The Board of Regents of the
University System of Georgia is committed to the continued professional growth
and development of System personnel.
Faculty, staff, and administrators
are encouraged to participate in development activities and study. Career
development opportunities may include, but are not limited to, the following
examples of program offerings:
1. Tuition
Assistance Program (BR Minutes, September 2004);
2. Courses
offered through Continuing Education;
3. Courses
offered through a Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE)
institution;
4. External
professional programs and conferences; and
5. Systemwide/institutional faculty and
staff professional development programs.
Each University System institution
shall commit at least one percent of full-time employee salaries to be used for
faculty and staff development. This one percent will be matched by state
appropriated funds to the extent that funds are available (BR Minutes, April
2002).