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Faculty members receive salaries as compensation for their contributions to the University in the form of teaching, research, and University service. Salaries are set on an annual basis, but increases are not automatic. The annual salary of members of the faculty is normally adjusted for the ensuing academic year each July 1. Salary adjustments reflect a variety of factors, including consideration of the level of activity and quality of individual performance in teaching and research; contributions to the University community; competitive salaries in particular fields; budgetary constraints; and, depending upon the school or department, relevant artistic, clinical, or other activities.
In certain professional schools compensation may be limited by the amount of external research funding which directly supports a given faculty member’s salary. In the School of Medicine the amount of salary that a clinical faculty member may earn above the established base may be influenced by the clinical income generated by the individual or by the department.
Teaching faculty appointments at Yale are normally for the nine-month academic year. An exception to this is the School of Medicine, where appointments are generally for twelve months. Research faculty appointments are normally made on a twelve-month basis. New appointments normally take effect as of July 1 or January 1. In the Schools of Drama and Nursing initial appointments may be made at any time during the calendar year. In addition to the academic year salary, faculty members appointed on a nine-month basis may receive up to three additional months of summer compensation from Yale-administered sources. (See B. below)
In all schools except Drama, when faculty members on nine-month appointments resign or when their appointments terminate, the effective date of resignation or termination, except as specially authorized by the Provost, must be either December 31 or June 30. Their appointments may not be extended into the second semester or into July and August. Faculty members whose appointments terminate June 30 may request their final paycheck in May. In the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, resignations may be accepted at any time during the calendar year.
Salaries in most faculty ranks are paid monthly over a twelve-month period. The first salary payment is made at the end of the first month in which the appointment becomes effective. For faculty members and other persons on nine-month appointments, salary payments received during July and August are considered advance payments for services rendered during the academic year. Persons on nine-month appointments are therefore required to return any compensation received for July and August should they not assume the responsibilities of their appointment at the beginning of the academic year. Persons who do not serve for the full nine months of their appointment are required to return a prorated amount of their July and August compensation.
Faculty members on multi-year appointments who teach only one semester receive six monthly checks (July through December for the first semester; January through June for the second).
These practices and obligations apply as well to leaves with salary.
Visiting and other faculty members holding one-year appointments are normally appointed from September through May and paid monthly on a nine-month basis. The first salary payment is made at the end of September. One-semester appointees are paid in four installments (September through December) for the fall semester or in five installments (January through May) for the spring semester. When circumstances warrant, and with permission of the Provost or the dean in a professional school, faculty holding one-year appointments may be appointed and paid from July through June, and those holding one-term appointments may be appointed and paid from July through December or from January through June.
Salary advances may be requested to meet unusual short-term financial needs, for example when the extraordinary expenses of a research trip out of the country justify a departure from the normal schedule of salary payments. Salary advances may be approved for new foreign employees who are not allowed to take more than a minimum amount of currency out of their home countries. Salary advances may not exceed one month’s net pay and must be repaid within two months. Advances may also be approved for faculty members who have completed their term of employment at Yale and who would normally be paid at the end of the month.
Advances will not be approved to cover routine expenditures for which the individual should plan or find other ways to finance, such as tax payments, vacations, or the purchase of goods or services.
The University withholds from monthly salary checks an amount in accordance with current federal and state income tax withholding procedures. Withholding allowance forms may be obtained from the department or school administrative office or the Office of Human Resources and returned to the department or school dean’s office or directly to the Payroll Office.
The required social security tax is deducted from monthly salary checks. A new member of the faculty may already have paid, in part or in full, the tax for the current year before coming to Yale. Government regulations require, however, that the University withhold the tax as though there had been no previous employment. Amounts in excess of the individual’s required tax may be claimed on the income tax return.
Faculty on nine-month academic year appointments may be employed during any of the three summer months, either at Yale, at another academic institution, or by any other employer. There are no restrictions on the amount of compensation earned from any non-Yale employer.
Faculty members who hold academic-year (nine-month) appointments may, under the conditions listed below, receive additional salary from University-administered funds for work on projects during the summer; that is, between Commencement and registration for classes in the fall semester. Most such projects are sponsored by, and funded from, sources external to the University, often agencies of the federal government. Salary paid for work conducted during the summer months is subject to the normal withholding taxes and retirement contributions, subject to federal and state maximums. University policy imposes certain conditions on the receipt of summer compensation.
