Common use of Faculty Development Clause in Contracts

Faculty Development. A. Bargaining Unit Members may apply for reimbursement for expenses incurred as part of their ongoing teaching, scholarship, and/or research as defined in this Agreement. This may include, but is not limited to, courses or seminars to enhance teaching qualifications, attendance and/or presentation of papers at professional conferences, acquisition of research materials, and travel related to the conduct of scholarship and/or research. B. Faculty shall apply for such funding to the appropriate University Faculty Senate Committee. C. In consultation with the Xxxxxxx, the Committee will award funding based on the academic merits of the program and the overall feasibility of the project. Any proposal with academic merit shall be funded in accordance with the availability of funds. Requests for funding shall be granted until funds are depleted. If more funds for projects are requested than there is availability of funds, the committee may rank projects based on overall academic merit and relevance. D. Application deadlines will be established and announced by the committee. No Bargaining Unit Member may be awarded enrichment funds in two (2) consecutive academic years unless all other applications are funded and the enrichment funds are not exhausted. E. The annual dollar pool for faculty enrichment shall be $50,000 for each fiscal year of this Agreement.

Faculty Development. A. Bargaining Unit Members may apply for reimbursement for expenses incurred as part of their ongoing teaching, scholarship, and/or research as defined in this Agreement. This may include, but is not limited to, courses or seminars to enhance teaching qualificationsqualification, attendance and/or presentation of papers at professional conferences, acquisition of research materials, and travel related to the conduct of scholarship and/or research. B. Faculty shall apply for such funding to the appropriate University Faculty Senate Committee. C. In consultation with the Xxxxxxx, the Committee will award funding based on the academic merits of the program and the overall feasibility of the project. Any proposal with academic merit shall be funded in accordance with the availability of funds. Requests for funding shall be granted until funds are depleted. If more funds for projects are requested than there is availability of funds, the committee Committee may rank projects based on overall academic merit and relevance. D. Application deadlines will be established and announced by the committeeCommittee. No Bargaining Unit Member may be awarded enrichment funds in two (2) consecutive academic years unless all other applications are funded and the enrichment funds are not exhausted. E. The annual dollar pool for faculty enrichment shall be $50,000 for each fiscal year of this Agreement.