10. Faculty Rank: General Conditions of
Appointment
a. Full-Time Faculty
Full-time
faculty ranks are: Instructor, Assistant
Professor, Associate Professor, Professor,
and University Professor and Distinguished
Professor.
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provided below, all appointments to faculty
ranks within the Washington College of Law
are on the recommendation of the faculty
of the Washington College of Law (with the
concurrence of the dean) and constitute
appointments to the faculty of the recommending
school or college.
Appointments at any rank may be made
jointly to two or more faculties of the
University, with the same rank in each. |
| b. Visiting Faculty |
| A person who is on leave from the full-time teaching
faculty of an accredited college or university
or from a comparable educational, research, or policy
institution may be appointed on an
annual basis as Visiting Professor, Visiting
Associate Professor, or Visiting Assistant
Professor.
If full-time faculty appointment
to the University faculty is desired, the
same qualifications and procedures shall
apply as for initial appointments to full-time
faculty ranks.
Recommendations for reappointment
of visiting faculty shall be made annually. A visiting appointment should not be renewed
for more than two consecutive years.
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Faculty are entitled to specific resources
and access to specific facilities of the
university as determined by the dean of
the college or school to which they have
been appointed.
While the conditions and prerequisites
of employment are not the same as tenure
or tenure track faculty, all other rules,
policies and procedures that relate to the
teaching faculty of the university apply. |
| c. In-Residence Faculty |
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An
"In-Residence" faculty appointment
allows for flexibility where there is
a desire to provide for the presence of
a distinguished and prominent individual
to American University. The positions
that are given "In-Residence"
designation may be full- or part-time
and include, but are not limited to, Writer,
Artist, Diplomat, Poet, Scholar, Lecturer,
Executive, Journalist, Jurist, Practicing
Attorney, and Emeritus In-Residence. Such
an appointment is initiated by the Committee
on Rank and Tenure with prior consultation
with the dean of the Washington College
of Law and the dean of academic affairs
on behalf of the provost. The procedures
for making the appointment will be those
regularly followed for personnel appointment
to full- and part-time positions. The
specific duties, privileges, and remuneration
of In-Residence appointees will be negotiated
on an individual basis. In all cases of
multi-year, In-Residence appointments,
the holder of an In-Residence appointment
will be evaluated annually on the specifications
stipulated in the negotiated contract
by the Committee on Rank and Tenure, and
the dean of the Washington College of
Law, and the dean of academic affairs.
No holder of an In-Residence appointment
may be reappointed without a positive
evaluation on the specifications stipulated
in the negotiated contract by the faculty
of the Washington College of Law, the
dean of the Washington College of Law,
and dean of academic affairs. |
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with the exception of emeriti/emeritae,
no person who has served in any other full-time
position at American University may be appointed
as In-Residence faculty. Normally, the In-Residence
appointments would be no more than five
years in duration, but in exceptional circumstances,
may be renewed beyond that time. |
| d. Emeriti/ae Faculty |
| A
Distinguished, University Professor, Professor
or Associate Professor or Assistant Professor,
who has been a member of the full-time
faculty of the University for eight years
or more immediately prior to retirement
will be given emeriti/emeritae status
as of the effective date of retirement.
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are entitled to reasonable use of the facilities
of the University. They retain their right to speak in faculty
meetings but do not have voting rights unless
they are serving as Emeriti/Emeritae-in-Residence.
The names of emeriti shall be included
in published faculty listings.
They may serve on committees and
perform such other occasional services as
are in keeping with their desires and capabilities
and with the needs of the University. Emeriti/ae who teach for the University after
retirement shall be accorded the title of
"Emerita/Emeritae-in-Residence." |
| e. Adjunct Faculty |
| Adjunct
faculty ranks are: Lecturer, Professorial
Lecturer, Adjunct Associate Professor,
Adjunct Professor, Distinguished Adjunct
Professor, and the In-Residence designations
described in Section 10.c. of this Manual. |
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faculty appointee must satisfy the requirements
for the rank of Assistant Professor and
shall in addition have special competence
in the particular course or clinical course
for which the adjunct faculty member is
to be responsible. |
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| Lecturers
are appointed with the approval of the Committee
on Appointments. In the case of appointment or promotion to the
rank of Professorial Lecturer, Adjunct Associate
Professor, Adjunct Professor, and Distinguished
Adjunct Professor, the approval of the Committee
on Appointments and/or the Committee on
Rank and Tenure is required. In addition to satisfying the requirements for
appointment to the rank of Assistant Professor,
an adjunct faculty member under consideration
for promotion to the rank of Professorial
Lecturer, Adjunct Associate Professor, or
Adjunct Professor shall have at least three
years satisfactory teaching experience at
this or any other accredited law school.
