[Faculty] URGENT: CoE Assigned-Time Policy Revision

[Khaled Morsi]

Dear Ashkan ,

Thank you for your message.

I was involved with the revised version of the assigned time policy.

The point you bring up regarding College of Science (COS) assigned time
policy is certainly valid. I don't know about other members of CBL
committee but I personally think if we take a few weeks more to review the
COS  we would be better off in providing the faculty a more encompassing
policy. Whether we like it or not 'so far🙂' COS is the gold standard at
SDSU for research.

I have seen first hand that CBL committee members have worked very hard and
maticulously in revising the first document. I think though considering the
COS policy would not hurt, i.e.we could potentially benefit from it.

Thank you for pointing this out.

Best regards

Khaled

On Sun, Oct 9, 2022, 6:37 PM Ashkan Ashrafi <ashrafi at sdsu.edu> wrote:

> Dear Esteemed CoE faculty
>
> As you may know, we will be voting on the Revised Assigned-Time Policy in
> the CoE meeting next Tuesday. We all want a policy that is fair, faculty
> friendly and encourages research.
>
> Unfortunately, a comparison with the College of Science
> (CoS) Assigned-Time Policy shows that we are creating significantly higher
> workload for ourselves compared to the CoS faculty.
>
> The attached table highlights a stark difference between the CoE and CoS
> policies – For example: For a comparable research productivity, a faculty
> in CoS will earn 2 course release in each semester (12 units of release
> time per AY) whereas a COE faculty will earn only 1 course release in each
> semester (6 units of release time per AY). There are also some
> research activities that are not worthy of any release time in the CoE
> policy but they grant up to 12 units of release time per AY in the CoS
> policy.
>
> Note that the CoE and CoS are both housing STEM fields and have very
> similar curricular structures.
>
> I would urge all of you to look at the attached comparison table and read
> the CoS Policy, which is also attached to this email.
>
> Considering this, we would like to make the following motion in the
> college faculty meeting on Tuesday:
>
> *Motion: The CoE Constitution and Bylaw Committee is asked to revise the
> Assigned-Time Policy (which is comparable to the CoS Policy) before
> March 30, 2023, so that it can be voted upon before the end of AY
> 2022-2023.*
>
> This is the time to decide whether we, as the CoE faculty, want to have a
> fair and faculty friendly Assigned-Time Policy (that encourages research)
> or continue with the status quo.
>
> Kind regards,
> Ashkan
>
>
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> Ashkan Ashrafi, Ph.D., SMIEEE
> Associate Professor
> Director, Signal Processing Research Laboratory
>
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