2024-91

2024-91

Motion Introduced by: Office of the Provost of the University

          

Date of First Reading: April 29, 2024

Date of Second Reading: April 29, 2024

Title of Motion: ACD 505–02: Faculty Membership, Appointment Categories, Ranks, and Titles

Action Requested: Senate to approve changes to ACD 505-02

Rationale:

 Existing language

Instructor and Instructor, ABD

Instructor and instructor, ABD are annual, fixed-term appointments. Instructor may include appointments to positions with teaching assignments and limited service and/or professional development responsibilities. Instructor, ABD must be used as a temporary designation for newly hired individuals who, upon completion of their dissertations or other final terminal degree requirements, will be ranked as assistant professors. See ACD 506–03, “Faculty Probationary Appointments” for more information on the instructor, ABD appointment."

New Language

Instructors, Senior Instructors, Principal Instructors

 

Instructors, Senior Instructors, and Principal Instructors are annual, fixed-term appointments. The title within the track of instructor may be given to faculty whose appointments focus on teaching and mentoring assignments. A senior instructor generally has a minimum of five years of college-level teaching experience or equivalent qualifications and experience. A principal instructor generally has a minimum of seven years of college-level teaching experience or equivalent qualifications and experience.

 

Instructor, ABD

 

Instructor, ABD must be used as a temporary designation for newly hired individuals who, upon completion of their dissertations or other final terminal degree requirements, will be ranked as assistant professors. See ACD 506–03, “Faculty Probationary Appointments” for more information on the instructor, ABD appointment."

Track Changes

Instructor and

Instructors,  Senior Instructors, and Principal Instructor are annual, fixed-term appointments. The title within the track of Instructor may be given to faculty whose appointments focus on teaching and mentoring assignments. A senior instructor generally has a minimum of five years of college-level teaching experience or equivalent qualifications and experience. A principal instructor generally has a minimum of seven years of college-level teaching experience of equivalent qualification and experience.

Instructor, ABD Instructor, ABD must be used as a temporary designation for newly hired individuals who, upon completion of their dissertations or other final terminal degree requirements, will be ranked as assistant professors. See ACD 506–03, “Faculty Probationary Appointments” for more information on the instructor, ABD appointment.