Section 1. Unpaid Leaves

A. Unpaid Leaves for Professional Purposes

All faculty members may, with the permission of their departments and the Dean of the College, take unpaid professional leave at a time when they are not due for or cannot receive a College-supported leave. Such leave may be for a semester or for a year. For purposes of salary, time spent on such leaves will ordinarily count as time in rank. For purposes of calculating the sequence of sabbatical or early leaves, time spent on such leaves will not count as time in rank. For purposes of reappointment, promotion, and tenure, time spent on such a leave will ordinarily count as time in rank, but individuals may request that it be excluded. Such a request must be made in writing at the same time as the leave request. Faculty members are expected to send a brief report on their unpaid professional leave to the Dean of the College by the end of the first month of teaching following the leave.

B. Unpaid Leaves for Personal Reasons

All faculty members may, with the permission of their department and the Dean of the College, take unpaid leaves for personal reasons at a time when they are not due for or cannot receive a College supported leave. Such unpaid leaves may be for a semester or for a year. Such leaves will not count as a year in rank for purposes of salary, for calculating the sequence of sabbatical leaves, or for reappointment or promotion.

Section 2. Parental Leaves

For the purposes of reappointment, promotion and tenure, a faculty member who elects the parental leave benefit may exclude the year in which parental leave is taken from the years in rank. Such a request must be made in writing within 60 days of the date the parental leave benefit is elected.