Common use of Sabbatical Review Committee Clause in Contracts

Sabbatical Review Committee. (a) If there are more applicants for one (1) semester sabbaticals at full-pay than available sabbaticals, a committee shall rank the applicants based on their respective applications. The Sabbatical Review Committee shall be elected from among the employees with more than six (6) years of experience at FGCU in a ranked faculty position (assistant professor, associate professor, professor). This shall be a standing committee with the sole purpose of reviewing and providing recommendations for sabbaticals consistent with this article. (b) The committee membership shall be comprised of one (1) elected faculty per college with six (6) or more years as a ranked faculty member at FGCU. Each committee member shall serve a two (2) academic-year term except where a member is elected to complete the term for a previously elected committee member. The committee membership shall be staggered such that approximately half of committee shall be elected each year. (c) A member of the committee who wishes to apply for a sabbatical, whether two semesters at half pay or one semester at full-pay, shall resign from the committee prior to submission of an application. (d) It shall be the responsibility of each college to submit the name of its committee member to Academic Affairs by September 30th each year. Additionally a committee member shall be eligible for appointment up to a maximum of two successive terms (4 years). Academic Affairs shall assign an ex-officio member to assist the Committee. (e) For continuity, it is recommended that the committee chairperson be selected by the committee from among one of the committee members in at least their second year of appointment. (f) The committee, in ranking the applicants, shall consider the benefits of the proposed program to the employee, the University and the profession; an equitable distribution of sabbaticals among colleges, divisions, schools, departments, and disciplines within the University; the length of time since the employee was relieved of teaching duties for the purpose of research and other scholarly activities; and length of service since previous sabbatical or initial appointment. The committee shall submit ranked lists of recommended employees to the President or representative. The President or representative shall make appointments from the lists and consult with the committee prior to an appointment that does not follow the committee's rankings.

Sabbatical Review Committee. (a) If there are more applicants for one (1) semester sabbaticals at full-pay than available sabbaticals, a committee shall rank the applicants based on their respective applications. The Sabbatical Review Committee shall be elected from among the employees with more than six (6) years of experience at FGCU in a ranked faculty position (assistant professor, associate professor, professor). This shall be a standing committee with the sole purpose of reviewing and providing recommendations for sabbaticals consistent with this article. (b) The committee membership shall be comprised of one (1) elected faculty per college with six (6) or more years as a ranked faculty member at FGCU. Each committee member shall serve a two (2) academic-year term except where a member is elected to complete the term for a previously elected committee member. The committee membership shall be staggered such that approximately half of the committee shall be elected each year. (c) A member of the committee who wishes to apply for a sabbatical, whether two semesters at half pay or one semester at full-pay, shall resign from the committee prior to submission of an application. (d) It shall be the responsibility of each college to submit the name of its committee member to Academic Affairs by September 30th each year. Additionally a committee member shall be eligible for appointment up to a maximum of two successive terms (4 years). Academic Affairs shall assign an ex-officio member to assist the Committee. (e) For continuity, it is recommended that the committee chairperson be selected by the committee from among one of the committee members in at least their second year of appointment. (f) The committee, in ranking the applicants, shall consider the benefits of the proposed program to the employee, the University and the profession; an equitable distribution of sabbaticals among colleges, divisions, schools, departments, and disciplines within the University; the length of time since the employee was relieved of teaching duties for the purpose of research and other scholarly activities; and length of service since previous sabbatical or initial appointment. The committee shall submit ranked lists of recommended employees to the President or representative. The President or representative shall make appointments from the lists and consult with the committee prior to an appointment that does not follow the committee's ’s rankings.