Acceleration in promotion based on
documented exceptional scholarship or professional
service may be recommended by the Committee
on Rank and Tenure and the dean of the Washington
College of Law, consistent with the appropriate
provisions of Section 9 of this Manual. |
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| For Adjunct
Professor, either the qualifications stated
for the full-time rank of Professor must
be shown or relevant full-time professional
responsibility and achievement, a high standing
in his/her professional field, and highly
satisfactory teaching performance. |
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faculty member may be appointed to the rank
of Distinguished Adjunct Professor. For Distinguished Adjunct Professor, either
the qualifications stated for the full-time
rank of Professor in Section 12.d. of this
Manual must be shown or relevant
full-time professional responsibility and
exceptional achievement. Distinguished service in the candidate's professional
field or outstanding teaching performance
is also required. All adjunct appointments are processed through
the office of the dean of faculties consistent
with the appropriate provisions of Sections
8.c. and 9 of this Manual. |
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| A member
of the adjunct faculty who has not been
called upon to teach for three successive
academic years shall be removed from the
roster of adjunct faculty. Reinstatement requires compliance with the procedures
for appointment to the adjunct faculty. |
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| f. Status of Professional Staff |
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| Membership
on the professional staff of the University,
including professional library staff, professional
counselors, and research specialists or
scientists, does not confer membership on
the faculty.
A member of the professional staff
may hold concurrent faculty rank or receive
a faculty appointment with tenure only if
appointed in accordance with the procedures
governing all faculty appointments as detailed
in Section 9 of this Manual. |
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| The director
of the Law Library of the Washington College
of Law shall be accorded the status of a
faculty member and considered for promotion
along with other members of the faculty.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing
at the time of initial appointment, the
director of the Law Library shall not be
eligible for tenure as a member of the faculty
of the Washington College of Law. |
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| g. Research Faculty |
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| A person
engaged primarily in research or professional
activities relevant to the work of the University
may be given an appointment to the research
staff See additional information and policies concerning
research and research appointments in Research
Policies Manual (Section IV of The
Manual of Information and Procedures),
the Principal Investigator's Handbook,
and in Section 11.c. of this Manual. |
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Upon
the recommendation of the Committee
on Rank and Tenure, and subject to the
same review procedures as full-time
faculty appointments, a phrase such
as "with the rank of Research Assistant
Professor, Research Associate Professor,
or Research Professor" may be appended
to the title, provided that research
faculty member possesses the educational
and research qualifications appropriate
to the particular rank. Persons appointed with such titles shall have
the nature and extent of their duties
clearly
expressed in a letter of appointment.
Such an appointment does not
confer membership on the faculty. Research
faculty appointments and reappointments
are recommended by the departments and
school or college, subject to approval
by the provost, and are made according
to procedures established by the provost.
A research faculty appointment
expires at the end of the appointment
period unless it is renewed according
to the procedures set out by the provost.
Employment beyond the contract
period cannot be expected by a member
of the research faculty. These appointments carry no implication of or
credit toward academic tenure.
Appointments may be made on a
part-time or full-time basis.
A person having such an appointment
will normally have his/her salary entirely
funded by sources outside the University.
Exceptions will require the written
approval of the provost upon recommendation
of the dean of the Washington College
of Law and the Committee on Rank and
Tenure. Research Faculty are entitled to specific resources
and access to specific facilities of
the University as determined by the
dean of the college to which they have
been appointed. While the conditions and perquisites of employment
are not the same as tenure or tenure
track faculty, all other rules, polices,
and procedures that relate to the teaching
faculty of the university apply.
