NKU Policy: Administrators Returning to Faculty Status
Revised: Fac. Senate, 12.17.2021/BoR, 9.8.2021 & 6.15.2022
Administrators (see Definitions in Section III of the “Administrators Returning to Faculty Status” university policy) with faculty tenure who are not covered by the Faculty or Department Chair Handbook or contract may return to faculty status by resigning their position and having it accepted by the appropriate Vice President or the President in the case of Vice Presidents. The following conditions apply:
1. An Administrator may return to faculty status at a salary based on the Administrator’s academic and administrative experience, accomplishments, expertise, academic rank and standing in the discipline and the functions the Administrator will be expected to perform upon return to the faculty. In addition, the Administrator’s salary will be within the salary range of faculty of the same rank in the Administrator’s department/school and shall typically be no higher than the highest faculty salary in that department/school. Subsequent salary increases shall be based on annual performance evaluation as provided for in the Faculty Handbook. The individual’s contract will be written for a nine (9)-month period (if on an academic year appointment) and be subject to the recommendation of the Provost and approval by the President.
2. If an Administrator has at least five (5) years of service at the University as an Administrator, an Administrator will be granted a one-semester paid leave to prepare for the faculty role. A description of the proposed work to be completed during the leave will be required to receive this leave, followed by a report on the project to be submitted to the Provost, or the President the case of Vice Presidents, upon return to the University. The paid leave will be at the faculty salary determined in accordance with item 1 above.
3. Any unused vacation days will be calculated and paid to the Administrator at the date of the last working day in an administrative capacity.
An Administrator who has served in such a capacity at the University for more than ten (10) years may be granted a full year of paid leave; the conditions listed above in items 2 and 3 above will apply.
Any Administrator who receives paid leave after returning to the faculty must reimburse the University for the leave if the Administrator does not remain in a faculty position within the University for at least one (1) year.
