The enactment of Section 3345.28 of the Ohio Revised Code authorizes the Wright State University Board of Trustees to approve the establishment of a faculty improvement program. At Wright State University this is administered as a professional leave program for full-time faculty. The purpose of the professional leave program is to advance the academic competence of faculty members and to enhance their contribution to the university as teachers and scholars.
Professional leave is a privilege gained by service to the university.
At least three of four consecutive quarters of an academic year beginning with the fall term of one calendar year and ending with the summer term of the following calendar year. For those faculty employed prior to September 1968, at least two of three consecutive trimesters beginning with the fall term of one calendar year and ending with the summer term of the following calendar year. Professional leaves are granted for planned programs of education, research, study, creative activity, travel, and other professional undertakings of importance to both the individual and the university. All leave proposals will be evaluated solely on how well they advance the academic competence of faculty members and enhance their contribution to the university as teachers and scholars. Professional leaves cannot be used to work toward a terminal degree.