Excerpt from the Wright State Guardian
WSU has changed the faculty workload policy to increase professors’ class loads as of Jan. 31, 2024. The new policy has been implemented but will not be put into action until the start of the fall semester in 2024. Faculty members have many concerns with the new policy, which may cause problems in the future.
The policy, in brief terms, will increase each faculty member’s number of classes by about one or two classes each year. According to the new policy, the increased workload will bring WSU in line with other Research-2 universities.
The policy reads that each workload increase is not definitive but depends upon several factors for each faculty member.
A faculty member’s workload will be determined by scholarly productivity. Specific guidelines are provided in the University Policy 2020 regarding faculty workload, which explains the relationship between productivity and the amount of credit hours required.
Faculty may receive offsets, course releases and credits to reduce the teaching load. However, staff will rarely receive a decreased workload compared to previous years after policy implementation.
