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Friday, Feb. 2, 2007

Survey Identifies Colleges that Know How to Keep Junior Faculty Members Happy
Chronicle of Higher Education

Twenty-one institutions rated exceptionally well in at least one work-life category. Ohio State, which was one of six institutions with the high overall satisfaction, scored high in four of seven categories. Read survey.

Oct. 3, 2006

Ohio State named among 'Best Places to Work in Academia'
University is ranked third by The Scientist magazine

The Ohio State University has been named one of the best places to work in academia, according to a recent survey released in the October issue of The Scientist magazine. Read survey.

June 1, 2005

Policies - Promotion and Tenure Related Materials - Advice to candidates

Advice to candidates on how to treat significant new information during the P&T review period:

Policies - Other Policies - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Birth & Adoption Policy

The university provides a number of benefits to its faculty who are new parents, including exclusion of time from the probationary period to reflect the caregiving responsibilities associated with the birth or adoption of a child and setting aside pre-tax dollars for child care expenses in a flexible spending account. The University Parental Leave Policy (Policy 6.27b) allows for a specified period of paid leave for faculty following the birth or adoption of a child. The college's birth and adoption policy is offered as an alternative to the University Parental Leave Policy; faculty receiving leave benefits from the University Parental Leave Policy are ineligible to participate in the college's policy.

Policy: This policy provides a reduction in formal teaching for one academic quarter for regular faculty members who 1) give birth to a child; 2) are the birth father or domestic partner of an individual giving birth to a child; or 3) are an adoptive mother, father, or domestic partner. The reduction in formal teaching is available only to those who select not to use the specified period of paid leave as described in the Human Resources Policy and Procedures Manual: Parental Leave Policy - 6.27b. The SBS policy is an alteration in duties rather than a reduction in duties that would necessitate a reduction in pay. Therefore, eligible faculty will be expected to increase other workload activities during this period to offset the formal teaching reduction.

Procedures: Eligible faculty will receive a one-third reduction in their annual formal teaching. The number of formal courses involved in the reduction may vary according to departmental considerations, but will typically range from one to two. At the option of the faculty member, the reduction can be taken in the academic quarter during or immediately after the birth or adoption of the child. To the extent practical, faculty are to provide one full quarter's advance notice to their department chair on the election of the quarter for the reduction.

The college will provide the department with vacancy credit for replacement teaching at the standard rate in effect for that fiscal year.

Faculty participating in this plan remain eligible to apply for SRAs, FPLAs, or other leaves of absence with the exception of University Parental Leave (Policy 6.27b). Faculty taking advantage of this policy in combination with other college and department policies that reduce teaching cannot reduce their teaching loads to less than one course per academic year. Anyone who receives salary from University general funds must teach at least one course.

January 1, 1998

Policies - Other Policies - College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Policy on Lecturer Titles

The title of senior lecturer is appropriate when the instructor has a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and at least six years of experience teaching at the college level or has a distinguished record of accomplishments. The lecturer title is appropriate if these criteria are not met.