If the applicant succeeds in making a prima facie case in the opinion of the Committee at one of its meetings, a five-member panel shall be designated to conduct a formal hearing on the matter on the basis of the grounds enumerated above and following the provisions of Sections 12 and 21 of the Policy on Academic Freedom and Tenure, but with the normal order reversed so that the burden of proof lies with the applicant. The panel shall deliver its findings together with its recommendation to the Vice President for forwarding to the President. Sabbatical leave is available under the following three options to any faculty member with tenure or to any faculty member in the last year of the probationary period for whom a favorable decision has been reached with regard to tenure. Those options should be discussed with the departmental chairperson, and the application should indicate the option desired . Time toward each new sabbatical begins immediately after return to full-time service regardless of the semester of return.
Sabbatical leave is counted toward retirement.
While a person is on sabbatical leave, the University will continue to pay its share toward retirement, group insurance, and Social Security benefits. Upon returning to the University, every faculty member granted a sabbatical leave shall submit promptly to the Vice President for Health Sciences, with copies to department chairperson and dean, a full report of the research, creative work, publications, or other results of the period of leave. The report submitted to the Dean shall be deposited in the faculty member's personnel file.