Highlights of Faculty Task Force Recommendations : Sabbaticals

Make sabbaticals virtually automatic based on accrued service.
Establish a true sabbatical system along the lines of the U of California model.
Guarantee each faculty member a full-pay, year-long sabbatical after every seven years of accrued service (except when too many faculty in one department become eligible at the same time).
Guarantee that if a sabbatical must be “deferred,” the faculty member receives the second sabbatical “earlier.”
Guarantee other sabbatical options paid on a prorated basis, based on years of accrued service.
Eliminate uncertainty in the application and awards process.
Reduce bureaucracy in the application and awards process.
Establish parallel, integrated, predictable procedures for the separate kinds of leaves.
Mandate payment to departments to compensate faculty on sabbatical.