The Twelve-Month Basis of Employment. The twelve-month plan now in effect
 in the University was initiated to assure adequate salaries within the available
 budget and also to guarantee sufficient personnel to staff all the teaching, research,
 administrative, and extension requirements of the University program. The plan
 allows, also, a more equitable distribution of such duties as extension and corre-
 spondence work, and the manifold administrative occupations which are an inescapa-
 ble part of the University's activities. The presence on the campus of a full staff
 throughout the calendar year facilitates the necessary release of some staff members
 from their routine assignments, so that they may be free to assist in performing
 occasional and extraordinary duties.
 All appointments to the academic staff in the rank of instructor and above are
made for a period of twelve calander months. For the teaching staff, this plan inter-
prets twelve calendar months as meaning two regular semesters and one regular
summer term of teaching, with no extra compensation allowed for the summer term.
Members of the staff who teach two regular semesters and one summer term of nine
weeks accrue thirty days vacation. After two such accruals followed by two regular
semesters of teaching the staff member is entitled to a full summer of three months
for a vacation. This means that those members of the staff who teach consecutively
for three regular sessions and two summer sessions are entitled to the third summer
off. It is expected that the faculty member will use the remainder of his employment
period according to his own best judgment in study, research, and other professional
and university work.
 Vacations, Summer Leaves of Absence and Separation. In view of the policy
of twelve months' employment of faculty, which includes one month's vacation, it
is understood that the University has first call upon the services of its faculty. If
the services of an individual are not needed, or if the individual's duties can be
carried by a substitute, the University will consider an application for a leave of
absence. The following policies are set forth for the guidance of the staff:
 Vacations. Staff members who teach in a regular session and the following
nine weeks Summer Session will accrue vacations at the rate of one month per sum-
mer and after service in three regular sessions and two nine weeks Summer Sessions
will be entitled to the third summer off by virtue of having allowed this vacation to
accumulate. Staff members of the College of Education who teach in a regular ses-
sion followed by teaching in one six weeks Summer Session will automatically
receive their vacations each year and hence none will accrue.
 Leaves of Absence. A leave of absence for six weeks without pay will entitle
a staff member engaged in professional improvement to the entire summer off. If
his program does not involve course attendance, or if he is registered for courses
for a period of less than eight weeks, it will be considered that he has received his
vacation for that year. If, however, he is registered for courses for eight weeks or
more, it will be considered that he has accrued one month of vacation. No more
than one accrual in this manner may be applied to a full summer off. A leave of
absence for eight weeks without pay will entitle a staff member engaged in teaching
or organized research elsewhere to the entire summer off. If his period of work is
less than eight weeks, it will be considered that he has received his vacation for
that year. If, however, his period of work is for eight weeks or more, it will be
considered that he has accrued one month of vacation. However, no more than one
accrual in this manner may be applied toward a full summer off.
 All summer leaves other than those discussed above will be granted at the
convenience of the University upon an application for leave without pay for eight
weeks. It will be considered that the earned vacation will have been received for