1. The maximum monthly salary is one-ninth of the academic year salary, and the maximum amount of time for which full-time salary may be earned is three months.
2. As is the case during the academic year, faculty members may not accept other employment during any month in the summer in which they receive full-time salary from Yale-administered funds.
3. The appropriate form showing the source and amount of funds and the period of work must be submitted as for any other appointment.
4. Faculty may receive honoraria, rather than salary, during the summer for programs administered by Yale only if all of the following conditions are met:
a. For the month in which it is earned, this is the only payment to be received by the faculty member from Yale-administered funds for summer employment and the payment is minimal, i.e., under $1,000.
b. Fringe benefits are charged to the grant providing the honorarium.
c. Such payments are made as supplementary payments through the Yale payroll system.
Under all other circumstances compensation for participation in a summer program (including grants or contracts) administered by Yale may not be paid as an honorarium but should be shown on budgets as a percent of effort and paid through the payroll system as summer compensation. In such cases, the total compensation received during the period in which the salary is paid cannot exceed the total approved salary for the equivalent period during the academic year.
Salary, consultant fees, honoraria, and the like may not be paid during the academic year from University-administered funds of any kind to faculty otherwise employed full-time by the University. Requests for exceptions to this policy are rarely given and must be made in advance and in writing to the Provost with a full statement of the reasons why the University’s interests would justify an exception. This policy derives from the assumption that the salary paid to an individual represents full compensation for the individual’s total obligation to the University, including formal and scheduled commitments such as classes, formal but unscheduled commitments such as pursuit of personal research and supervision of thesis research, and informal participation in other University activities. The total compensation that can be expected by a faculty member for performance of all obligations during the academic year is therefore the annual salary and benefits. Faculty members appointed on nine-month terms may earn additional summer compensation as described above. Faculty may not receive additional compensation during the summer for work performed during the academic year.
The benefits described in this section are those currently offered and may be changed from time to time by the University. The terms of each benefit are governed by its respective plan documents. Detailed information may be obtained from the Benefits Office.
Members of the faculty who are eligible for benefits are urged to participate in the group life, health insurance, and retirement plans. Tenured members of the faculty are required to participate in the Yale University Retirement Annuity Plan (YURAP). Application should be made at the time of appointment. Any required premium payment is made through the payroll system.
It is the responsibility of the individual to initiate application for these benefits, even when participation is compulsory. Yale has no obligation to assume responsibility for benefits lost through failure to apply for participation, or to make a retroactive contribution to a benefit for a period prior to the time of application by an eligible faculty member.
The following benefits are available to all faculty employees appointed for two or more consecutive semesters (except those on visiting appointments) who are working at least half-time or who are on phased retirement.
a. Medical Plans. Faculty employed at least half-time for one semester or longer may enroll in one of the University’s health insurance programs during the first 30 days of employment. Faculty may also enroll, add or delete dependants or same-gender domestic partners, or cancel coverage during the annual open enrollment period each fall, with coverage changes effective January 1 of the following year. Enrollment changes are also permitted because of a qualifying family status change. For detailed information on these plans, including monthly premiums, consult the Benefits Office or the web site for that office.
The Yale Health Plan (YHP) is a comprehensive, physician-led HMO health plan that operates a medical center on the Yale campus. YHP provides coverage for primary, specialty, and emergency care, as well as for a range of ancillary services. Upon referral, members have access to an extensive network of clinicians and services at other area facilities. Coverage is free for eligible faculty. Faculty members whose appointments are for less than one semester may use the Yale Health Plan on a fee-for-service basis.
Other health benefit choices are also available on a subsidized basis. Enrollment is required for participation in one of these plans. Information about health insurance coverage and costs and detailed descriptions of these plans are available at the Benefits Office.
b. Dental Plan. Faculty employed half-time or more and their spouses or same-gender domestic partners are eligible to purchase dental health insurance from the University. Consult the Benefits Office for information.
c. Contributory Group Life Insurance. The University currently offers group term life insurance in multiples of base salary up to $1,000,000. Members of the faculty must apply for coverage within sixty days after the beginning of their appointment, or within sixty days after taking up duties and responsibilities, whichever is later; otherwise a health statement and, in most cases, a physical examination will be required.
