Term Academic Activity Report (TAAR) Requirements 

In compliance with Ohio Board of Regents/Higher Education Institution (OBR/HEI), all course sections must be assigned to a full-time faculty member, a part-time faculty member, or a teaching graduate assistant. The data collected from the Academic Activity File is required for annual reporting to OBR/HEI, and the completion of updates to the file is extremely time-sensitive.

For those who require assistance in TAARs completion, please visit our Term Academic Activity Reporting (TAARS) training materials page for information regarding processing the TAAR’s in PeopleSoft. 

After the 14^th day of the Spring and Fall semesters, the academic activity is loaded from the registrar’s file. All academic activity for full-time faculty, and graduate assistants must be updated by September 28, 2022.  After an academic activity report audit on September 29, 2022, Human Resources Operations & Employment will contact departments if a course is missing an instructor assignment.

Term Academic Activity Reports (TAARs)

Full-time Faculty:  A TAAR must be completed for each full-time 9, 10, or 12 month faculty member.  Teaching activity listed on the TAAR is taken from the registrar’s files. 

Contract Professionals:  No TAARs will print for this group of employees.  If a Contract Professional is teaching a class and NOT receiving additional pay, the teaching activity must be completed on a Personnel Action Form (PAF).  The PAF should indicate “AAF” and only needs the Dean's approval signature.  Please send the PAF to The Office of Academic Affairs.

Part-time Faculty: TAARs are NOT required for part-time faculty.  The academic activity for part-time faculty is obtained and updated by HR Operations & Employment from the reappointment spreadsheets and submitted PAFs. 

Reminder – Do not return the paper copies of the TAARs to Human Resources. Departments should forward the completed forms to their respective Dean for signature.  The original forms should be retained by the department or Dean’s office, as applicable for each college.

If you have any questions regarding TAARs processing for full-time faculty, please contact Derek Brown djb132@uakron.edu (x8402). For Graduate Assistant questions, please contact the Graduate School.