Workday Training Pathways: Academic Staffing

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The Academic Staffing Workday Training Pathway is intended to support employees with Academic Staffing responsibilities by providing an overview the processes associated with faculty academic appointments. To enroll in this Pathway on Workday Learning:

  1. Navigate to the Academic Staffing Training Pathway program.
  2. Select Enroll. 

Note: All prior completion of lessons and courses count toward requirements for completing this program, but you may re-access all completed training as desired.

  • Academic Appointments -- how to add, update, and end an academic appointment

In addition to the Computer-Based Training courses listed above, the following job aids provide step-by-step instructions on several processes commonly used by workers with these security roles:

  • Academic Appointments
    Explains how to create appointments for faculty via the Add Academic Appointments task; edit via the Update Academic Appointments task; and end an appointment via the End Academic Appointments task.
  • Academic Staffing Processes Overview
    Describes the processes by which Human Resources (HCM staff) and Academic staff address commonly encountered scenarios related to adding and updating human resources data and faculty academic records in Workday, including:
    • Faculty Promotion
    • Tenure/Permanent Status Awarded
    • Tenure/Permanent Status Denied
    • Faculty Retires, Resigns, or Separates from the University
    • Contractual (Fixed Term) Faculty Renewal
    • Faculty Switches Tracks
    • Faculty Assumes Concurrent Role While Remaining in Faculty Role
    • Faculty Receives Renewal in Concurrent Role
    • Faculty Concurrent Role Ends
    • Faculty Transitions to an Exempt Role
    • Faculty Teaches Course Overload
    • Faculty Carries out Supplemental Activities
    • Faculty Position is Funded by Separate Sources
    • Tenure/Permanent Status Clock Extension
  • Adding Emeritx Status to an Employee
    Explains how to assign Emeritx status to retiring or former employees, as well as the process for reactivating a worker with Emeritx status to active employment.

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Article ID: 118
Created
Fri 5/22/26 2:34 PM
Modified
Thu 5/28/26 4:15 PM