INDEX

Introduction
Table of Contents

Policies in Process

Preliminaries

Policies

1. Legal Authority and Governance

2. University-wide

3. Presidential Area

4. Academic Affairs

5. Business Affairs

6. Student Life

7. University Advancement

8. Administrative Services

Qualifications for Appointment to Rank

Policy Statement

In making recommendations for the hiring of faculty, department chairpersons and academic deans should be vigilant that the faculty members in their units have degrees that were earned at a number of different institutions of higher education.

As is common among terminal degree-granting institutions, recipients of Marywood doctoral and MFA degrees will not be considered for full-time or pro rata faculty positions. An exception may be made, if an individual has had a successful experience of some duration in another academic or professional institution, after receiving the degree.

In determining the initial rank of full-time or pro rata faculty members, the following guidelines will be used.

Instructor

An instructor is a full-time faculty member who possesses

at a minimum, a master's degree in an appropriate academic discipline, as judged by the department or library faculty, the academic dean or library director, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs;

teaching or librarianship ability as described in The Teaching Responsibility or The Librarianship Responsibility;

those qualities of character, personality and professionalism that are expected of a teacher or librarian and advisor of students as exemplified by the statements in The Teaching Responsibility or The Librarianship Responsibility.

An instructor will be appointed annually for a maximum of five years in that rank.

Application for advancement to the rank of Assistant Professor must be made no later than the fifth year, thereby avoiding application for tenure and promotion to Assistant Professor at the same time.

Assistant Professor

For appointment to the rank of Assistant Professor, an incoming faculty member must have attained the rank of Assistant Professor at a regionally accredited, four-year institution of higher learning where s/he previously taught, or present evidence of significant achievement and valuable experience relevant to the position to which s/he is to be appointed. It is presumed that the criteria for elevation to the rank of Assistant Professor at Marywood have been met.

Associate Professor

For appointment to the rank of Associate Professor, an incoming faculty member must have attained the rank of Associate Professor at a regionally accredited, four-year institution of higher education where s/he previously taught, or present evidence of significant achievement and valuable experience relevant to the position to which s/he is to be appointed.

In either case, the incoming faculty member must demonstrate qualifications comparable to those held by faculty elevated to the rank of Associate Professor at Marywood.

Professor

For appointment to the rank of Professor, an incoming faculty member must have attained the rank of Professor at a regionally accredited, four-year institution of higher education where s/he previously taught, or present evidence of significant achievement and valuable experience relevant to the position to which s/he is to be appointed.

In either case, the incoming faculty member must demonstrate qualifications comparable to those held by faculty elevated to the rank of Professor at Marywood.

Related Policies and Committees

Policy - Faculty Definition
Policy - Faculty Status
Policy - Faculty Librarians
Policy - Administrators with Rank and Tenure
Policy - Promotion of Faculty Members
Policy - Tenure
Policy - Teaching Responsibility
Policy - Librarianship Responsibility

History of the Policy

07/01/89 - Reaffirmed with publication of Faculty Manual
04/16/99 - Introductory paragraphs added as requested by the Faculty Senate and recommended to the President of the University by the University Committee on Policy
04/17/04 - Revision approved by the President of the University as recommended by the Policy Committee of the University to include faculty librarians