Faculty who terminate or retire may continue their coverage by purchasing a policy directly from the carrier with proof of insurability. The insurance also provides for additional payments (“double indemnity”) in the event of accidental death.
d. Disability Insurance. The University provides insurance as partial protection against loss of income and retirement benefits resulting from long-term disability. Faculty employed half-time or more are automatically enrolled in the Basic Plan at no cost to the employee. Above specified salary levels, faculty may purchase Supplemental Disability Coverage for added protection against income loss.
Under the Basic Plan benefits begin on the first of the month following 180 days of at least partial disability resulting in lost earned income of 20% or more. Benefits normally continue during the participant’s lifetime to age 65. Employees are entitled to receive 60% of their base monthly salary to a maximum of $7,500 per month minus any other University-sponsored payments received, such as worker’s compensation or social security. Faculty participating in Supplemental Disability Coverage have an additional maximum of $5,000 of monthly benefit.
For participants in the Yale University Retirement Annuity Plan, employee and employer contributions to the Annuity Plan will be continued during a period of disability coverage at standard participation levels, as they may be adjusted from time to time.
e. Long-Term Care Plans. Two long-term care plans are currently offered to faculty and their immediate family members. Details are available from the Benefits Office.
f. Death Benefit. If a faculty member who holds an appointment of half-time or more dies while an active employee, his or her salary is paid up to and including the date of death. In addition, the employee’s named beneficiary is paid an amount equivalent to one month’s salary.
g. Yale University Retirement Annuity Plan (YURAP). Retirement benefits for faculty are provided through Yale and employee contributions to the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, the College Retirement Equities Fund, or to an approved selection of Vanguard mutual funds.
The Yale University Retirement Annuity Plan is the primary means of building pension benefits for faculty members. In this plan, both the faculty member and the University contribute a specified percentage of salary to the Annuity Plan up to the maximum amount of salary authorized by federal laws. These percentages may be adjusted from time to time. Participation is required for all tenured faculty members and is available to other ladder faculty members employed at least half time and holding a term appointment of one year or more. Yale encourages all eligible faculty to participate. The plan assumes retirement at age 70, and contribution levels have been designated with that schedule in mind. Alternative plan structures may be adopted by the University.
An alternative retirement-related benefit is available for non-tenured ladder faculty members with appointments of more than one year. If they choose not to participate in the Yale University Retirement Annuity Plan described above, they will receive from the University a cash supplement to their compensation.
All faculty members may also elect to make individual contributions to a tax-deferred retirement account or toward their retirement annuity plan, up to the limits allowed by law.
For more information on retirement benefits, consult the Benefits Office.
h. Completing University Retirement Plan Contributions. Because the purpose of contributions to an individual’s retirement plan is to provide for a comfortable retirement, continuation after that objective is achieved is not part of the retirement plan.
University contributions therefore cease after an individual can be expected to achieve an expected level of retirement income. This expected level is fixed as the time when the annuity that can be purchased with a participant’s retirement account plus social security benefits, using a monitoring model described below, exceeds a targeted income replacement ratio that rises with service to a maximum of 70%.
The retirement plan bases the cessation of contributions on typical investment assumptions rather than on the success of an individual’s particular investment strategy. Based on this investment experience, a calculation is made of the income replacement ratio that the “hypothetical individual” would achieve at Normal Retirement Age. The University ceases contributions when the participant’s assumed annuity, plus social security benefits for those 65 or older, exceed the targeted income replacement ratio. In order to provide heightened assurance that the retirement objective has actually been met when University contributions end, they stop only after the formula has called for ending contributions in two successive years.
