3.1 Definition of Teaching Faculty
The teaching faculty consists of all persons with an appointment to the faculty with one of the following academic ranks: instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor.
The faculty consists of the teaching faculty, the professional librarians, and those members of the administrative staff who are given faculty status by the procedure of 1.6.2.
Part-time teachers and adjuncts, although members of the teaching staff, are not members of the teaching faculty.
All members of the teaching staff must possess an academic degree one level above the level at which they teach or must possess equivalent experience. For instruction at the baccalaureate level, teaching staff must hold one of the following:
- A master’s degree.
- A bachelor’s degree, professional licensure in the relevant area (e.g., RN, CPA or PE), and at least three years of experience in an area directly related to the subject matter being taught.
- A bachelor’s degree and at least five years of experience in an area directly related to the subject matter being taught.
For instruction at the master’s level, teaching staff must hold one of the following:
- A Ph.D. or other terminal degree in the field.
- A master’s degree, professional licensure in the relevant area, and at least three years of experience in an area directly related to the subject matter being taught.
- A master’s degree and at least five years of experience in an area directly related to the subject matter being taught.
In all cases of teaching staff without the higher degree, at the time of initial appointment as well as at each change in teaching assignment the department chair must address in writing the nature of the experience that the candidate has and how it is directly related to the teaching assignment of the candidate.
