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c) Other Part-time Faculty
Part-time teachers other than adjunct teachers are persons who teach less than
a full load and whose remuneration is on a per course basis. This does not
include senior or other faculty with reduced loads. This rank can include: (1)
retired faculty, (2) teachers who would prefer full-time employment but
cannot be given a full-time position, and (3) teachers who choose part-time
employment but have no full-time employment outside the home. These
appointments are appropriate provided that such teachers have office space in
which to meet with students, library access, laboratory access, where
applicable, and secretarial support.
d) Senior Appointments with Reduced Loads
A tenured faculty member with at least twenty- five (25) years of service is
eligible for up to a 33 reduction in his/her overall duties to the university. The
faculty member would have proportionate loss of salary but no loss of
protections of due process or any other entitlements of tenure.
Where the action to reduce a full-time tenured faculty member to part-time
status is mandated by a declared financial exigency or discontinuance of a
program, the benefits of tenure shall be preserved and salary shall be continued
on a pro rata basis.
The related standards adopted by each academic unit shall include the
minimum criteria stated above and must be approved by the University and the
Board of Regents. The academic unit standards are incorporated by reference
in this manual.
C. Distinguished and Endowed Faculty
Distinguished professorships, University chairs, and titled professorships are
appointments made in recognition of exceptional achievement by the faculty
member so appointed. The priorities emphasized – teaching, research, service- for
conferring a chair /professorship can vary depending upon the purposes of the
professorship or chair.
Ordinarily, a University chair is funded by an endowment, which constitutes the
only or primary source of the holder’s remuneration. For holders of Titled
Professorships, the remuneration comes from state funds, supplemented by
endowments or other grants to the University. In all cases, nominations of
candidates for titled professorships and chairs must be open and publicly solicited.
The selection process shall involve members of the academic community and a
search process shall be undertaken.
Each department with a graduate component may initiate the selection of its
graduate faculty. The minimum requirement for selection is (a) A terminal degree
is required, meaning a doctorate degree in the teaching field of graduate instruction,
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