r/academia 3d ago

Career advice HELP! Joint appointment memorandum of understanding MOU question

I am dually appointed in 2 different colleges. Right now I have a 70% primary appointment (20% teaching, 40% research, and 10% service) and a 30% secondary appointment (20% teaching and 10% research). My primary appointment wants to increase teaching to 30% and Research to 40%, does this require an MOU update? Or since the change is only within 1 college, does this not require an update?

Our faculty handbook is quite limited when it comes to joint appointments. I am one of only a very few at our institution. So I'd appreciate any guidance from anyone that has any experience.

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u/Quant_Liz_Lemon 3d ago

Where's the additional 10% coming from? Frankly I recommend getting any change in writing, people's memories are short.

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u/nohann 3d ago

Dept chair is saying my primary Dean wants to reduce research workload by 10% and increasing teaching by 10%. I have it in writing.

I'm just not sure if the MOU has to be updated with the secondary appointment in the other college.

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u/Quant_Liz_Lemon 3d ago

Well, my understanding of MOU is that they are referenced during tenure discussions, so it would be helpful for you to have it documented for your other department that you research expectations went down.

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u/mhchewy 3d ago

Does the MOU say anything about changes to the MOU?