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10.
Faculty Rank: General Conditions of Appointment
a. Regular Full-Time Faculty
Except as provided below, all appointments to faculty
ranks are on the recommendation of a college, school,
department or other appropriate administrative unit
(with the concurrence of the appropriate 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. Appointment
to the faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences
and the School of Public Affairs, and the Kogod
School of Business requires appointment to a department.
Except as provided below, all appointments to the
full-time faculty are tenure-track appointments,
with the appointment to a seventh year of service
conveying tenure or being designated as a terminal
contract.
b. Washington College of Law Library Faculty Members
Regular full-time Washington College of Law Library
faculty ranks are: Assistant Law Librarian, Associate
Law Librarian and Law Librarian.
The Washington College of Law Library is a central
element in the educational structure of the University,
and its activities support and promote the work
of the Washington College of Law as well as that
of all the other teaching units of the University.
Therefore, their full-time faculties members are
evaluated with concern for excellence, are offered
the protection of academic freedom, and enjoy privileges,
such as tenure and the opportunity for leaves that
are established for other full-time faculty members.
c. 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 on 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 to the Committee
on Faculty Relations. A visiting appointment may
not be renewed for more than two consecutive years.
The Washington College of Law like the University
Library may offer Visiting appointments on the same
basis to qualified library and information professionals.
Visiting Faculty is 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 perquisites 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.
d. In-Residence Faculty
An "In-Residence" faculty appointment
allows for flexibility where there is a desire to
provide for the visit 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,
Executive, Journalist, and Emeritus In-Residence.
Such an appointment is initiated at the teaching
unit level with the prior consultation with the
dean 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 multiple 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 teaching unit,
teaching unit administrator, dean, Committee on
Faculty Relations, 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 teaching unit, teaching unit administrator,
dean, Committee on Faculty Relations, and dean of
academic affairs.
Moreover, with the exception of emeriti/emeritae,
no person who has served in any other 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.
e. Emeriti/ae Faculty
A Distinguished Professor, University Professor,
Professor, Law Librarian, Associate Professor, Associate
Law Librarian, Assistant Professor, or Assistant
Law Librarian 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 emeritus
status as of the date retirement becomes effective.
Emeriti/ae are entitled to reasonable use of the
facilities of the University. Emeriti/ae of the
Washington College of Law and the Washington College
of Law Library retain their right to speak at faculty
meetings, but do not have voting rights unless they
are serving as Emerita/Emeritus-in-Residence. The
names of emeriti/ae 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/Emeritus-in-Residence.
f. Status of Research Faculty
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 11c of this Manual). Upon the recommendation
of a teaching unit making such an appointment, and
subject to the same review procedures as regular
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 will 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 department 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 implications
of or credit towards 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
Committee on Faculty Relations and the Committee
on Research. 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,
policies, and procedures that relate to the teaching
faculty of the university apply.
g. Temporary Faculty
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 a temporary faculty at the rank of Assistant
Law Librarian, Associate Law Librarian or Law Librarian,
subject to the qualifications set out in Section
12 below.
Initial 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 is subsequently
appointed to tenure-track positions, they may waive
all or part of their prior American University service
credit.
h. Faculty Fellows
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.
i. Administrative Officers and Staff Members
with Faculty Rank
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 the 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.
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, and be entitled
to consideration for promotion in rank or an appointment
with tenure on the same basis as other full-time
faculty members, provided s/he continues to participate
in the affairs of the teaching unit, and s/he consents
to teach without compensation one regularly scheduled
course per twelve-month period. If these conditions
are not met, an administrator may forfeit his/her
faculty status and tenure in the teaching unit.
Faculty appointments may be made conterminously
with an administrative appointment and therefore
have no implication of tenure. The same procedures
for appointment are those outlined in section 7
of the Faculty Manual.
A recommendation involving the faculty rank of an
administrative officer or a member of the staff
(for example, appointment, reappointment, promotion
in rank, and appointment with tenure), shall be
processed in the same way as any recommendation
relating to full-time faculty members.
j. Affiliate Faculty
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.
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
the 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 faculty 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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