Global Education Committee

Charges

Mandate from Policy B2.0

The Global Education Committee will serve as the university level liaison between the Rochester campus and global RIT locations and will advise Senate on governance issues as they affect RIT global locations. The committee will also work with relevant administrative entities to facilitate and encourage international activities by RIT faculty and students, including research and study abroad. The committee shall consist of one faculty member per college, each to be elected by their collegial faculty; one faculty member from each global campus, elected by their local faculty; the associate provost of International Education and Global Programs (non-voting). Elected members will serve three-year terms, with at most two consecutive terms.

Charges for AY 2024:

New Charge

1. Explore and develop best practices for departments to determine workload models, evaluation, and compensation for faculty engaged in study abroad programming.

Supported Language: Survey RIT colleges to determine current practices to compensate faculty/staff who assist study abroad program directors. Then, develop best practices to be applied consistently across the University.

Rationale: Faculty leading a study abroad program are compensated either by having the associated course count as part of their load or as add pay. However, faculty (FT or Adjunct) or exempt RIT staff who assist on a trip with large student groups may or may not be compensated. Air travel, accommodations, and per diem are provided for directors and assistants. Assistants are sometimes provided a stipend through department or college funds.

Per University policy. If a faculty is working “off contract” they need to be compensated: Work Assignment outside Contract Period. Faculty shall receive additional compensation for work assignments outside their contract period. The rate or amount of this additional compensation shall be in accordance with the RIT Human Resources compensation guidelines and shall be in writing and mutually agreed to by faculty and the appropriate college department chair. Such writing shall be in the form of an amendment to a contract or a modification to a plan of work and shall be specifically labeled as Work Assignment outside Contract Period.