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TOPIC: Academic Rank Criteria
EFFECTIVE DATE: /85
REVISED: /00
RESPONSIBLE OFFICE:
The following ranks for full-time faculty are also described by the current UMS-AFUM agreement:
LECTURER
Lecturers are usually individuals whose appointments are temporary because of
limited need for their services. Tenure will not be granted to a
person holding
this rank. Time served as a Lecturer will not be counted toward fulfilling a
probationary period.
INSTRUCTOR
An Instructor should hold a master’s degree, and should be
actively engaged
in graduate or other professional study. An Instructor is not
eligible for tenure
while holding that rank.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
To be appointed to the rank of Assistant Professor, an individual should have
completed thirty or more graduate hours beyond that of the
master’s degree
in a doctoral program and have the equivalent of three years of
college teaching
experience. An Assistant Professor must also have demonstrated
interest in maintaining
and improving his or her professional competence.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
To be appointed to the rank of Associate Professor, an individual
should normally
have had at least six years of college teaching experience, an
earned doctorate
degree, or education and experience of an equivalent nature. An
individual granted
to rank of Associate Professor must have demonstrated thorough professional
competence in his or her field, and must have demonstrated creative
performance
in those areas of instruction required by the mission of the academic unit to
which he or she belongs. An Associate Professor must show definite
promise for
continued development, both as a teacher generally and as a specialist in his
or her discipline. An Associate Professor should have the reputation for
making contributions,
creative and/or scholarly, to his or her field, to the institution,
and to the
community.
PROFESSOR
To be appointed to the rank of Professor, an individual must normally have a
minimum of nine years of college teaching, an earned doctorate, and
have demonstrated
ability of a high order in the role of university teacher. An
individual granted
the rank of Professor must have demonstrated thorough professional competence
in his or her field, and must have demonstrated creative performance in those
areas of instruction required by the mission of the academic unit to which he
or she belongs. A Professor must show definite promise for
continued development,
both as a teacher generally as a specialist in his or her
discipline. A Professor
should have the reputation for making contributions, creative
and/or scholarly,
to his or her field, to the institution, and to the community.
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