Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3359 - University of Akron › Chapter 3359-20 - Mission, Goals and Faculty Policies › Section 3359-20-03.2 - Tenured and tenure track faculty workload

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								This tenured and
			 tenure-track faculty workload policy is enacted pursuant to
			 section3345.45 of the Revised Code and
			 is intended to comply with the 1994 Report of the Regents' Advisory Committee
			 on Faculty Workload Standards andGuidelines. This rule provides guidance to
			 academic units on workload expectations and the administration of workload
			 assignments. In assigning workload, special emphasis shall be placed on
			 undergraduate teaching and the undergraduate learning
			 experience.
(B)
								Pursuant to section
			 3345.45 of the Revised Code,
			 workload policies are a management right and not appropriate subjects for
			 collective bargaining; assignment of duties and workload are solely within the
			 authority of the president or appropriate designee. Any policy adopted pursuant
			 to section 3345.45 of the Revised Code or
			 this rule shall be approved by the Board of Trustees and will prevail over any
			 conflicting provision of any collective bargaining agreement.
(C)
								Load credit
			 allows the translation of the percentage of time expended on any particular
			 activity to an equivalent of teaching load stated in course credit hours. While
			 special emphasis shall be placed on the undergraduate learning experience,
			 faculty may also be required to pursue a broad range of activities in addition
			 to teaching, including research, service, administration, special
			 projects/tasks, etc. The standard load for all tenured and tenure-track faculty
			 on nine-month contracts is twenty-four load credits per academic year. For
			 tenured and tenure-track faculty on twelve-month contracts, the standard load
			 is twenty-four load credits per academic year and six in the summer. The basic
			 unit for measuring teaching load is the load credit that represents one fifty
			 minute period of classroom activity per week for one semester.
(D)
								Faculty
			 workload
(1)
									Three activities, teaching, research/creative activity, and
			 service, make up the tenured and tenure-track faculty workload in most cases.
			 In setting appropriate percentages or amounts of each activity for a full
			 workload, the need for flexibility is recognized. Many differences exist
			 between colleges and departments of this university, and these differences
			 preclude the possibility that a single set of percentages or figures can be
			 rigidly applied for all. Therefore, the emphasis given to each activity will
			 depend on the mission of the individual unit. Adjustments to the subsequent
			 recommendations requires the approval of the president or designee. The
			 following ranges for teaching load as a percentage of the unit's time
			 allocation are consistent with the regents' recommendations:
(a)
										Baccalaureate
			 department: (active four-year undergraduate programs with no, or limited,
			 activity in graduate programs). In general, the norm for teaching activities
			 should be seventy to eighty per cent of a total departmental workload, with the
			 remaining twenty to thirty per cent devoted to other scholarly activities,
			 research/creative activity, service, and other professional activities
			 consistent with the department and university's mission. Tenured and
			 tenure-track faculty should be expected to devote most, if not all, of their
			 teaching effort to undergraduate instruction.
(b)
										Baccalaureate/masters departments: (active baccalaureate and
			 masters degree programs). For academic departments, or equivalents, with active
			 baccalaureate and masters degree programs, the recommended norm for teaching
			 activities is sixty to seventy per cent of the total departmental workload with
			 the remaining thirty to forty per cent devoted to research/creative activity,
			 service, and other professional activities consistent with the department and
			 university's mission. It should be expected that tenured and tenure-track
			 faculty in these departments will devote more of their effort to teaching
			 undergraduates than to graduate level instruction.
(c)
										Baccalaureate/masters/doctoral departments: (active
			 baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral programs). Departments, or equivalent
			 units, with active baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral programs should have a
			 norm of fifty to sixty per cent of the total departmental workload devoted to
			 teaching. The remaining forty to fifty per cent of workload time should be
			 devoted to research/creative activity, service, and other professional
			 activities consistent with the department and university's mission. It is
			 expected that tenured and tenure-track faculty teaching in these departments
			 will be personally involved in undergraduate instruction. The fact that a
			 department offers a masters or doctoral degree is not sufficient indication of
			 an active program. In deciding where a department is located along the
			 continuum from active undergraduate programs to active graduate programs,
			 consideration should be given to the research/creative activity levels of the
			 faculty, including externally funded research, scholarly publications, and the
			 average number of graduate and/or professional degrees granted
			 annually.
(d)
										University two-year or associate degree programs:
			 (active associate degree programs with no, or little baccalaureate activity)
			 faculty whose principal appointment is in university department with any or all
			 levels of degrees, but whose teaching is primarily in an associate degree
			 program, with no, or limited, baccalaureate or graduate activity, should have
			 undergraduate teaching as their major responsibility. Such faculty members may
			 also have professional development and service as part of their workload
			 expectations, as needed to further the mission of the program and the
			 university. Faculty whose principal appointment is in a university department
			 with any or all levels of degrees, but whose teaching is primarily in an
			 associate degree program, with no, or limited, baccalaureate or graduate
			 activity should be expected to devote between eighty to ninety per cent of
			 their total workload to teaching related activities, with the remaining ten to
			 twenty per cent devoted to professional development and
			 service.