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Please also refer to the Faculty Handbook (.pdf) (Chapter II, Section D, Leaves of Absence) for a more comprehensive description of leave eligibility and requirements.
 
Sabbatical Leaves
 
Faculty Leaves and Sabbaticals
Leave Instructions
  •  Leave Deadlines
  •  Leave Policies
  •  Leave Procedures
  •  Leave Application Instructions
  •  NEH Sabbatical Grants
Sabbatical leaves are opportunities for faculty members on continuing appointments to further their development as teachers and scholars, benefiting themselves and the College. Therefore, faculty should take advantage of sabbaticals on a regular basis and should apply for a sabbatical leave only if they anticipate returning to the College. Eligibility to apply for a sabbatical leave is a function of rank and of semesters spent in full-time service to the College. It is currently the practice for all faculty, upon completion of six years of teaching at the College at the rank of Assistant Professor or above, to take a leave for research or other scholarly activity on one of the following plans:
  1. every seventh year, for one semester on full salary or for one year on half salary;
     
  2. every seventh semester, for one semester on half salary, for faculty members whose research is at a point where a leave can be especially productive. The precise timing of a leave with respect to the pursuit of a scholarly project is, therefore, of special significance in granting a seventh semester sabbatical. In the application, the faculty member must explain why a seventh semester sabbatical leave is appropriate. Faculty will not be penalized for taking a seventh semester sabbatical later than the seventh semester if such a delayed leave accommodates departmental needs;
     
  3. during the fourth year of the six-year probationary period, for junior faculty members on tenure-track.  See the Faculty Handbook for a complete description of eligibility.  This Junior Leave Program, sponsored by the Steele Foundation, provides a full year sabbatical leave at full pay.

 

Leaves Without Pay
  Leaves without pay may be granted for faculty members who have special opportunities for research or study and whose absence will not adversely affect their department. Leave without pay for a semester or a year may be requested without regard to rank or term of service, but no combination of sabbatical leaves and leaves without pay can exceed two years of continuous absence. Please realize that during a leave without pay, a faculty member breaks financial ties with the College. Except under special circumstance described in the Faculty Handbook, the College will assume no responsibility for a faculty member's benefit payments and faculty members are not eligible for research or travel support from the College.
 
General
  Sabbatical leaves count toward the date of consideration for tenure and promotion to full professor, but leaves without pay normally delay these considerations. Faculty members are required to be in full-time service at least two years between any two periods of leave.
 
Sabbatical Subventions
  Faculty members applying for sabbatical subventions and junior faculty applying for Steele sabbatical leaves are required to seek outside support from at least two sources, and others are strongly encouraged to do so. Feedback on applications to outside funding agencies can yield helpful advice from colleagues and lead to refinement of the leave project. In the letter requesting sabbatical salary subvention or Steele Leave, faculty should identify the two external sources to which they have applied. This letter is due in the office of the Associate Dean by October 25, 2007. The Associate Dean’s office can provide assistance in locating funding sources and making applications.

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