4.8 INDIVIDUAL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS (IFDAs) (amended May 2007)

The College makes available to all full-time faculty (tenured, tenure-track, and visitors) an Individual Faculty Development Account (IFDA) in the amount of $1400 per year. Those account balances carry over from year to year, to a maximum of $4000. Faculty members serving under a Limited Appointment Part-time (see section 2.4.12 of the Faculty Handbook) receive IFDAs funded at $750 per year, with carry over up to $2000. Faculty members draw on their accounts by arrangement with Darlene Tedrow, Edelstein House. All requests for reimbursement must be accompanied by proper receipts and a completed Travel and Expense or Payment Order form.

This fund is to be used only for expenses associated with the professional development of the faculty member holding the account. Example uses are travel expenses to attend conferences, conference and workshop registration fees, membership fees in professional societies, publication and copying costs, research supplies, software necessary for research, or payment of a student to help in a faculty member's research.

The fund cannot be used to provide personal compensation to the faculty member. The IFDA should not be used when funds are available from other sources. For example, funds should not be used for office supplies or office computers. Because the funds are meant to enhance the professional development of the faculty member, they should not be used to fund learning opportunities for students, or to help fund activities of student organizations. Faculty who are on leave, but not "in service" with the College will not be eligible for Individual Faculty Development Funds. Items purchased with IFDA funds are property of the College and are intended for the professional use of the faculty member and/or program(s) of that faculty member. Items purchased with IFDA funds remain with the department upon the departure of the faculty member from the College.

To ease the burden of administering these many accounts, please do not submit reimbursement claims for less than $50. That is, please save any small items until they reach a total of at least $50. Reimbursement for hotel and meals is at the rate specified in section 4.9.