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Grant-funded course releases. If a faculty member receives a grant-funded course release, then only the workload for the organized course is replaced by the effort expended on the grant’s research. The remainder of the faculty member’s research, service, and teaching workload remains unchanged. See COE: Release Time (aka Course Buyout) for additional information.
Other research leaves. Tenured/tenure-track faculty members awarded other research leaves should work with their Department Chairs and the Dean to determine the relevant workload (and associated performance) expectations.
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Phased Retirement workload
When a tenured/tenure-track faculty member starts serving out their phased retirement contract, they no longer hold tenure and thus are considered non-tenure-track faculty although their typical full-time teaching workload can be assumed to be a 2-2 organized course load. The phased retirement contract for a faculty member on phased retirement should include the teaching schedule agreed upon by the department chair and Dean.
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