In Spring 2022, the Office of the Provost approved the West Virginia University Workload Guidelines Procedures. Colleges and departments/other equivalent academic units shall also have a workload document that is approved by the dean and Provost’s Office. These guidelines ensure that faculty work is equitably distributed, evaluated and rewarded within academic units.
Each of these guidelines:
- Sets standard workload expectations for all faculty members and provides a rationale for the unit’s approach.
- Identifies factors that may result in a differentiated workload assignment, as well as a general explanation as to why and how a differentiated workload may be assigned.
- Identifies research, teaching and service equivalencies within and across the three mission areas.
- Outlines multiple pathways for faculty in all types of positions to be successful. The department workload documents will provide greater specificity.
WVU Workload Guidelines
West Virginia University - Approved 3/8/2022
Approved College/School Workload Guidelines
- Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Approved 4/26/2022
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College of Creative Arts
- Approved 6/2/2025
- Reed School of Media and Communications - Approved 7/2025
- School of Art and Design - Approved 5/17/2023
- School of Music - Approved 5/17/2023
- School of Theatre and Dance - Approved 6/22/2023
- College of Applied Human Sciences - Approved 11/14/2022
- College of Law - Approved 11/1/2023
- Davis College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Approved 3/13/2025
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Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Approved 8/2/2022
- Department of Chemistry - Approved 5/21/2024
- Department of Communication Studies - Approved 4/14/2023
- Department of Forensic and Investigative Science - Approved 11/29/2023
- Department of Geology and Geography - Approved 2/27/2024
- Department of Philosophy - Approved 4/19/2023
- Department of Physics and Astronomy - Approved 5/15/2023
- Department of Psychology - Approved 9/5/2023
- Multidisciplinary Studies Program - Approved 4/17/2023
- School of Social Work - Approved 4/6/2023
- Women's and Gender Studies Program - Approved 3/31/2023
- John Chambers College of Business and Economics Approved 8/11/2022
- Potomac State College - Approved 11/30/2022
- School of Public Health - Approved 9/12/2023
- WVU Extension Service - Approved 4/26/2022
- WVU Libraries - Approved 5/22/2022
Model Workload Plans
- Model - Annual Workload Plan and Evaluation Process Approved by Faculty Senate 12/2/2024
- Model - Faculty Workload Plan - Approved by Faculty Senate 12/2/2024