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Research, publication, and other scholarly activities are basic to the objectives
and responsibilities of the university and its faculty. Recognizing this, the
university is committed to the concept of research time for faculty to pursue
individual intellectual inquiry, to publish, and to engage in creative activities
designed to improve the educational experience of the students. The awarding of time for research is not a routine matter. It is based on
an assessment of the benefit of significant intellectual activity to the university
and the department and provides for regular and periodic review of accomplishments.
Such time is available to tenured/tenure-earning and clinical faculty engaged in either graduate or undergraduate
teaching. Purchased and contributed faculty time for funded research - Wherever possible,
the cost of faculty time should be reimbursed to the university from grant
or contract funds. When required, faculty time may be contributed, especially
when the funded research has provision for financial support of graduate
students or equipment. When such cost-sharing of faculty time is agreed to
by the university, the contributed time will be planned in the schedule of
the faculty member. - Faculty time for unfunded research (departmental research) - External funding
is not always available to support the research activities of the faculty.
To encourage creative activities, particularly in certain disciplines, time
for departmental research is provided by the academic budget of the university.
This time is awarded on the basis of a well-developed activity that has the
approval of the chair and dean. It is essential that such time be based on
an activity that is both scholarly and of benefit to the university, the
department, and the faculty member.
It is essential to demonstrate, through regular and periodic evaluation
of the benefits derived from departmental research, that these monies are
being spent wisely. It is recognized that, while in certain departments
the results of scholarly activities come to fruition only after a period
of two or more years, more frequent evaluation of departmental research
time is necessary. Publication in a scholarly journal is certainly clear
evidence, although not the only evidence, that the research is producing
desirable results. Research in teaching, service-learning, and curriculum development may
be more difficult to evaluate, but it is essential that an assessment be
made. In extraordinary cases, outside expert review may be solicited in
order to evaluate research.
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