KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
PROCEDURE TITLE:
KYSU Online Faculty Workload Procedures
VOLUME, SECTION & NUMBER:
1.3.15
ENTITIES AFFECTED:
Full-time Faculty Adjunct Faculty Administrators
ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY: Academic Affairs
APPROVED BY:
Office of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Office of Online Education
EFFECTIVE DATE:
7/1/2024
REVISED FROM:
Section 2.11 of the Faculty Handbook
The purpose of the KYSU Online Faculty Workload Procedures is to establish procedures for implementing the KYSU Online Faculty Workload Policy (1.3.10) and tracking the workload of various faculty types involved in the academic programs of KYSU Online. These procedures establish a standard unit of measurement, a “faculty workload unit” (WLU), for tracking faculty duties that are quantified in credit hours, work hours, workdays, administrative release, and stipends. The procedures also support faculty compensation and benefits processes.
The online programs are supported by two faculty types: full-time faculty (i.e., full-time residential faculty) and adjunct faculty. To ensure that an adequate number of full-time faculty are available for the residential academic programs, administrative assignments, and committee service, full-time faculty may not use online course load (i.e., courses delivered in the online modality in the academic programs of KYSU Online) to fulfill their full-time teaching requirements. Full-time faculty must fulfill their