Common use of Distinguished Visiting Professors Clause in Contracts

Distinguished Visiting Professors. The UNIVERSITIES may hire distinguished visiting professors within the provisions of this Article. 1. Visiting professors may be appointed by the President for terms up to two (2) years. A third year may be granted with the approval of APSCUF at local meet and discuss. Each University may have three (3) visiting professors at any time. UNIVERSITIES with an enrollment of more than 6,000 FTEs may employ one (1) additional visiting professor for each additional 2,500 FTEs or fraction thereof. 2. Criteria for visiting professorships shall be agreed upon at local meet and discuss and submitted to State Meet and Discuss for review and approval. These criteria shall reflect standards required of truly competent and distinguished individuals. Under no conditions shall distinguished visiting professors be hired until such time as the criteria has received final approval at State Meet and Discuss. 3. Presidents shall make such appointments upon the nomination of a department, secured by a secret ballot vote of the majority of the regular full-time FACULTY MEMBERS, for a specific visiting professor, and only upon the recommendation of a University-wide committee. The composition of the University-wide committee shall be agreed to at local meet and discuss. 4. The visiting professor must be appointed at the rank of Professor and shall be remunerated at a salary no lower than Professor Step 1. Such individuals may be remunerated at a rate of pay higher than that provided for in this Agreement. The thirty percent (30%) rule for full professorships shall not include appointments made under this Article. 5. In cases where distinguished individuals wish to contribute their services for less than the stipulated minimum pay, the terms of this Agreement shall require the approval of APSCUF at local meet and discuss. 6. Visiting professors may be assigned regular classes or special assignments, but in no case shall they assume overload assignments. It is the expectation that the University will seek to utilize the talents of these individuals in creative and non-traditional ways. 7. Visiting professors shall not be subject to the evaluation procedures of this Agreement, unless they do so voluntarily nor shall they exercise the voting rights of regular FACULTY MEMBERS as provided for in this Agreement. 8. In no case shall a visiting professor be hired to teach regular University courses in an academic department where there is a qualified retrenchee available.

Distinguished Visiting Professors. The UNIVERSITIES may hire distinguished visiting professors within the provisions of this Article. 1. Visiting professors may be appointed by the President for terms up to two (2) years. A third year may be granted with the approval of APSCUF at local meet and discuss. Each University may have three (3) visiting professors at any time. UNIVERSITIES with an enrollment of more than 6,000 FTEs may employ one (1) additional visiting professor for each additional 2,500 FTEs or fraction thereof. 2. Criteria for visiting professorships shall be agreed upon at local meet and discuss and submitted to State Meet and Discuss for review and approval. These criteria shall reflect standards required of truly competent and distinguished individuals. Under no conditions shall distinguished visiting professors be hired until such time as the criteria has received final approval at State Meet and Discuss. 3. Presidents shall make such appointments upon the nomination of a department, secured by a secret ballot vote of the majority of the regular full-time FACULTY MEMBERS, for a specific visiting professor, and only upon the recommendation of a University-wide committee. The composition of the University-wide committee shall be agreed to at local meet and discuss. 4. The visiting professor must be appointed at the rank of Professor and shall be remunerated at a salary no lower than Professor Step 1. Xxxx A. Such individuals may be remunerated at a rate of pay higher than that provided for in this Agreement. The thirty percent (30%) rule for full professorships shall not include appointments made under this Article. 5. In cases where distinguished individuals wish to contribute their services for less than the stipulated minimum pay, the terms of this Agreement shall require the approval of APSCUF at local meet and discuss. 6. Visiting professors may be assigned regular classes or special assignments, but in no case shall they assume overload assignments. It is the expectation that the University will seek to utilize the talents of these individuals in creative and non-traditional ways. 7. Visiting professors shall not be subject to the evaluation procedures of this Agreement, unless they do so voluntarily nor shall they exercise the voting rights of regular FACULTY MEMBERS as provided for in this Agreement. 8. In no case shall a visiting professor be hired to teach regular University courses in an academic department where there is a qualified retrenchee available.