Opportunities for Faculty
There are now many opportunities for Ohio-based faculty and our European-based faculty to teach at Maimi's Luxembourg campus. Past professors have found these all these experiences enriching, challenging, stimulating – even thrilling. Part of the reason for this is the enthusiasm and dedication of MUDEC students who are typically highly motivated and engaged. MUDEC student alumni often report that their experiences in the program are among the most intellectually stimulating and personally enriching of their college years. This atmosphere is obviously wonderful for Ohio faculty to take part in, but it does require a special sort of commitment. Faculty should be interested in a teaching assignment that entails a high level of interest in and contact with students. Full-time MUDEC professors play an important role in student advising, counseling, and guidance. They typically live on the campus and often dine with the students. They also participate in the various extracurricular activities sponsored by MUDEC and in academic and social functions in the Luxembourg community. The Ohio-based faculty at our Luxembourg campus provide the Dean of MUDEC with the support and cooperation needed to maintain the multiple facets of the Luxembourg program.
Teaching positions at Miami-Luxembourg:
Base Course Professors (appointments for 1-2 years)
Visiting Professors (appointments for 1 semester)
Summer Program positions
Call for Proposals for 2009-2010 / 2009-2011 Base Course Professor Positions:
The Call for Proposals for the 2009-10 /2009-11 Base Course Professor positions on the Luxembourg campus was emailed to the Deans and Chairs on January 18, 2008. It is also available from this web site. Click here for a PDF file. The deadline for a one-page statement of interest is Tuesday, March 4, 2008.
Call for Proposals for 2008-09 Visiting Professor Positions:
The Call for Proposals for the 2008-09 Visiting Professor positions on the Luxembourg campus has been emailed to the Deans and Chairs. It is also available from this web site. Click here for a PDF file. The deadline for applications was Thursday, November 1, 2007.
The Call for Proposals for the 2009 Luxembourg Campus Summer Program:
The Call for Proposals for the Summer 2009 teaching positions on the Luxembourg campus has been emailed to the Deans and Chairs. It is also available from this web site. Click here for a PDF file. One-page statements of interest are due by Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Full proposals are due by Monday, June 30, 2008.
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Base Course Professor Positions:
Teaching duties
Study tours
Financial considerationsThe base courses are an integral part of the MUDEC experience. We encourage applications from any discipline. These appointments are for either one or two years. The call for proposals for base-course professors will go out in January 2008 for the academic years 2009-2010 or 2009-2011. Proposals are due in late March of 2008.
Each semester, the Ohio base-course professor’s teaching assignment consists of two courses: a 4-hour base course and a 3-hour related course. Professors may (but are not required to) offer the same set of courses every semester. Base courses are usually configured so as to become part of a Luxembourg thematic sequence at MUDEC.
The four-hour base courses must include a significant experiential component: a five- to seven-day study tour in which the professor and students travel together to enhance and illustrate the materials presented in the classroom. A well-designed study tour will have a mix of academic, topical and cultural visits, tours, lectures or other experiences. Study tours offer educational opportunities that cannot be had on the Ohio campuses. Base-course faculty assume leadership in organizing, coordinating and running the tours. Assistance with travel arrangements is provided by the MUDEC staff.
Typically one semester per year, the 3-hour related course must be one of MUDEC’s mini-study tour courses. These courses will include a four-day-long field study tour (including a weekend) similar in nature to the base-course study tour. As with the base-course study tour, the mini-study tour should be an integral component of the course, designed to illustrate and enhance the topics and issues discussed in the classroom. The mini-study-tour course meets three hours per week in the classroom for only seven weeks of the MUDEC semester. Part of an eighth week is spent on the study tour. Typically one semester per year, the 3-hour course will not have a mini-study tour and will meet conventionally, three hours per week for the entire semester. This course may be one already taught by the applicant in Ohio, but needs to be adapted to the European setting.
To help offset the cost of traveling to and living in Luxembourg, the following special financial arrangements have been approved by the Provost:
- Temporary entry-level replacement positions are usually provided to the faculty member’s department while he or she is on assignment at MUDEC.
- A housing allowance of $350 per month for all months resident in Luxembourg. It is expected that residency on campus coincides with the terms of the teaching appointment.
- One round trip airfare to Luxembourg for base-course faculty and family who will be in residence in Luxembourg for the entire academic year or years. (Airfare will not be provided for family visits.)
- A relocation allowance of $1500 for a one-year appointment and $3000 for a two-year appointment
- A baggage allowance of $1500 for single faculty members and $3000 for faculty accompanied by their family.
- A Foreign Post Allowance based on living costs in Luxembourg adjusted for fluctuations in the value of the US dollar relative to the Euro.
- The eligibility to apply for a special summer grant of $4000. Please note that this grant is not possible if the faculty member is already earning his/her maximum allowable summer income. (See http://www.units.muohio.edu/aao/policies/index.php for details.) The grant is intended to permit: a) the undertaking of research not possible during the academic year or b) on-site preparation for the MUDEC course, e.g., obtaining course materials and planning field work. One-year appointees may apply for one grant, for the summer prior to the start of their MUDEC appointment (or the following summer). Two-year appointees may apply for two such grants, one for the summer prior to their taking up their appointment at the center, and one for the summer between the two years of the appointment.
In addition to the financial arrangements above, significant income tax advantages usually apply for those spending two years abroad.