As an additional protective feature, if market conditions worsen so that, after contributions have been stopped, the participant’s assumed annuity value (plus any social security benefits) is expected to be less than the targeted replacement ratio, then contributions will be restarted on the following July 1, assuming continued employment. For purposes of this calculation, the individual’s annuity value will be adjusted for each year after the end of University contributions, to reflect the receipt of retirement account yield.
i. Flexible Benefits Plan. This program permits individuals to save money by reducing taxable compensation and receiving instead certain non-taxable benefits offered by the University. Eligible faculty members pay the premium for the first $50,000 of Yale’s group life insurance, and for Yale’s health and dental insurance, by a salary “reduction.” These arrangements are irrevocable during the year elected, unless the employee experiences a change in family status. An annual election, similarly irrevocable during each calendar year, provides the opportunity to pay for unreimbursed (“out-of-pocket”) costs of medical, dental, or dependent care with pre-tax dollars in accordance with current IRS rules. Consult the Benefits Office for further information.
j. Yale Mortgage Program. A mortgage program is made available to Yale employees by several local banks. In some cases, interest rates on first-mortgage loans for the purchaser of a permanent residence are slightly below the prevailing market. To be eligible, faculty members must meet the credit requirements of the bank.
Information concerning terms and conditions of the Mortgage Program may be obtained from the Benefits Office.
k. The Yale Homebuyer Program. The Yale Homebuyer Program offers a significant financial subsidy to any Yale employee who buys a home in a designated New Haven neighborhood.
l. Scholarship Plan for Sons and Daughters of the Faculty and Staff. Partial scholarship grants for sons and daughters of eligible faculty and staff members may be awarded under the following conditions:
i. The student must be enrolled on a full-time basis in an accredited four-year undergraduate college and must be a candidate for a bachelor’s degree.
ii. At the time of matriculation for the covered term, a parent of the scholarship applicant must have been a full-time employee during the entire six years preceding the date of application; or the four years preceding the date of application and a total of forty-eight months, whether or not continuous, prior to the preceding four years for a total of eight years; or the parent must have been a retired, deceased, or totally disabled employee who, at the time of retirement, death, or disability, had been continuously employed full-time for the preceding six years.
iii. The amount of the scholarship is equal to one-half of the school’s tuition and general fees (except fees for room and board), up to a maximum amount that is determined annually by the Corporation.
iv. The student will not be eligible for a scholarship grant for any semester that begins after the student’s twenty-fifth birthday.
For a full statement of the plan, consult the Benefits Office.
m. Auditing University Courses. Full-time or emeritus faculty members and their spouses or same-gender domestic partners are eligible to audit courses in the Graduate School and Yale College during the academic year. Faculty members require only the instructor’s permission to audit a course. Spouses and same-gender domestic partners must have the permission of both the instructor and the Director of Special Students for undergraduate courses or the appropriate associate dean of the Graduate School for graduate courses. For regulations governing the auditing of courses in the professional schools, consult the registrars of those schools directly.
n. Tuition Benefits. Faculty members whose
appointments are at least half time and their spouses or same-gender domestic
partners may receive a tuition reduction when they enroll, through the regular
admissions procedures, in courses offered through the Yale College non-degree
Special Students Program, the Yale Summer Programs, or the Graduate School’s
Division of Special Registration and master’s degree programs. Consult the Learning
Center for further information regarding this program.
a. Persons holding salaried visiting appointments for one semester or longer are eligible for participation in any of the health insurance programs described in D.1.a above. They are normally not eligible for any other employee benefits, except that they may request Yale to reduce their salaries and pay the equivalent of such reductions directly to one of the Yale-sponsored retirement accounts. Consult the Benefits Office for details.
b. Persons in this category are normally not entitled to contributions by the University toward the Yale University Retirement Annuity Plan. Exceptions may be approved by the dean of the school or, for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, by the Provost.
As employees of the University, postdoctoral associates are
entitled to fully or partially subsidized membership in one of the available
health plans offered by Yale, Long-term Disability and Group Life Insurance,
retirement programs, and dental coverage for themselves, their families, and
same-gender domestic partners, subject to specific plan provisions. For a full
statement of the plan, consult the Benefits Office.
Postdoctoral fellows are eligible to enroll in health and dental plans, and this membership may be subsidized in whole or in part, to the extent that funds for this purpose are included in the fellowship or are supplemented by the mentor or the department.
Postdoctoral appointees are entitled to stated University holidays. In the event that an appointee’s funding source specifies vacation or holiday provisions, the terms of the funding source shall apply. Postdoctoral appointees may be granted up to six weeks of paid maternity leave. In addition, unpaid leave may be granted for up to sixteen calendar weeks in year one and up to twelve weeks in year two of any two-year period under the following circumstances: serious illness of the appointee; birth or adoption of a child; care of a seriously ill child, spouse, or parent. Proposals for these and other exceptional leave arrangements should be forwarded by the appointee’s advisor to the appropriate dean in the case of professional schools or to the Provost in the case of departments in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences. In the event that an appointee’s funding source specifies leave provisions that differ from those stated above, the terms of the funding source shall apply, and where necessary the leave proposal shall also be sent to the funding agency.
