Load (54)
This term explains whether and how distance education courses count towards a faculty member’s teaching load. The study included 54 Load terms. This is a permissible topic for bargaining.
Examples
Observations. Every contract that spoke to this issue permitted faculty to count distance education classes towards their load. However, many limited the total number of distance education courses that would count towards load. Some colleges, like Jacksonville Community College in the example above, are concerned that, if faculty members teach their entire load online, they might not come to campus. This concern is addressed further in the sections on Office Hours and Professional Responsibility.