ABSTRACT
Outside appointments are enjoyable, educational, and mutually beneficial to home and outside institutions. At most home institutions, there are policies to guide such non-leave outside appointments at foreign universities. Home and outside institutions benefit from faculty exchange and collaboration on research, teaching, and service initiatives. A department chair responsible for covering courses with instructors may ask whether this outside appointment will lead to class cancellations because a visit to the outside institution during term was extended due to an unforeseen complication, like an airline pilot strike. Being forward will help everyone make an informed decision, which is then more likely to be in the affirmative. It is a privilege to work in an institution dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge. It is a gold-plated privilege to have occasional opportunities to change institutional venue, be part of a different learning community, and bring new insights back home.
