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sabbaticals  

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  • Sabbaticals, which were first introduced at Harvard in 1880, have become a form of paid leave offered to faculty by nearly all United States universities, more than 80 percent of four-year colleges, and 60 percent of two-year colleges. Sabbaticals, derived from the Hebrew Shenath shabbathon, or year of rest, commonly are defined as paid leaves of absence for purposes of personal and/or professional development. [Source: Encyclopedia of Career Development; Sabbaticals]

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