Common use of Faculty Development Program Clause in Contracts

Faculty Development Program. This would use a maximum of $125,000 year, plus $9,000-10,000 in actual costs to replace released faculty, assuming sufficient quality proposals were submitted to the Faculty Development Committee. (a) The University agrees to support the Faculty Development Program to which it will contribute each academic year of this contract the maximum amounts of money delineated in Table 17.10. (b) The Faculty agrees to put forth its best efforts to raise the corresponding matching amount for the program by either (a) writing development grants or (b) by including faculty development activities in other grant proposals. (c) In addition, the University agrees to support 25% release time for up to three (3) faculty members each year for the pursuit of uncompensated scholarly work including, but not limited to, writing a book for which a contract has been signed, editing a book, writing a research proposal to a funding agency, preparing a major exhibition of art work or photography, preparing a major musical or theater performance, serving as editor or assistant editor for a peer reviewed publication, serving as an officer for a national or international professional society, and other similar scholarly work that develops the faculty member professionally and brings recognition or benefit to the University. The cost of release time charged to Faculty Development funds will be the actual cost to the university (i.e., cost of up to three adjuncts or over-time pay to three faculty or some combination thereof). (d) The Guidelines and Due Dates developed by the 2022-2023 Standing Committee on Faculty Development, as approved by the faculty, shall govern the distribution of Faculty Development Funds.