TERESITA TANHUECO-TUMAPON

DETAIL, secondment and sabbatical in the academic field are not just alternative terms for taking off from the daily grind in one’s assigned office. If one were a college dean, one would be writing/going over reports to higher ups; or if a program head or department chairman, reviewing student evaluations of academics; or if a teaching academic, reading student capstones 6 inches away from one’s nose, etc. The terms detail, secondment and sabbatical may offer one a temporary new working environment. Hence, any one of these terms is not a vacation from work. Such leaves, however, seem an uncommon provision in Philippine universities. A dozen or so state colleges and universities do have sabbaticals, but seldom occurs in private academia, much less to have an academic detailed or seconded. In 1988, I introduced sabbaticals in a state college that I headed and which gave great returns to the college. Some private universities do have sabbaticals; I myself underwent a sabbatical.

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