The portion allocated to research is unaffected. In other words, the university pays for the sabbatical by foregoing the instructional and university-service contributions of the faculty member, not the research contributions, which are usually enhanced. Attachment 2 addresses the question of cost. Corporate Practice Attachment 3 reports on a survey of current literature regarding the growing practice of sabbatical leave in major corporations. The practice is growing.
Teaching is a notoriously high burn-out profession.
Many corporations consider the benefits of sabbaticals so self-evident that they forego the expense of documenting them. Conclusions Available evidence indicates that sabbatical leaves are perhaps best understood as a low-cost form of faculty development. Sabbaticals are employed in a manner consonant with the university's mission, significantly enhancing the quality factor of faculty productivity at a relatively small marginal cost in the quantity factor.