is it just
> time off unpaid?
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> 3. Can you schedule your courses so they're bunched?
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> 4. Do you get a full year off with pay under any circumstances?
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> 5. Do you have to make up the "sabbatical" by teaching overloads
> later on?
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> Regards,
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> Jim
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> James G. S. Clawson
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> Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration
> Darden GSB, University of Virginia
> Box 6550, Charlottesville, VA 22906 =20
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