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CPHEU Workload Report

Statement from Dr. Paul Tayler, V.P. of Higher Education AFT Utah and Chairperson of the Coalition for Public Higher Education in Utah:

"With the conclusion of the academic year, we have been successful in our discussions with representatives from USHE. They were understanding of the issues we presented in our investigation and will be considering the report later this month in the administrative meetings on workload. USHE also requested additional information, which we are including as an addendum to the report. We are hopeful of positive impacts on current workload policies."

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Workload in Utah’s Institutions Of
Higher Education

For purposes of this paper we will define Workload according to the definition of the Utah System of Higher Education in Faculty Workload Guidelines, R485 (attached.) The basis of workload is the “credit hour equivalent,” which, in turn, is based on the credit hours a student receives toward graduation for a given course. A credit hour may not be the ideal standard to use because of its variability in content and effort, but to paraphrase Winston Church, it may be bad, but it is better than all other options available. As long as the