Refer to the Policy on the Professional Research Staff for additional information. Deans may set lower limits either in individual cases or as general school policy, but the institutional maximum holds in all cases. All units and faculty members are strongly urged to respect and assist the deans and the academic vice presidents in carrying out the consulting policy of the University. The possibility of internal overload derives from the very complex mission of the University. There are needs in the delivery of continuing education, public service, and research programs which cannot be included in the normal duties of a faculty member.
Overload makes possible some use of faculty when it is necessary in the delivery of such programs.
The Provost's Office recommends conservative use of overload. The lack of elaborate job descriptions for individual faculty members implies that most of the services they provide should count as part of ordinary duties. Wherever it is meaningful, services of faculty members should be considered a part of their full-time service to the University. Internal overload is then to be used in a well-considered way, and in accord with the procedures below, to carry on vital and approved programs which otherwise could not be delivered. Internal overload for credit teaching activities will also be computed on a contact hour basis, with one three-hour course being equivalent to 45 contact hours.