Faculty Option Sample Clauses

The Faculty Option clause grants a faculty member the right to make a specific decision or take a particular action under defined circumstances, often related to employment terms, research projects, or intellectual property. For example, this clause may allow a professor to choose whether to participate in a new research initiative, accept a teaching assignment, or retain certain rights to inventions developed during their tenure. Its core practical function is to provide flexibility and autonomy to faculty members, ensuring they have a say in key aspects of their professional responsibilities and contributions.
Faculty Option. In cases where evaluations are conducted in more than one semester, the bargaining unit faculty member shall have the option of submitting evaluation data from more than one semester or session for use in performance evaluations.