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Sabbatical Study: Process and Impact U NIVERSITY OF I LLINOIS U RBANA -C HAMPAIGN C HICAGO S PRINGFIELD Harry J. Berman, Provost, UIS Presented to the Academic and Student Affairs Committee March 9, 2010 Presentation Outline The


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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

URBANA-CHAMPAIGNCHICAGOSPRINGFIELD

Harry J. Berman, Provost, UIS

Presented to the Academic and Student Affairs Committee March 9, 2010

Sabbatical Study: Process and Impact

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Presentation Outline

  • The rationale for sabbaticals
  • The process for awarding sabbatical study

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  • Data on sabbaticals proposed for FY 11
  • 3 examples of what faculty propose to do
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Sabbaticals – Intense Study Leave

Sabbaticals provide an essential, highly focused period of time for faculty development –

  • for the acquisition of new knowledge in a newly

pertinent field

  • for completing research proposals that will fund

future research,

  • for bringing matured projects to completion,
  • for rethinking courses, majors, the curriculum,

and the structure of degrees.

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Sabbatical Process Overview

Sabbaticals earned, not an entitlement

  • Eligibility Criteria
  • Detailed statement of plans

– Leave must enhance the faculty member’s value to the University – The work of the unit will not be disrupted by the leave – Resources need to be identified

  • Thorough Review

– By Unit Head, Dean/Director – Approval by the Provost – Review by Chancellor – Concurrence by Vice President for Academic Affairs

  • Recommendations submitted to the BOT office
  • Board Approval

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AY 2010-11 Sabbatical Proposals

  • 175 Sabbaticals from 96 departments
  • Semester or year-long
  • Diverse purposes

–Lead a multidisciplinary national team of industry and academicians to prepare a U.S. EPA proposal –Collaborate with international investigators to study the association between pesticides and childhood cancers –Study legislative decision-making through structured interviews of Illinois State legislators

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Impact of Sabbatical

  • Dr. Kara Federmeier

Department Psychology College Liberal Arts and Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana