Faculty Policies
Outside Employment
The College of Liberal Arts adheres to the Handbook of Operating Procedures policies regarding outside employment:
COLA Faculty Tenured and Tenure-Track Workload Policy
The College of Liberal Arts adheres to the following policies on Workload for tenured and tenure-track faculty:
Revised COLA Tenured Faculty Workload Policy (effective Sept. 1, 2022)
COLA Faculty Workload Policy 2016-Aug. 31, 2022 (PDF)
Unbalanced Teaching Load Policy
Updated: October 21, 2025
Effective: starting Academic Year 2025-26
Department chairs may wish to support faculty research by approving unbalanced workloads, reducing faculty teaching responsibilities in one long semester, with increased teaching responsibilities in the other long semester. Unbalanced teaching loads resulting in a faculty member teaching no organized courses in a given semester require the Dean’s prior approval. If approval is granted, the department chair and faculty member must acknowledge that:
a reduced course load for a Fall or Spring semester is not considered a research leave, and,
therefore, in no way releases the faculty member from their other obligations as a university faculty member, including, but not limited to, service assignments and student advising, and
the reduced teaching load should not be represented to colleagues or the public as a research leave.
COLA Professional-Track Faculty Policies
The College of Liberal Arts adheres to the following policies on Term of Appointment and Teaching Loads for non-tenured and professional-track faculty:
COLA Professional-Track Faculty Length of Contract Policy (effective AY 2025-26)
COLA Professional-Track Faculty Workload Policy (effective Jan. 1, 2024)
COLA Non-Tenure Term of Appointment Policy (Fall 2011-Fall 2023)
COLA Non-Tenure Teaching Load Policy (Fall 2013-Fall 2023)
CLASP Policies
The College of Liberal Arts adheres to the following policies on teaching loads for faculty:
Mentoring Policies
The College of Liberal Arts adheres to the following policies on mentoring for faculty. Information related to faculty mentoring programs and awards can also be found on this page.