Course Release

ROUGH DRAFT

The Provost's office wants to implement a procedure for approval and reporting of course releases. The office has proposed a Course Release Form that will ask for the name of the faculty member, the number of courses released, the reason for the course release, and the approval of the course release by the dean. In addition, deans will report to the Provost on an annual basis the aggregate number of course releases, the number of faculty granted course releases, and the reasons. The Provost said that she has two motivations for this proposal. First, she would be able to say to the Regents or others that the University has a procedure for approving course releases. Second, she would be able to answer questions about the number of course releases if asked. She said that some Regents are asking about faculty teaching loads. [April 7, 2009 announcement at Faculty Meeting]