Common use of Dissertation/Thesis Direction Clause in Contracts

Dissertation/Thesis Direction. Within the twelve-hour maximum compensable workload for Summer Terms I, II, and III combined, as referenced above, Faculty actively engaged during the summer terms in dissertation or thesis direction of students actively enrolled and registered for that purpose and who are in "good standing" with respect to program progress, as determined by the academic unit administrator or Regional Campus Xxxx, shall be compensated. Such compensation shall be on a basis of one third (1/3) of a summer credit hour for each dissertation or thesis directed to a maximum of three (3) summer credit hours of compensation. a. If the academic unit or campus administrator determines that a student is eligible to enroll for summer thesis/dissertation credit, the thesis/dissertation direction will appear on the summer workload statement of the Faculty member assigned to direct the thesis/dissertation. b. Workload credit and the specified compensation for dissertation or thesis direction may be shared by co-directors. Where the workload credit and the compensation are to be pro-rated on other than a 50-50 basis between two Faculty members, the pro-ration is to be initiated by the affected Faculty members, subject to the concurrence and authorization of the academic unit administrator(s). c. In conjunction with the directing Faculty member(s), the enrolled student for the direction of whose thesis/dissertation compensation is to be requested shall prepare a brief Program Statement. This written plan for the anticipated progress to be made as a result of thesis/dissertation registration for the Summer term(s) is to be signed by the student and by the directing Faculty member(s) and submitted to the appropriate academic unit or college administrator for placement into the student's program file. The filing of the plan shall become a basis for authorization of payment of the compensation for direction of the thesis/dissertation. Not later than the last day of Summer Session III, the directing Faculty member(s) will file with the appropriate academic unit or college administrator a brief statement of the student’s progress. d. A Faculty member may receive compensation within the parameters described above for direction of the thesis of an individual student and/or the dissertation of an individual student, provided that the student is enrolled, is actively engaging the services of the directing Faculty member, and remains in good standing as far as program progress is concerned for each of the xxxxxxx for which compensated direction of the thesis/dissertation is requested. The maximum number of xxxxxxx allowable for compensated dissertation direction is four (4). Normally, the maximum number of xxxxxxx allowable for compensated thesis direction is two (2) xxxxxxx.