Managing Faculty Workload to Reflect Differences Among Disciplines.

This article focuses on the transparent workload reporting system used by the Ryerson University to ensure that assigning faculty workload is fair in Toronto, Ontario. The system has space for department chairmen to explain why a certain faculty member deserves a lighter teaching load than the maximum load of 12 hours per semester. Due to competition for faculty from other institutions, each discipline has developed a set of informal norms that reflect the faculty workload at other institutions. These plans will be reviewed and updated regularly to ensure that they serve the students’ needs and the university’s academic values in a cost-effective way.