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Academic Discussions => General Academic Discussion => Topic started by: GuyRien on October 04, 2023, 10:21:56 PM

Title: Buying out 2 courses instead of 1
Post by: GuyRien on October 04, 2023, 10:21:56 PM
So our teaching load is 3 quarter length courses. We were allowed to buy out 1 course, but the administration is now allowing 2 courses of buyout per year.

Has anyone done this before? Curious what the ramifications are down the track.
Title: Re: Buying out 2 courses instead of 1
Post by: Hegemony on October 05, 2023, 04:21:33 AM
Sounds good to me. What would the downside be?
Title: Re: Buying out 2 courses instead of 1
Post by: GuyRien on October 05, 2023, 10:50:56 AM
Quote from: Hegemony on October 05, 2023, 04:21:33 AMSounds good to me. What would the downside be?

Not sure. I wonder how the administration will evaluate my teaching if I'm doing only 1/3 of the regular load.
Title: Re: Buying out 2 courses instead of 1
Post by: Hegemony on October 05, 2023, 04:17:43 PM
If you do it regularly, you'd better have something compensatory to show for it — a greater publication rate, or whatever. And the agreement of your department head.