Postdoctoral appointees and their spouses are eligible to audit (not for credit and not recorded on a transcript) University courses in the Graduate School and Yale College during the academic year. Postdoctoral appointees should discuss plans for auditing with their mentor to ensure that these do not interfere with research objectives. Postdoctoral appointees and their spouses or same-gender domestic partners must also have the permission of the instructor. In the case of spouses or same-gender domestic partners wishing to audit undergraduate courses, approval of the Director of Special Students is required in addition to permission of the individual instructor. For graduate school courses, approval of the appropriate associate dean of the Graduate School is required. Each professional school sets its own policies concerning the auditing of courses. Information about these policies can be obtained from the dean’s office of each school.
Postdoctoral appointees whose appointment is at least half time and their spouses or same-gender domestic partners may receive a tuition reduction when they enroll, through the regular admission procedures, in courses offered through the Yale College non-degree Special Students Program, the Yale Summer Programs, or the Graduate School’s Division of Special Registration and master’s degree programs. For information regarding tuition benefits in the professional schools, consult the dean’s office of those schools directly.
The University provides assistance to departments that wish to hire or host scholars from abroad. The Office of International Students and Scholars (OISS) is the University’s representative for all immigration matters to the Immigration and Naturalization Services (INS), as well as to any other government agencies involved in bringing foreign nationals to Yale University (e.g. Departments of State and Labor.) The OISS Director or Associate Director or his or her designee must sign any immigration document issued by, or on behalf of, the University. An application submitted to any of these agencies that bears another signature will be returned.
The Office of International Students and Scholars should be consulted before making a commitment to hire a foreign national for any position. The Office will work with the hiring department and the individual to make certain that Yale and the individual are compliant with all federal laws and regulations prior to the individual commencing employment. OISS staff members are available to discuss the details of a particular case, make recommendations, and then to follow through with the preparation and submission of the immigration application. In most instances, particularly where the individual's situation is fairly straightforward, the Office can handle the application expeditiously and without expense, except for government filing fees.
A person accepting an offer of employment with the University must have valid immigration status prior to beginning employment, and must maintain valid immigration status (with continual authorization for employment) throughout the duration of the appointment at the University. Appointing departments are responsible for informing the foreign national of this proviso, and all offer letters should include a phrase such as "offer is contingent upon obtaining and retaining valid immigration status." Appointing departments are also responsible for making sure they are in compliance with all I-9 requirements.
If a hiring unit brings a candidate to campus for an interview, and that candidate does not have U.S. permanent resident status, it is advisable to arrange an appointment for the candidate and a staff member from the hiring unit with the Office of International Students and Scholars. The candidate should bring his or her passport and all immigration documents. A member of the OISS staff will explore with the department and the candidate whether the candidate’s present status is satisfactory for employment at Yale, and, if not, what options exist to cover the proposed period of employment. The following considerations help determine the non-immigrant status for which the individual should apply:
1. Nature and duration of the initial appointment.
2. Amount of time available before the candidate is to take up the position.
3. Candidate’s immigration history.
4. Long-terms plans of the University and the candidate (Is the nature of the employment likely to change? Will the candidate wish to remain in the country?)
5. Possibilities of employment for the spouse.
6. Tax implications.
7. International travel plans.
The following list of visa classifications are typically used for faculty and staff:
J-1 Exchange Visitor Professor or Researcher. Available to visiting scholars, postdoctoral appointees, visiting and temporary faculty and research staff. The J-1 status cannot be used for a ladder faculty position. The source of salary support can be from sources other than Yale. (Limited to three years.)
H-1B Temporary Worker. The individual must be a Yale employee holding a position on the faculty, including lecturer, lector, and research appointments. (Limited to six years.)
O-1 Person of Exceptional Ability. The individual must be a Yale employee and a person of demonstrated national and international prominence. The initial period of stay is up to three years with one-year extensions thereafter. There is no maximum cumulative duration.
