Academic Policies

20: Guidelines Governing Capital College Faculty Teaching at Other Penn State Locations

Purpose

To establish guidelines for Capital College faculty who are invited to teach occasionally at other Penn State or non-Penn State locations.

General Principle

Capital College faculty members are not "free agents," who can decide where they will teach. As long as they are paid from a Capital College budget, their first responsibility is to meet the needs of the campus. For example, a Schuylkill campus faculty member who maintains a tenure home at University Park and is paid from a Schuylkill campus salary cost center should not agree to teach or provide any other service at another Penn State campus without first consulting and, subsequently, receiving authorization in writing from the School Director. This principle is consistent with HR-80.

Guidelines

1. Regardless of a faculty member's tenure home, the budget home governs all teaching research, and service assignments.
2. Since all colleges/campuses are "enrollment driven," a faculty member's first responsibility is to serve the academic needs of the budget unit. The tenure home is irrelevant to the enrollment management and service obligations of faculty at the Harrisburg or Schuylkill campuses.
3. If a campus of the Commonwealth College, one of the other non -University Park colleges, or a University Park department wishes to employ a Capital College faculty member who has her/his tenure home in one of the University Park Colleges, the Head of the appropriate academic unit or the Director of Academic Affairs at a campus should make a formal request in writing or via email to the appropriate Capital College School Director.
4. The request should include a plan for reimbursing Capital College for the course[s] lost so that a replacement or replacements can be hired to cover the course[s] assigned to the faculty member. The non-Capital College campus should also arrange to support the faculty member's travel to and from the location of the teaching assignment. All of these practices are consistent with existing University policies.
5. If the School Director denies such authorization, the faculty member may appeal the decision to the Associate Provost and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. There must be compelling evidence and appropriate documentation for such appeals, which should only be made in consultation with the appropriate School Director and with due consideration for the academic needs of the campus.
6. If the Capital College faculty member is meeting her/his teaching load, any additional teaching assignments will be considered an overload, and the faculty member should receive supplemental compensation if the School Director and the Senior Associate Dean approve of teaching assignment. The supplemental compensation must be provided by the College or campus for which the faculty member is teaching. This practice is consistent with the policies of the University Libraries at all campus and college locations.
7. The provisions of these Guidelines are consistent with HR-80 and other applicable University policies.

Approved by the Capital College Academic Leadership Council: September 15, 2003

Approved by the Dean of the College: September 16, 2003