This 60-item bibliography presents books, journal articles, and dissertations concerning various aspects of sabbatical leave. (MJM)

Discusses how the first author left his comfortable position at the university to teach high school full-time and how the second author left home to live the writer's life in New Orleans' French Quarter. Describes how they decided to pursue their respective projects, what a typical day was like, and what they learned. Addresses questions that have…

The Government Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 16 is concerned with the measurement of the liability for compensated absences. The pronouncement provides separate guidance for vacation leave and sick leave and deals with a variety of related issues, such as salary-related payments, rates, sabbaticals, and measurability. (MLF)

The use of sabbaticals as a means to improve employee motivation and morale is growing rapidly as companies seek ways to retain their star performers and fight the effects of job burnout. In this article, the authors examine the various forms of sabbaticals in diverse industries, the reasons for their use, and the relevant benefits and concerns…

Sabbatical leave has a long and distinguished history in academe, both at universities and community colleges. By virtue of its traditional benefit to professors, institutions, and students, sabbaticals may appropriately be considered as a "right" by the professoriate. Even so, during statewide budgetary crises, sabbatical leave was…

The president of Haverford College, Dr. John R. Coleman, who took a blue-collar sabbatical, talks about life and learning. (Editor)

In view of recent government proposals for "cyclical life planning" based on a sabbatical concept, this essay discusses the evolution of the Hebrew Sabbath and notes how those origins inform both the specific proposals for cyclical life planning and the general twentieth-century concept of sabbatical. (Author/LBH)

The author cites ways to increase personal stature of professors and decrease nepotism" in the university. (Author/MS)

The first academic sabbatical was introduced at Harvard in 1880. In recent years, commercial enterprises have also identified workplace benefit programs as "sabbaticals." Benshoff and Spruill (2002), whose own study investigated the success of sabbaticals for counseling professors, also indicate an increased interest in the sabbatical's potential…

This study examined the reasons for and products of faculty sabbatical leaves, using data from 193 approved sabbatical applications and 125 sabbatical reports submitted between 1991 and 1993 at a public research university in the midwest. It found that of the 193 successful applicants, 164 actually completed the sabbatical, and that approximately…

This paper presents an alternative plan to the system of academic tenure instituted at Webster College in Missouri. The alternative plan allows several options to faculty members: (1) with the 3rd-year contract, a faculty person may negotiate for a 1-semester sabbatical at half-salary or a summer sabbatical with negotiable salary; (2) with the…

Presenting Western-European nations of American Indians, this article presents a sabbatical view of American Indian culture from individual Europeans, "Indianists", museums, libraries and archives. (RTS)

Part-time employment is becoming increasingly commonplace, necessitating new attitudes and better treatment from employers, unions, and in legislation. Three new types of part-time work are emerging: job sharing, phased retirement (gradual reduction of working hours), and paid leave. (SK)