Sabbatical Guidelines

Wayne State University sabbatical leave of absence guidelines.

The individual applications should be arranged in the following order:

1. Application Coversheet with signatures.
2. Information Required by University Sabbatical Leaves Committee (questions 1-4);
3. Report on last sabbatical (if applicable);
4. Professional Records; signed and dated by applicant.
5. Chair (or equivalent) evaluation.
6. Committee evaluation.  

Language from the AAUP-AFT Collective Bargaining Agreement (Article XIII.B.2.)

Sabbatical Leave Eligibility: Dependent upon the type of sabbatical leave requested (Section B.2.f.1), an applicant shall have served at least six (6) or twelve (12) semesters of regular full-time contractual employment in the bargaining unit since his/her/their initial appointment to academic staff or faculty classifications or since a previous sabbatical leave. The elapsed semesters need to be consecutive, but no more than two (2) semesters shall be counted for any one (1) academic year.

Sabbatical Salary Support

5. One (1) semester following (12) semesters of service = 100% Salary Support for Faculty | 80% Salary Support for Academic Staff
5. Two (2) semesters following (12) semesters of service = 60% Salary Support
5. One (1) semester following (6) semesters of service = 80% Salary Support

Procedure to change/defer sabbatical leaves:

Faculty may defer their approval sabbatical leave requests up to one (1) academic year without having to submit a new application.

Procedures to request a sabbatical deferral:

• Complete and submit a deferral request form with your rationale to your department chair/associate dean for approval. Be sure to include the semester you would take your sabbatical leave.
• The Department Chair/Associate Dean should forward approved requests to the Dean’s Office for approval.
• The Dean’s Office will submit the deferral request to the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development for final approval.

When a faculty member is on sabbatical, the Associate Dean and faculty member will decide who will manage their advisees.  Faculty member will note in their away note in email who is managing their advisees in their absence.