SENATE DOCUMENT NO. 33      

              Faculty Welfare and Development Committee
                            1985 - 1986
                             Report #2
                            Release Time

Faculty Welfare and Development Committee of the Faculty Senate 
proposes a formal sense of the Senate on the following resolutions:

     RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate endorse in concept and 
     encourage the UNCA administration to move toward the adoption 
     of a 9-hour teaching load before 1990 in order to improve
     scholarship and teaching.

     RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate endorse and encourage the
     UNCA administration to adopt the following policies regard-
     ing release time:

     1.  Policies and resources governing release time be reported
         to the faculty annually.

     2.  Faculty members be permitted to apply for release time
         through policies and procedures developed by the UNCA
         administration.

     3.  An appropriate committee of the Senate should be involved
         in recommending policies and procedures for allocation
         and distribution of release time.

Rationale:

These two resolutions were derived from extensive studies conducted 
by the Faculty Development Study groups created by the University 
Planning Council in 1984.  The report of the committee was submitted 
to UPC in 1985.  The UPC in turn submitted the recommendation of the 
Faculty Study group to the Senate Faculty Welfare and Development 
Committee.  After extensive discussion and examination of this 
important issue by review of committees and individuals, the Faculty 
Welfare and Development Committee strongly endorses the concept of a 
uniform, fair and equitable policy on release time as a starting 
point for a possible adoption of a 9-hour teaching load for the 
entire UNCA faculty by 1990.