Highlights of Faculty Task Force Recommendations : Assignment

Mandate that faculty cannot be given assignments that erode the quality of academic programs or interfere with faculty rights to academic freedom and equal opportunity.
Guarantee that faculty will not be given assignments that undermine their opportunities to become tenured, promoted, or receive merit pay.
Ensure that faculty are given the time and material support needed to complete their assignments, including up-to-date technology, and the training and development needed to use it.
Mandate that there be reasonable and sufficient advance notice in writing of changes in assignments.
Require that supervisors make adjustments where faculty duties involve a secondary place of employment or being on call during evenings, nights, and weekends.
Provide that faculty cannot be compelled to teach their courses in a distance-learning format.
Require that faculty who agree to teach distance-learning courses be provided the training, developmental resources, and clerical, technical, and library support necessary to conduct such instruction effectively.
Mandate extra compensation in recognition of the appreciably greater effort required to develop and use instructional technology, including for distance-learning instruction.
Mandate that the university reimburse faculty for travel costs incurred in order to fulfill assigned duties.