Faculty members on a tenure track must be full-time and appointed to one of
the standard ranks: Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or
Instructor. These appointments are made in accordance with the individual's
qualifications and experience, but require appropriate credentials including the
terminal degree from an accredited institution. The terminal degree shall be
consistent with the profession or discipline.
The rank of Instructor is a full-time appointment. Although the time in rank of
Instructor can be part of the probationary period, tenure will be granted only
if the person meets all of the requirements for promotion and tenure.
Under appropriate circumstances where there are special needs in academic
programs that require faculty experience for accreditation or other scholarly,
artistic or research reasons, full-time faculty may be appointed in non-tenure
track positions. These appointments are made with the following titles: Senior
Lecturer, Lecturer II, Lecturer I, Clinical Professor, Associate Clinical
Professor, Assistant Clinical Professor, Clinical Instructor, Research
Professor, Associate Research Professor, Assistant Research Professor,
Artist-in-Residence or Scholar-in-Residence.
In addition the University may employ part and full-time faculty for short
periods as non-tenure track appointments. These appointments are made with the
following titles: Visiting Professor, Associate Visiting Professor, Assistant
Visiting Professor, Adjunct Faculty and Clinical Adjunct Faculty.
All tenure track appointments are expected to be full-time and salaried unless
an exception is granted. All other titles in the series may be full-time or
part-time, salaried or non-salaried.
See Appendix VIII, Descriptions of Ranks
and Titles
See Section C, Faculty Compensation
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