A faculty or academic staff member of the University of Wisconsin System, as an employee of the UW Board of Regents, is prohibited, as a condition of employment, from engaging in strikes or boycotts, and from advocating such strikes or boycotts. Such conduct may result in forfeiture of salary, suspension without pay, or termination of employment under such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System. The normal undergraduate teaching load for a full-time faculty or academic staff member is 12 credit hours per term or the equivalent thereof in contact situations such as laboratories, studio courses, and supervision. A full time summer school teaching load is 8 credits for undergraduate courses and 7 credits for graduate courses. The choice of textbooks is the responsibility of the individual faculty member.
Textbooks are to be ordered in compliance with stated time lines and on designated forms.
Faculty are bound by adoptions submitted to the University Bookstore unless other arrangements can be made with the Bookstore Director. If a textbook change is made and a loss to the University Bookstore is incurred, the loss will be billed back to the program requesting the change. Normally the bookstore will obtain the latest edition of the textbook. Faculty will be responsible for obtaining from the publishers desired desk copies. The bookstore will also handle the sale of special supplies.