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expected to share the results of their sabbatical project in a forum for members of the College
community. The forum should be scheduled during the academic year following the completion
of the sabbatical project.
Those faculty members receiving sabbatical leaves are expected to return to the College for the
academic year following the sabbatical. Failure to do so may result in a request for repayment,
by the person on leave, of the benefits and salary paid during leave. Sabbatical leave may be
withheld whenever it is felt that the absence of the candidate for the leave will seriously impair
the interests of the College.
III.D.3. Working for Pay during Sabbatical
The following statement regarding work done for pay during sabbatical leave was accepted by
the Faculty in December, 1996:
The Faculty Development Committee believes we can evaluate the issue of receiving
money for work done during sabbatical only insofar as it impacts on the sabbatical
program itself. Consequently, we have focused our discussion on this question: does
work done for pay impact positively or negatively on the likelihood that a sabbatical
leave will further the professional development of the Faculty?
Viewed in that light, the issue of whether a faculty member receives financial
remuneration for work done during a sabbatical is secondary to the question of whether
the work done is directly relevant to the sabbatical project. We, therefore, believe that
any work done during sabbatical leave should be directly relevant to the faculty member's
sabbatical project, regardless of whether the faculty member receives financial
remuneration for that work and regardless of whether the source of that financial
remuneration is the College or some other institution or agency.
Sabbaticals, as we understand them, are supposed to be time off from regular teaching
and administrative responsibilities in order to focus on the work proposed for sabbatical.
Only in this way can sabbaticals have the greatest potential for positive impact on the
professional development of the Faculty. Any work undertaken that is not directly
relevant to the sabbatical project can only be, more or less, detrimental to that goal (this is
excluding, of course, the one day a week the College grants to any faculty member at any
time, with the approval of the Department Chair and the Administration, to work at
something other than their academic responsibilities as defined in
III.E.2.below).
Work undertaken during a sabbatical should not be, for example, (1) a mere means of
earning more money while on sabbatical, (2) a matter of earning money to make it
affordable to take a full year instead of a single term off, or (3) a means of extending a
term's sabbatical project over a full year by continuing to work part time at the College at
administrative or teaching responsibilities in a way not directly relevant to the sabbatical
project.