Article XIII, Use of Part-Time Faculty

University of Delaware

Collective Bargaining Agreement between the University of Delaware and American Association of University Professors, University of Delaware Chapter

July 1, 1994 - June 30, 1996

ARTICLE XIII
USE OF PART-TIME FACULTY

It is agreed that the use of part-time faculty influences the workload of bargaining unit members and the quality of education offered by the University. Therefore, the following principles are used to guide the use of part-time appointees:

The use of part-time appointees to teach in the following circumstances is acceptable:

  1. to replace full-time faculty members on leave;

  2. to replace full-time faculty members with temporary time-bought situations or temporary special assignments;

  3. to teach courses full-time faculty are not qualified to teach, or to provide enrichment, diversity or balance for departmental curricula;

  4. to establish or maintain liaison with commercial or professional organizations relevant to student employment.

The use of part-time appointees in the following qualified circumstances is acceptable:

  1. to supervise field work or clinical or laboratory experience beyond that which can be accommodated to the workload of the full-time faculty;

  2. to teach courses full-time faculty are able to teach only when:

    1. there is a temporary open full-time line and a search is in progress;

    2. there is a short-term bulge in student demand beyond that which can be met by full- time faculty.


June 19, 1995