American Federation of Teachers (AFT - Part-time Faculty, less than .50 FTE)

Article 7. RIGHTS OF MEMBERS

Section 2. Facilities. All members shall have access to a desk or other appropriate working table, a filing cabinet, telephone, mailbox, and a room in which the member can meet privately with students during the member's scheduled office hours. Members shall have reasonable access to duplicating services, office supplies, computers, storage space, and support staff as made available to other members of the Department or administrative unit during the regular office hours of the Department. All members of the bargaining unit will be provided with electronic mail and voicemail accounts upon request to the Department chair.

American Association of University Professors (AAUP - Full-time Faculty, .50 FTE or more)

Article 24. WORKING CONDITIONS

Section 5. The University recognizes the importance of individual office space for instructional faculty members. The University also recognizes the increasing importance of educational media and information technology and its applications to effective teaching, learning, research, and communication; the University will offer the appropriate in-service training. The Association acknowledges that instructional faculty are responsible for obtaining appropriate technological and pedagogical training in the application and use of instructional technologies for teaching.

(a) The University will provide e-mail and Internet access to all represented members.

The Association and the University agree that the following are to be considered the minimum office components for bargaining unit instructional faculty:

Desk and office chair

Side chair

Bookcase or book shelves

File cabinet (with lock)

Waste basket

Telephone (with voice mail access)

Personal computer* (adequate for normal internet access, word processing, and use of e-mail)

[*In some cases, shared access to personal computers may be adequate.]