ARTICLE 25

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

25.1

Professional development opportunities shall include:

1. a fee waiver program;
   
   
2. sabbatical leaves;
   
   
3. difference in pay leaves;
   
   
4. professional leaves without pay;
   
   
5. short-term absence with pay for approved conferences, workshops, and other professional meetings;
   
   
6. faculty exchange programs within and outside the CSU;
   
   
7. administrative intern programs;
   
   
8. reduction in assigned Weighted Units or other work responsibilities to pursue scholarly activities, training or retraining of benefit to the CSU;
   
   
9. specialized work schedules to pursue scholarly activities, training or retraining of benefit to the CSU; and
   
   
10. assignment to a reduced teaching load pursuant to Article 20, Assignment of Responsibility, Workload, and Schedules, of this Agreement.

25.2

Application procedures by which an eligible faculty unit employee may request a professional development opportunity shall be determined by the President, except when such procedures are provided elsewhere in this Agreement.

25.3

A faculty unit employee who meets the eligibility requirements of a specific program listed in provision 25.1 of this Article may request such a professional opportunity.

25.4

The President shall determine if the request for a professional development opportunity shall be granted and, if so, what costs, if any, shall be borne by the campus. The President may establish requirements that a faculty unit employee shall meet upon completion of a professional development opportunity. The faculty unit employee shall be notified in writing of the decision and such requirements, if any. A denial of the request for professional development opportunity shall include the reasons for such denial.