The University Faculty Leaves Committee, using criteria outlined in Policy 6.15 Faculty Leaves, will evaluate all requests for sabbatical leaves, department chair comments, and dean recommendations, and recommend approval or denial to the Provost. For those proposals recommended for approval, the University Faculty Leaves Committee provides a rank ordering to the Provost. For those proposals recommended for denial, the University Faculty Leaves Committee provides formative feedback to the faculty member's department chair regarding the proposal.