Tracks
A new faculty member is hired and then given a certain time frame, typically 6 years, to accumulate a professional record of high-enough quality to be judged by a committee of faculty.
What is tenure track?
Full professor. It takes a lot to get this title.
What is professor?
They are the ultimate decision-makers. They can decide to close a University, for example. They tend to own large expenditures and meet quarterly. The higher up in the administration, the more aware (and concerned) administrators are about the Board of Trustees.
What is the board of trustees?
Universities are divided into these, and each one of these may run differently. There may be an undergraduate one and and one or more graduate ones, or they may be split by discipline. The head of a this is called a Dean.
Professors who are expected to teach, and only teach. They are not tenured and are usually not considered part of the “core” department.
What is an Instructor/Lecturer?
After an initial probationary period during which faculty must undergo annual review of their work and reappointment to a full-time position, a _____ kicks in, and faculty are automatically hired for an additional year of work. Unlike tenure, _______s have a definite endpoint, typically 5 years, after which another contract must be extended by the college.
What is continuing contract?
Tenured professor. These people do not necessarily become full professors.
What is associate professor?
The chief executive officer of an institution. They carry out the Board of Trustees decisions and advise the Board of Trustees. They make the big decisions that don’t have to be made by the Board of Trustees.
What is the president or chancellor?
Colleges are divided into these, with one of these per discipline. The head of this is called a “_______ head.”
What is a department?
Tenure-track professor who has not received tenure yet.
What is an assistant professor?
The people who report to the President who manage large parts of the institution, for example “______" for Student Affairs.” “Executive” is a higher rank, e.g. “Executive _______” outranks “__________"
What is Vice President or vice chancellor?
For early-career psychologists, being a _______ represents a valuable chance to gain experience at a certain type of college before applying for tenure-track positions, or it can be a fallback when a tenure-track position is not available.
What is visiting professor?
The chief academic officer (Universities only). Usually ranked at the Executive Vice-President level. All teaching/research should roll up to this position.
What is a provost?
People paid on a per-course basis to teach, such as a business owner from the community teaching a class to a business school.
What is an adjunct professor?
These people are in charge of colleges: for example, the _____ of Forestry. They have an academic focus and report to the Provost.
What is a dean?