Common use of Academic Support Clause in Contracts

Academic Support. 6.5.2.1 The Board shall provide each department with support funds for general operations which shall be allocated by the department head in consultation with the faculty. 6.5.2.2 The Board shall continue to provide academic support in the following areas: clerical services, office supplies, equipment, laboratory supplies, duplicating, campus mail services, office space, research, scholarship, and creative projects, curriculum development, instructional improvement projects, professional development, and an allocation for library expenditures. 6.5.2.3 The Board shall provide funds at the college level to facilitate bringing academic guests and speakers to the University. 6.5.2.4 The Board shall make available to each faculty member for approved professional development $951 for 2006-07; $990 for 2007-08; and $1,030 for 2008-09. The primary purpose of this fund is to support faculty travel. However, other approved expenditures in support of professional development may be made upon the approval of the ▇▇▇▇. These funds shall be allocated to the department by the beginning of the fall semester for each full-time departmental faculty member on academic-year or full-year appointment. Normally these funds shall be allocated to each faculty member by the department head, pursuant to departmental bylaws, in consultation with each faculty member requesting funds. Departments shall have bylaw provisions regulating the length of time an individual faculty member may reserve unspent professional development funds allotted to the individual faculty member. 6.5.2.4.1 Departmental monies allocated for faculty travel or professional development under Section 6.5.2.4 and not expended during the fiscal year will be carried forward for faculty travel or professional development in that department in the following fiscal year(s). 6.5.2.5 Grant programs for which the University has allocated state funds and released time for research, curriculum development, and instructional improvement shall be awarded to bargaining unit members on a competitive basis in accordance with Article III, Section 3.3.

Academic Support. 6.5.2.1 The Board shall provide each department with support funds for general operations which shall be allocated by the department head in consultation with the faculty. 6.5.2.2 The Board shall continue to provide academic support in the following areas: clerical services, office supplies, equipment, laboratory supplies, duplicating, campus mail services, office space, research, scholarship, and creative projects, curriculum development, instructional improvement projects, professional development, and an allocation for library expenditures. 6.5.2.3 The Board shall provide funds at the college level to facilitate bringing academic guests and speakers to the University. 6.5.2.4 The Board shall make available to each faculty member for approved professional development $951 900 for 20062003-0704; $990 925 for 20072004-0805; and $1,030 930 for 20082005-0906. The primary purpose of this fund is to support faculty travel. However, other approved expenditures in support of professional development may be made upon the approval of the ▇▇▇▇made. These funds shall be allocated to the department by the beginning of the fall semester for each full-time departmental faculty member on academic-year or full-year appointment. Normally these funds shall be allocated to each faculty member by the department head, pursuant to departmental bylaws, in consultation with each faculty member requesting funds. Departments shall have bylaw provisions regulating the length of time an individual faculty member may reserve unspent professional development funds allotted to the individual faculty member. 6.5.2.4.1 Departmental monies allocated for faculty travel or professional development under Section 6.5.2.4 and not expended during the fiscal year will be carried forward for faculty travel or professional development in that department in the following fiscal year(s). 6.5.2.5 Grant programs for which the University has allocated state funds and released time for research, curriculum development, and instructional improvement shall be awarded to bargaining unit members on a competitive basis in accordance with Article III, Section 3.3.