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Effective: April 16, 2019
Policy Review Date: YEAR
Policy Executive: Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
Responsible Office/Unit: Provost Office
Policy Statement:
Applicability:
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Policy
(1) Minimum qualifications for academic ranks and titles are listed in the Collective Bargaining Agreement (Article 8.2) including reference to terminal degree for tenure track faculty and minimum degree levels for other faculty positions. With approval of the Provost, professional experience and/or national reputation may be deemed equivalent to the minimum degree.
A. Faculty members hired into tenured or tenure track positions are expected to hold terminal degrees relevant to the discipline as listed in the table below.
B. ABD candidates may be appointed to the assistant professor rank if there is reasonable expectation that degree requirements can be completed within one year of start date.
C. Lecturers are expected to hold at least a master’s degree relevant to the discipline in which they teach.
D. Clinical faculty are expected to hold at least a master’s degree relevant to the appropriate discipline and licensure, certification, professional experience, all as specified by the department of appointment.
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History:
Responsibility: Provost/VP of Academic Affairs; Authority: Cabinet/UPAC; Reviewed/Endorsed by: Cabinet/UPAC; Review/Effective Date: 07/2009; 04/16/2019; Approved by: James L. Gaudino, President
Reformatted and Assigned new Policy Number - Previous Policy CWUP 5-70-010, June 2025