U.S. Permanent Resident. (Immigrant status, i.e. “green card.”) Persons eligible for Yale’s sponsorship for U.S. permanent resident status include teaching and research faculty appointments (including lecturers and lectors with multiple-year appointments). Yale does not sponsor postdoctoral fellows or associates for U.S. permanent resident status.
Special Procedures for Faculty Positions. To assure consideration for U.S. permanent resident status, a new faculty member must be in touch with the Office of International Students and Scholars during the first six months of his or her first appointment. It is possible to use the original faculty search as the basis of an application for U.S. permanent resident application, but only if the application is filed within 18 months of the position being offered.
International Tax Office. The Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) requires that the University apply specific federal tax
withholding and reporting rules to payments made to international students and
scholars. For U.S. tax purposes, individuals are classified in one of the
following categories: U.S. citizens,
permanent resident aliens (i.e. green card holders), resident aliens, or
nonresident aliens.
The International Tax Office (located at 155 Whitney Avenue) provides
guidance and responds to questions concerning federal tax withholding and
reporting of payments made to individuals who are neither U.S. citizens nor
U.S. permanent residents. This is a service offered by the Yale Tax Department
for the benefit of international students, scholars and visitors of Yale
University.
The International Tax office meets with the international student,
scholar or visitor on a one-on-one basis to determine the individual’s
residency status for tax purposes and to determine the proper federal income
tax and FICA withholding. The International Tax office reviews and processes
applicable tax treaty exemption forms.
The International Tax office cannot advise individuals with regard to
their personal tax situation. The international individual should contact
his/her tax accountant for personal tax advice.
Use of Outside Counsel. Unless previously authorized by OISS and the General Counsel’s Office, outside counsel may not represent the University, or sign any documents on behalf of the University, in any application that yields an immigration benefit for a University employee. Applications submitted to the INS or Department of Labor that do not bear an OISS signature will not be processed.
The Office of International Students and Scholars seeks to protect the privacy of foreign nationals, in accordance with general University guidelines on the disclosure of information. Data on immigration status will be provided only as required by federal regulation.
OISS maintains up-to-date information about the regulations and procedures involved in hiring and hosting international scholars on its website.
The Accommodation Program is designed to facilitate individual accommodations for current and prospective Yale faculty and staff who have disabilities. A faculty member in need of such an accommodation should contact the Director of the Office for Equal Opportunity Programs as early as possible. Some typical accommodations include authorization to use the special services van, preferential parking locations, adaptive computer hardware and software, and physical modifications in buildings.
Yale Travel Services and Medical Center Travel are the preferred travel agencies of Yale University. The two travel offices are available to faculty for business, personal, domestic, and international travel. They also offer discounts on airfare, hotel, car rental, and ground transportation. A list of preferred vendors can be found on the travel web page.
By using Yale Travel Services, travelers may bill airline tickets directly to their department account, subject to appropriate department authorization. The travel requisition forms are available in the department business offices. The Yale University policy and procedures for travel are available on the website.
The University Parking and Transit Service administers parking for faculty and staff and allocates parking permits for which monthly fees are charged. Copies of the regulations and applications for parking-lot permits may be obtained from the Parking Service.
Members of the faculty who park in Yale-owned lots automatically pay for parking with pre-tax dollars through regular payroll deductions. Those who commute to work by mass transit or park in non-Yale lots may participate in the Yale pre-tax mass transit or parking benefit.
Identification cards are required for all employees. Members of the faculty must visit in person one of the University’s I.D. centers. These centers are located at 246 Church Street for the central and science campus and at 333 Cedar Street, IE-41, Sterling Hall of Medicine, for the medical campus. I.D. cards must be validated each June by a sticker distributed through the employee’s department.
Yale identification cards are available to spouses and same-gender domestic partners of faculty with appointments for six months or more and employed at least half time. The spouse or partner must visit in person the central or medical I.D. centers. Proof of marriage is required. Domestic partners are requested to obtain the “Verification of Domestic Partners” form from the Benefits Office before applying for an I.D. card. Some of the privileges this I.D. card permits are borrowing books from the University Library, access to Yale Shuttle bus, and employee membership rates at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and the Yale Golf Course. Please call one of the I.D. centers for additional information.
Letters of introduction for faculty members who plan to travel abroad are provided by the Office of the Secretary.
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