Table of Contents

Section 1: Mission, History, and General Organization

Section 2: Governance

Section 3: Faculty Contracts, Ranks, Search Procedures, and Benefits

Section 4: Faculty Rights, Responsibilities, and Policies

Section 5: Faculty Evaluation Procedures

Section 6: Promotion and Tenure Procedures

Section 7: Faculty Titles, Awards, and Other Policies and Services of Interest to the Faculty

Appendices

Section 3: Faculty Contracts, Ranks, Search Procedures, and Benefits

3.5  Rank of Adjunct Instructor   

Faculty are appointed to the rank of Adjunct Instructor by the Board of Visitors.  Appointment at this rank is for one academic semester, to carry out instructional responsibilities that constitute less than a full-time load in an academic department or program.  Minimum qualifications for appointment at this rank, as specified by the Criteria for Accreditation of the Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, is a masters degree and at least 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline.  Reappointment is permissible indefinitely.  Tenure cannot be awarded at this rank.