ARTICLE SEVEN
                                 LEAVES
  
 Section 7.0  Professional Development Leave
     Subdivision 7.01  Definition
     A Professional Development Leave is a paid semester or
      academic year leave of absence awarded to a faculty
      member to undertake approved programs of study,
      research, or other professional activity.
     Subdivision 7.02  Compensation
     A Professional Development Leave is awarded for one
      semester at regular salary or for an academic year at
      fifty percent (50%) of regular salary.
          Paragraph 7.021
          Insurance and retirement benefits are maintained
           during the period of a Professional Development
           Leave.
          Paragraph 7.022
          The Board may place limits on compensation received
           for professional services performed during the
           period of a Professional Development Leave.
     Subdivision 7.03  Eligibility
          Paragraph 7.031
          Tenured faculty members are eligible to apply for a
           Professional Development Leave.     Paragraph 7.032
          A recipient of a Professional Development Leave is
           ineligible for a subsequent leave during the three
           (3) years following an award.
     Subdivision 7.04  Service or Financial Obligation
          Paragraph 7.041
          The recipient of a Professional Development Leave
           agrees to return to full-time employment for one
           academic year following the year of the award.
          Paragraph 7.042 
          Failure to meet the conditions of Paragraph 7.041
           obligates the faculty member to pay the university
           an amount equal to all salaries and benefits
           received during the period of the leave.  If the
           faculty member returns for part of the requisite
           period the payback shall be adjusted pro rata.
          Paragraph 7.043
          Every faculty member while on Professional
           Development Leave shall be considered to be in
           regular full-time employment in the position from
           which the leave is being taken during the period of
           said leave, for the purpose of determining the
           faculty member's length of service.
     Subdivision 7.05  Procedure
          Paragraph 7.051
          A request for a Professional Development Leave must
           be submitted no later than November 15 preceding
           the academic year in which the proposed leave will
           be taken.
          Paragraph 7.052
          A recipient must follow the program proposed in the
           Professional Development Leave application unless a
           variance is approved by the Professional
           Development Leave Committee, subject to concurrence
           by the Vice President and Provost.
          Paragraph 7.053 
          Evaluation of applications for Professional
           Development Leaves will be carried out by a faculty
           committee chaired by the Vice President and Provost
           or her/his designee without vote.  Recommendations
           of the committee will be subject to approval by the
           President and the Board.  Recommendations for
           awards shall be sent to United Faculty when they
           are sent to the President.
     Subdivision 7.06  Availability
     Any Professional Development Leave granted to untenured
      faculty pursuant to any special program of the Board
      shall not operate to diminish the number of Professional
      Development Leaves made available to tenured faculty.