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Sabbatical Leaves

The purpose of the sabbatical leave, as stated in the CSUS policy, is to enhance professors' teaching effectiveness, enlarge their scholarly usefulness, and strengthen the academic program. It is the professor's obligation, the policy further states, to use the leave to promote professional competence.

The Professional Leave Committee (PLC) will evaluate proposals according to their likelihood of meeting these ends, and will, according to the MOU for Unit 3 Faculty, consider questions...[of] ... quality. This will entail looking for a clear and detailed description of a particular project to be undertaken (see item #7 on the front of the application form). The project should be well defined and should conform to the criteria enumerated on the back of the application form.

The PLC will sort the proposed projects into three categories, as follows:

•  Proposals judged to be among the best of the proposals submitted, based on features of unusual value or promise, will be recommended for approval regardless of equity. Unusual promise may be manifested in such features as the perceived value of the project to the discipline and to the University, its academic substance, the clarity with which it is defined and elaborated into practicable tasks, its timeliness, etc.

•  Proposals which do not offer convincing evidence of a well-defined and worthwhile project will be judged to be not acceptable.

•  All other proposals will be judged to be acceptable and ranked in order of accrued service.

To apply please submit:

1)  An electronic copy of your proposal; include as an e-mail attachment when submitting the electronic copy of the sabbatical leave application

2) An electronic copy of the sabbatical leave application (Deadline: 5:00 PM Sep 26th, 2008)

3) If you've received a previous sabbatical or difference-in-pay leave submit an electronic copy of the report from leave. Include the report as an e-mail attachment when submitting the electronic copy of the sabbatical leave application. You can also walk over a hard copy of the previous professional leave report to Sacramento Hall room 259, attention:Lorena Solis if an electronic copy is not available.