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Faculty Fellows |
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Occasionally, a faculty member or scholar from another institution
may wish to have a short-term affiliation
with the University for the purpose
of doing research or participating in
other scholarly, creative or professional
activities. These individuals receive no compensation from
American University but may participate
in campus activities that are of mutual
benefit to the individual and the University. The title of Faculty fellow may be granted to
such individuals with the understanding
that they may receive the privileges
determined by the dean of the school
or college consistent with all university
policies.
The appointment process follows
that of adjunct appointments for the
unit.
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i. Administrative Officers and Staff Members
with Faculty Rank
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The
assignment to a University administrative
or professional staff position and the conferring of faculty rank represent separate
and distinct actions.
A member of the faculty appointed
to an administrative or staff position
must understand clearly the dual nature
of his/her relationship with the University. An individual holding both an administrative/staff
position and faculty rank is subject
to the rules and regulations for both
appointments.
Administrative/staff actions
will be governed by staff policies and
faculty actions will be governed by
faculty policies.
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When
a full-time member of the faculty is
appointed to an administrative or staff
position, it is expected that s/he will
retain faculty status. Unless it is agreed in writing between the faculty
member and the provost (acting on the
recommendations of the dean of the Washington
College of Law and the Committee on
Rank and Tenure at the time of the appointment
to the administrative or staff position)
that there be an extension of time for
compliance with the requirements for
promotion and tenure, such faculty member
shall be considered for promotion in
rank or for an appointment with tenure
on the same basis and after the same
interval in time as other full-time
faculty members.
Eligibility for promotion in
rank or appointment with tenure is subject
to two provisos:
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Administrative
and staff appointments are made annually.
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Faculty
appointments may be made coterminously
with an administrative appointment and
therefore have no implication of tenure.
The same procedures for appointment
are those outlined in section 9 of the
WCL Faculty Manual.
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A
recommendation involving the faculty
rank of an administrative officer or
a member of the staff shall be processed
in the same manner as any recommendation
relating to full-time faculty members.
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j.
Temporary Faculty
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Under limited circumstances, such as to
replace faculty on leave, to fill vacancies
that occur too late for any appropriate
search to be conducted for a tenure-track
faculty appointment, to fill a vacancy resulting
from an unsuccessful search to fill a tenure-track
appointment, or to staff an
experimental program, persons may be appointed
as temporary faculty at the rank of instructor,
assistant professor, associate professor
or professor, subject to the qualifications
set out in Section 12 below. |
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appointments are for one year, except in
exceptional circumstances they may be for
two years. In rare instances, reappointments
may be made for a total service in temporary
ranks not to exceed five years. If temporary
faculty are subsequently appointed to tenure-track
positions, they may waive all or part of
their prior American University service
credit. |
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| k. Affiliate
Faculty |
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| An affiliate
faculty appointment recognizes a formal
arrangement between a faculty member and
a department or teaching unit outside that
of the faculty member's primary appointment.
Ordinarily, only tenured faculty members
are eligible for such an appointment. Individual
faculty members are encouraged to initiate
informal discussions regarding a possible
cross-unit affiliation with the heads of
both the primary and proposed affiliation
units. |
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An affiliate faculty appointment must be supported by a written affiliation
agreement which describes the responsibilities
and benefits of the affiliate agreement
as well as its resource implications,
if any. The extent to which the faculty
member will participate in the governance
of the affiliate academic unit must be
specified in the affiliation agreement.
An affiliate faculty appointment and the
related affiliation agreement must be
approved by the head of the faculty member's
primary teaching unit and dean as well
as by the teaching unit head, rank and
tenure committee and dean of the proposed
affiliate unit. Final approval of an affiliate
faculty appointment will be made by the
dean of academic affairs. Review criteria
for affiliate faculty appointments will
be the potential affiliate's past and/or
envisaged contributions to research, teaching
and/or service in the unit where affiliation
is sought. It is not necessary that the
proposed faulty affiliate have strong
credentials or a track record relevant
to the proposed affiliate unit so long
as there is mutual agreement about the
potential for future contributions to
the unit's mission. The term of an affiliate
appointment may vary from one to three
years and may be renewed. An affiliate
faculty member will retain academic rank
held in the faculty member's primary discipline
and may use a title such as "Associate
Professor of History and Affiliate Associate
Professor of Government."
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