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Eligibility does not guarantee a sabbatical. The number of sabbaticals is determined by the President’s Cabinet. A minimum of six shall be available annually.
Sabbaticals are available to tenured faculty , librarians and coaches who meet eligibility requirements. Those and professional librarians with faculty status. Eligibility for a sabbatical is dependent upon the faculty member being on a six-year contract. Those eligible may receive a sabbatical leave in the eighth year of full-time service at EMU and at subsequent seven-year intervals.
If a faculty member waits to submit a sabbatical proposal at the request of the department or dean because of institutional needs, the interval until the next eligibility for a sabbatical leave will be decreased accordingly. For example, if the dean requests that the faculty member wait until the eighth year instead of the usual seventh year because of departmental needs, the next interval will be decreased to six. Similarly, if the institution approves an early sabbatical, the interval until the next eligibility will be increased accordingly.
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