Handbook for Faculty and Academic Administrators II.E.5. Policy for Extra Faculty Compensation
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(Source: Handbook for Faculty and Administrators, as revised.)

     Extra compensation through the University should not be paid for undertaking research during the academic year. Similarly, extra compensation should not be provided for undertaking unusually heavy teaching responsibilities in the regular academic programs of the University. Such unusual overload should be offset by corresponding lighter loads in a future semester.

    Extra compensation may be provided when a faculty member:

  1. has been appointed to an administrative post in addition to his or her faculty appointment and for which additional salary has been authorized by the dean or provost;
    (1) holds a nine-month appointment and teaches in summer programs of the University;

    (2) holds a nine-month appointment and receives a summer salary from the University for other than teaching purposes, in which case the faculty member may receive up to one-ninth of his or her academic base salary times the number of months spent in full-time service on the project during the months of June, July, and August. The normal pattern is two-ninths additional salary for two months' work and one month's vacation. In some cases, if the granting agency approves and the faculty member takes no vacation three-ninths may be paid. But in no case will payments exceed one-third of the base academic salary.

    teaches in evening, extension, and specialized or supplemental programs which may be established from time to time provided:
    (1) They are conducted by a faculty or a school of the University;

    (2) The function of the program serves an extramural purpose for which the need is broadly recognized;

    engages in clinical practice in an established group practice within the University, the University hospital, and affiliated hospitals.

    is asked to engage in "internal consulting" where services essentially of an intramural consulting nature are required for very short periods of time within a semester and where reduction in departmental loads is not feasible. The rule excluding extra compensation may be waived by the provost. Extra compensation may be paid only in cases which meet all the following criteria:

    1. The time involved would be limited to approximately four days per project during an academic year, and the total time for all intra-university consulting or research (for extra compensation) would be limited to eight days per academic year.
    2. The work must not interfere with the regular work of the department or of the individuals concerned.
    3. The work must either have been unforeseen at the time the faculty member's duties for the period were planned, or no feasible alternative means could be found for absorbing it into his or her work schedule.
    4. The administration of such arrangements must include an exchange of correspondence between the chairs of the departments involved prior to the start of the work as well as approval by the provost.
     In addition, home department chairs or other appropriate immediate superiors should be made aware of all activities undertaken by faculty members for extra compensation, with a view to prevent conflicts of interest and to avoid excessive overall commitments.

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Updated: Tuesday, 26-Jun-2001 13:46:51 EDT