Policies

If faculty members intend to submit a leave funding proposal or other grant that includes course buy-outs in addition to the leave, they must obtain the Provost’s approval for the course buy-outs. Course buy-out rates are calculated as a percentage of the average salary for assistant professors at the time of the grant application. 

Faculty members who secure permission from the Provost to buy out a single course (one time only) over the six semester teaching period necessary for a sabbatical will not have their sabbatical eligibility adjusted. 

Faculty members who buy out more than one course over the six semesters of teaching necessary for a sabbatical can take their sabbatical at full pay when they have completed the equivalent of six semesters of teaching (15 courses)

In order for a flight to be in compliance with the Fly America Act, the code of a U.S. flag air carrier must be noted as part of the flight number. On an airline ticket, boarding pass or passenger receipt, this two digit code is designated just to the left of the flight number. From this list, you will be able to compare airline codes on the ticket with those on the list and thereby be able to ascertain whether or not the flight is on a US Flag air carrier.

A detailed list of U.S. flag air carriers is below: 

• Airtran Airways (FL)
• Alaska Airlines (AS)
• America West Airlines (HP)
• American Airlines (AA)
• American Trans Air (TZ)
• Continental Airlines (CO)
• Delta Airlines (DL)
• Frontier Airlines (F9)
• Hawaiian Airlines (HA)
• JetBlue Airways (B6)
• Midwest Express (YX)
• Northwest Airlines (NW)
• Southwest Airlines (WN)
• Spirit Airlines (NK)
• United Airlines (UA)
• USAirways (US)