Assistant professors governed by FASTAP 2016 may be eligible for three semesters of leave at full salary. The details of leave eligibility and the procedure and updated schedule for leave applications are outlined below. To begin the application process, eligible faculty should submit their CV and leave proposal to their department/program.

Eligible full-time instructional faculty on multiyear appointments are invited to apply for Professional Development Leave (PDL). The application process is outlined below. To begin the application process, eligible faculty should submit their CV and leave proposal to their department/program.

This memo outlines updated timeline and process for non-tenured ladder and instructional faculty leave applications for the 2025-26 academic year or the 2026 calendar year. Faculty members who submit a leave proposal before September 27, 2024, will receive a decision by January 2025. Faculty members who submit proposals between September 27 and November 8 will receive decisions on a rolling basis. Next academic year, the deadline for all leave proposals will be in September.

This message outlines the responsibilities that all faculty members and Teaching Fellows (TFs), now part of the Local 33-UNITE HERE union, are expected to fulfill when they collaborate to teach. This memo contains new information as of September 2024; please read through the materials below so you are aware of current policies. You will find details on (1) in-person instruction, (2) responsibility for instruction, (3) course materials, (4) grading and examinations, and (5) professional development for TFs; there is also information about (6) part-time acting instructors.

This message asks relevant FAS and SEAS faculty to hold certain Thursday afternoons from 4-6 for possible Yale College Faculty Meetings, FAS and/or SEAS Faculty Meetings, and meetings of the Joint Boards of Permanent Officers for the 2024-2025 academic year, and reminds faculty of dates that are being held for meetings of the FAS/SEAS Faculty Senate.

This message welcomes the 67 new ladder and multiyear instructional faculty who join the FAS this academic year and provides links to their biographies.

Ladder Faculty Travel Grant

This message offers guidance on the FAS ladder search process for 2024-25 academic year.

This message offers guidance on the FAS ladder search process for 2024-25 academic year.

For Fall 2023 Course Evaluations, the mechanism that prevents students from viewing grades prior to submitting a course evaluation was out of operation for several weeks during December 2023 and January 2024. This was an error due to a technological failure and does not reflect a policy change. This message provides background on this incident, data on Fall 2023 evaluation response rates and average course ratings, and information on how any impact on faculty will be addressed.