FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
There are four types of faculty appointments:
- Fixed Term II (part-time): The primary role of part-time faculty is teaching, and contracts are awarded each semester based upon college instructional needs. Although the number of individual course assignments varies each semester based on campus needs, under no circumstances will Fixed Term II faculty members be assigned more than eighteen contact hours in an academic year.
- Fixed-Term I (full-time): Fixed Term I faculty are hired by contract on an annual basis in accordance with college needs. The primary role of full-time, fixed-term faculty is teaching (generally twenty four contact hours per academic year) and academic advising. Some service to the campus (e.g., committee work, recruiting activity) is expected also.
- Multi-Year Fixed Term (full-time): This appointment, whose contract period extends over two or more years, carries with it the same performance expectations that apply to those on a Fixed Term I assignment.
- Continuing Appointment (full time): Faculty on continuing contracts are assigned to work an academic year consisting of thirty six (36) weeks or two eighteen-week semesters. Each semester consists of one week before classes begin (used for faculty meetings, registration and advising assignments), fifteen weeks of instruction, and two weeks following classes (used for examinations and grading). Continuing academic assignments generally require teaching, advising, research and scholarship, and service to the college, the University, and the public. Annual faculty evaluations, which are carried out by campus and departmental administrators, are based primarily upon performance in these areas.
