TEMPORARY ACADEMIC FACULTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

3. Adjunct Professor Series and Professor-in-Residence Series

   Adjunct Professor titles, per APM 280 “are assigned to academically qualified research or other creative personnel who contribute significantly to teaching either in formal courses or in guidance of graduate students.”  Qualified individuals drawn from professional practice also can be appointed as Adjunct Professors.  All positions within the series, Assistant Adjunct Professors (Steps I-IV), Associate Adjunct Professors (Steps I-III), and Adjunct Professor (Steps I-IX, and Above-Scale), are untenured.

   Professor-in-Residence titles, per APM 270, “are assigned to academically qualified research or other creative personnel who engage in teaching, research, and University service to the same extent as those holding the corresponding titles in the professorial series in the same department.”  All positions within the series, Assistant Professor-in-Residence (Steps I-IV), Associate Professor-in-Residence (Steps I-III), and Professor-in-Residence (Steps I-IX, and Above-Scale), are untenured.
   
   

   1. Search Procedures
      Recruitment searches for both series must be conducted to select the best qualified person for the positions advertised. Please see The CALL for guidelines on recruitment (Appendix 22) and faculty searches and exceptions (waivers) to searches (Appendix 23).
      
      
   2. Salaries
      Salaries for the Adjunct and In-Residence series at all ranks and steps must be taken from the Faculty--Ladder Ranks Series—Academic Year salary tables.   These salaries are subject to all range adjustments.  Titles in both series may have off-scale salaries.   Titles in both series may hold without salary appointments.
      
      
   3. Funding
      The Adjunct and In-Residence series at all ranks and steps are restricted to eight (8) years of State funding (19900 funds) at 51% time or greater.  Appointments in both series at 50% or less time have no yearly limit on State funding.
      
      
   4. Submitting the Action
      Personnel actions for the Adjunct and In-Residence series are almost identical to the procedures established for the Professor Series.
      
      1. Appointments.   For Assistant Adjunct Professors and Assistant Professors-in-Residence, please refer to the section on Assistant Professor appointments.  For  Associate Adjunct Professors, Adjunct Professors, Associate Professors-in-Residence and Professors-in-Residence, please refer to the section on Tenure Appointments (Associate Professor and Professor).
      2. Renewal of appointment.  All appointments in the Adjunct and In-Residence series are from year-to-year and must have a specified ending date (7/1-6/30).  Renewals of appointment without a change in step and salary do not require a dossier and should be prepared on the Approval Form for Temporary Faculty.
      3. Merits.  For Assistant Adjunct Professors and Assistant Professors-in-Residence, please refer to the section on Assistant Professor Merits.  For Associate Adjunct Professors, Adjunct Professors, Associate Professors-in-Residence and Professors-in-Residence, please refer to the appropriate section on Tenured Faculty Merit Increases.
      4. Promotions.   For Assistant Adjunct Professors and Assistant Professors-in-Residence, please refer to the section on Assistant Professor Promotions.  For Associate Adjunct Professors and Associate Professors-in-Residence, please refer to the section on Tenured Faculty Promotions.