Faculty Membership

.001   Membership in the Faculty of a School or Department is held by persons with valid appointments to one of the four generally recognized Faculty ranks, namely, Ordinary Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or Instructor. 

.002   Distinguished Professors not attached to a School or Department may be appointed to Faculty membership according to norms applicable for the appointment of Ordinary Professors (D-3.141), provided each such appointment is specifically approved by the Academic Senate.  

.003   For purposes of procedures outlined below for appointments and promotions, Ordinary Professors and Associate Professors will be referred to as Senior Faculty; Assistant Professors and Instructors and Junior Faculty.

.004   Appointments to regular membership in a Faculty are of three kinds: appointments with continuous tenure, term appointments probationary for tenure, and contract appointments without tenure.  Contract appointments without tenure are distinguished by a prefix to the professional title as appropriate to the academic field and function (e.g. "clinical," "professional practice").

.005   Others may be associated with a Faculty (a) as Professors Emeriti; (b) in Research, Visiting, or Adjunct capacities, as designated by the prefix to the professional title; (c) as Lecturers; (d) as Research Associates, Clinical Associates, or Visiting Scholars; or (e) as Teaching or Research Assistants.  In each case, an appointee has such privileges as the Department or School may grant, except the privileges of voting and serving in an administrative capacity within the Faculty (i.e. as dean or chair, or as associate dean or chair), which are enjoyed only by regular members of a Faculty as defined in the paragraphs above.  Association with a Faculty, regardless of length of service or type of appointment (full-time or part-time), does not entitle the appointee to regular membership in a Faculty except through procedures for recruitment and appointment of Faculty as provided in Section C. Procedures for Appointments and Promotions.

.006   Policies and procedures governing the prerogatives of membership and of rank in a Faculty, or of other association with a Faculty, are derived from and are administered within the context of collegial relationships in which the Academic Senate is empowered to "share with the President and the immediate responsibility for the academic governing of the university by establishing, maintaining, supervising and in general being responsible for the academic policies of the university" (Bylaws II, 6).  The specific requirements for each rank or title and the procedures for appointment and promotion are those recommended by the Academic Senate (Constitution of the Academic Senate, Art. XI-XIII).  They are set out in Section D. Criteria for Reviews.