Incentivizing Faculty to Voluntarily Vacate Private Offices
As Facilities leaders seek to improve space utilization on campus, private faculty offices remain an area of opportunity and frustration. On one hand, technology advances and simple faculty preference result in faculty members increasingly working from locations across campus or from home. On the other hand, faculty’s right to private offices is a long-standing tradition, and few campus leaders are willing to mandate any changes.
Luckily, a few institutions have had early success incentivizing faculty to voluntarily vacate their private offices.
Incentive option #1: Provide an annual stipend for faculty who move to shared offices
The University of San Francisco (USF) offers a straightforward incentive program for any full-time faculty member willing to move to a shared office. Faculty receive an annual $3,000 lump-sum bonus for voluntarily vacating their private office in favor of a shared one.
Elements of the University of San Francisco’s faculty office withdrawal program
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Voluntary enrollment
Faculty can voluntarily surrender their private offices
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Guaranteed shared office space
Enrolled faculty are assigned a permanent desk in a shared office
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Lump-sum bonus
Faculty who enroll receive an annual bonus of $3,000 in a single payment
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