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<Title>New: Year-long contracts option for CAHSS adjunct faculty</Title>
<Tagline>CAHSS departments may now offer academic-year contracts</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">For all adjunct faculty in CAHSS:<div><br><div>The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences has notified departments that they now have the option to offer year-long contracts to adjunct faculty, as appropriate.</div><div><br></div><div>The year-long (academic year) contracts were piloted in CAHSS in 2017-2018. The pilot program is now being expanded within CAHSS.</div><div><br></div><div>The contract letter is much the same except that the teaching appointment is for the entire academic year (regular fall and spring terms) instead of for a semester.</div><div><br></div><div>If interested, please contact your department chair! These contracts help streamline the work of staff and others.</div><div><br></div><div>It is projected that CNMS and COEIT will pilot the year-long contract letters next; if successful, the pilot program can then be expanded within those Colleges. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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<Summary>For all adjunct faculty in CAHSS:   The College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences has notified departments that they now have the option to offer year-long contracts to adjunct faculty, as...</Summary>
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