The Tenure Track
Before receiving tenure, a faculty member is referred to by this official title.
What is Assistant Professor?
The acronym for the new first year course requirement for Stanford freshmen, taught by tenure track faculty and lecturers in small seminar-size classes.
What is COLLEGE?
The number of years of guaranteed funding provided by the majority of PhD programs at Stanford (and its peer institutions).
A gift at this level qualifies a donor to be a Leadership Circle member of the Grad Fund.
What is $1,000?
A faculty member who receives tenure is referred to by this term.
What is Associate Professor?
The acronym PWR (or "power") refers to what set of courses for first and second year students, taught exclusively by lecturers.
What is the Program in Writing and Rhetoric?
The number of years of coursework a PhD candidate typically completes before beginning work on a dissertation.
What is two?
Grad fund donors at the $5,000 level are part of this circle, named for an iconic material used in many buildings at Stanford.
What is the Sandstone Circle?
This adjective which is the opposite of empty is often used to a describe a professor who has completed all phases of tenure.
What is full?
This two-year "great books" style residential learning experience for first and second year students relies heavily on lecturers, known as "SLE" for short.
What is Structured Liberal Education?
A term also used in sports, the occasion when a PhD candidate presents their completed dissertation for formal review and approval by the department's faculty.
What is a defense?
Referring to a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction, this term provides the name of the circle for $10k donors to the Grad Fund.
What is a catalyst?
A special distinction awarded to senior faculty, this term refers to a faculty position with a special name, typically chosen by donors.
What is an endowed chair?
These lectureships in the Creative Writing program are reserved for writers who have completed their time as a Stegner Fellow.
What are the Jones Lectureships?
When an advanced PhD candidate begins to seek academic employment, they metaphorically enter this space to apply for and seek a position.
What is the job market?
Donors of $25k to the Grad Fund join this circle, named for people with advanced knowledge in a specialized field.
What is the Scholars Circle?