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> MSU Policy and Procedures > Adjunct Policy
Subject:
Personnel
Policy:
Conditions of Employment Affecting Adjunct Faculty
Revised:
Effective
date: February 18, 2005
Review
date:
February 2008
Responsible Party:
Human Resources/Affirmative Action
100.00 Establishing
FTE for Adjunct Appointments
A half-time (0.5 FTE) appointment in an
academic department shall be, at a minimum, 6 credit hours of instruction per
semester or 12 credits per academic year. Departments may set a higher credit
hour minimum for a half-time appointment.
Adjunct faculty may be appointed on an AY basis
if the assigned credit hour total equals or exceeds 12 credit hours per academic
year. This total of 12 credit hours may be achieved through even or uneven
teaching assignments each semester of the appointment. For example, one faculty
member may be assigned 6 credits each semester; another may be assigned 9
credits hours one semester and 3 credit hours the other semester.
In cases where adjunct faculty are assigned
responsibilities other than teaching specific credit hour courses such as
Extension assignments or teaching laboratory sections or recitations, or
tutoring or advising, departments, with the Dean's approval, shall determine the
responsibilities that shall equal one credit hour of work.
The work load, including courses with the
associated credit hours, and/or the equivalent assignment upon which the
half-time appointment is based, shall be specified in the Letter of Appointment.
The duties and responsibilities of a 0.5 FTE
assignment in a non-academic department shall be determined by the hiring
authority.
200.00 Reduction or Termination of Adjunct
Appointment
An adjunct faculty member's assigned class or
classes may be canceled at any time due to insufficient enrollment. In the
event an adjunct faculty member's class is canceled, the faculty member may be
assigned to teach a different class or course, his or her FTE may be reduced, or
the appointment may be terminated.
300.00 Adjunct Faculty - Eligibility for
Health Benefits
Adjunct faculty with a 0.5 FTE appointment or
greater extending for six (6) months or more are eligible for health benefits.
Individuals appointed for half time or more for less than 6 months who are
reappointed for a consecutive term during the academic year become eligible for
health benefits at the start of the seventh consecutive month of employment.
Health benefits terminate for any eligible
adjunct faculty member whose appointment is reduced below 0.5 FTE or whose
appointment is terminated.
Adjunct faculty who lose eligibility for health
benefits through termination or reduction of below 0.5 FTE may be eligible for
continuation of the health benefits under COBRA upon personal payment of the
premium.
A department may issue an adjunct a letter of
appointment for the next term before the expiration of any current appointment.
If a department reappoints an instructional faculty member eligible for health
benefits before expiration of the current term, the appointee's health benefits
shall continue over the summer (PP&PM, Section 1035.20).
400.00 Adjunct Faculty - Eligibility for
Additional Compensation
Full-time (1.0 FTE) adjunct faculty who have
external funding may be eligible for additional compensation. Requests for
additional compensation would be subject to all MSU policies and those of the
granting agency, and would be subject to review and approval by the Department
Head, Dean, Vice President for Research, Provost and President.
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