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        A document detailing the administration of patent policies has been
 approved by the Board of Trustees' and appears as a part of the Administrative
 Regulations.

        5. Leaves of Absence

        (a' Sabbatical leave:

        The purpose of all sabbatical leaves is to provide opportunities for study,
 research, creative effort, improvement of teaching capabilities and methods and
 related travel in order that the quality of each recipient's service to the University
 may be enhanced.

       Academic appointees with the rank of Assistant Professor or higher, or of
equivalent rank for this purpose as determined by the President, are eligible for
leaves of absence after six years of continuous service in the rank of Instructor or
higher at the University, or for leaves of absence under a different option after
three years of continuous service. All such leaves of absence shall be approved
by the President or his designated representative.

       After six years of continuous eligible service, an individual may apply for
one year's leave (academic year for 10 moniths' appointees) at one-half salary or
s-x months" leave (academic semester for 10 mionths' appointees) at full salary.
After three years of continuous eligible service he may apply for six months' leave
(academic semester for 10 months' appointees) at one-half salary. "Continuous
service" is interrupted by a sabbatical leave; i. e. , no service orior to a sabbatical
may be credited toward eligibility for future sabbatical leave. Leaves of absence
without pay are not normally credited toward eligibility for sabbatical leave. How-
ever, exception may be made when the leave enhances the value of the individual to
the University, e. g. , a leave to accent a fellowship or a grant, service for
professional organizations, etc. In no case shall the leave of absence without pay
be considered as an interruption of continuous service.

       Sabbatical leaves shall not be used as a means of augmenting personal income.
A recipient may not accept gainful employment during the sabbatical leave (for 10
months' appointees this does not include the period of vacation and the two months
during the summer; for 12 months' appointees this does not include the one-month
vacation period) except as follows: a) a fellowship, grant-in-aid, or government-
sponsored exchange lectureship may be accepted for the period of the leave if
acceptance will promnote the purpose of the leave and is approved by the President
or his designated representative; b) for those on one, year leave additional salary
not to exceed one-half of the academic salary may be accepted (1) for work per-
formed during the sabbatical leave on research projects administered by the
University with funds from government or private grants or contracts when-the terms
of the grant or contract authorize the usage of such funds, and when the work to be
performed is significantly related to the studies planned for the leave; (2) for work
on a research grant at another university; (3) for research work in a government



"August 18, 1967