Families with children have found the MUDEC experience very enjoyable. If you have young or school-aged children, we recommend that you contact faculty families recently or currently in Luxembourg. Contact information of former appointees can be obtained from the MUDEC office in Oxford. A partial tuition reduction at the International School might be available to Miami faculty children, pending acceptance to the school. The percentage paid by the Provost’s office will depend on the number of children involved.
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Visiting Professor Positions:
Teaching duties
Study tours
Financial considerationsMUDEC’s Visiting Professor Program has two basic goals: to enhance the depth and diversity of the intellectual life of the Campus and the Luxembourg community; and to encourage faculty to commence or continue study of European topics, or to incorporate a transatlantic comparative element into their teaching and/or research.
Ohio-based visiting professors teach at MUDEC for one semester. We encourage applications from any discipline. Any full-time member of the Miami faculty who is tenured or tenure-track is eligible. Please note that an Assigned Research Appointment – Off Campus or Faculty Improvement Leave is NOT necessary. Instead, the Office of the Provost will provide the appointee a "Luxembourg Leave" with full salary and benefits, and provide the appointee's home department with a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor position while the appointee is at MUDEC. The call for proposals for visiting professors went out in September 2007 for the fall or spring semesters of the 2008-2009 academic year. Proposals are due November 1, 2007.
The teaching contribution from an appointed visiting professor will be a single three-credit course that will have a built-in, four-day-long field study tour. The study tour will be a shorter version of the highly successful base-course study tour model that is so integral to the MUDEC experience. The visiting professor’s “mini-study tour” should be an integral component of the course, designed to illustrate and enhance the topics and issues discussed in the classroom. A well-designed study tour will have a mix of academic, topical and cultural visits, tours, lectures or other experiences. The mini-study-tour course will meet in the classroom for 3 hours per week for seven weeks of the MUDEC 12-instruction-week semester. Part of an eighth week is spent on the study tour. Visiting professors assume leadership in organizing, coordinating and running the field study tours associated with their courses. Assistance with some travel arrangements is provided by the MUDEC staff.
During the fall and spring semesters, the eight-week mini-study-tour courses will be offered by the two Ohio-based visiting professors, one or two base-course professors and one to three other members of the MUDEC faculty, for a total of five such courses in all. Every MUDEC student will be required to take one of these courses along with their other requirements. Class sizes are typically between 20 and 40 students. In all likelihood, the mini-study-tour course will begin at the start of the semester, and its study tour will occur in the fifth or sixth week of the semester, followed by one or two weeks to wrap up the course and process the learning that was accomplished during the study tour. The visiting professors will then be free to pursue research or other interests in the remaining weeks of the semester.
To help offset the cost of traveling to and living in Luxembourg, the following special financial arrangements have been approved by the Provost:
- The European Center provides each visiting professor with a relocation allowance ($3000 in 2006/07), supplementary to the normal salary.
- Each Ohio-based visiting professor can apply for a “mini study tour preparation grant” of up to $3000 to prepare for the MUDEC course and mini-study tour. The $3000 will be awarded as reimbursement for spent funds and must be documented to and approved by the Dean of MUDEC.
- While residing in Luxembourg, the visiting professor has the use of a computer and shared office space at the Center. The Dean of MUDEC will help the individual establish professional contacts in Luxembourg and find housing. In recent years visiting faculty have found accommodation in the Château or the Villa on the MUDEC campus, providing comfortable, convenient and reasonably-priced housing.
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MUDEC Summer Program Teaching Positions
Teaching duties
Study tours
In the summer 2007, MUDEC established a new summer program. There are three positions open for this program, which are preferably filled with a combination of Ohio-based and European-based professors. All qualified Ohio-based and Luxembourg-based faculty are encouraged to apply.
Each appointed professor teaches a 3-credit component of a 9-credit summer workshop at MUDEC. The three courses are designed and chosen to fit together into a 9-credit, interdisciplinary thematic sequence entitled European Culture and Society. The courses will all meet simultaneously at MUDEC during a seven-week period at the beginning of the summer. One or two of the courses will comprise a week-long study tour as part of the fulfillments of its requirements and hours. Enrollment is 40-45 students. The call for proposals for the summer positions go out in March or April for the summer of the following year. Pre-proposals will be due in May 2008 and full proposals in June of 2008 for the summer of 2009.
Applicants submit a proposal for one three-credit course. It is also possible for a group of faculty to submit proposals for a set of three courses that form a Thematic Sequence.
The courses fall into one of two categories:
- The first category is a 3-hour course with no study tour. Such a course will meet, on average, four days per week, one hour and 40 minutes per day for seven weeks. In addition, there will be a week-long break after four or five weeks for the study tour(s), so the period of stay in Luxembourg is about eight weeks. The workshop is run through the Office of Continuing Education and like all workshops, its budget is enrollment driven. Help with setting up the workshop and handling the budget is provided by Raymond Manes, the Assistant Dean at MUDEC.
- The second category applies to one or two of the courses which will include a study tour that constitutes a significant experiential component related to the topic of study. Study tours offer an educational, bond-forming, first-hand experience that cannot be had on the Ohio campuses. The study tour runs for about a week and during that week, the study tour replaces the usual class meetings. Study tours go to different destinations as determined by the course content. Study-tour-course faculty assume leadership in organizing, coordinating and running the tours. During the weeks when the study-tour course is not traveling, it meets an average of three days per week for 1 hour and 15 minutes each day.
- See Call above for more details.
updated 08-Apr-2008