Institutions can deploy the Virtual TA service to suit their particular circumstances. For example, research universities have different requirements from teaching-intensive institutions in terms of faculty priorities and expectations. Here are two engagement models:
Faculty Spending Account
(e.g. block-grants for travel, RA, software, data, etc)
- Academic units set Virtual-TA $-limits for each instructor
- Faculty decide how to use Virtual-TA for within set limits
- Usage trends inform future allocations of funds.
- Faculty & chair decide productivity quid pro quo terms: +courses, +research, +service, etc.
Institutional Engagement
(institution, college, school, department or program)
- Institution buys a set volume of papers to be graded; billing is on actuals only, not projections.
- Deans, Vice Provosts manage it for school or campus.
- Use it to incentivize research, support large, core classes.
- Faculty & unit-head agree on productivity quid pro quo.