Types of Appointments. i. Instructor (tenure-track). The rank of Instructor is reserved for faculty who have been hired on tenure-track but who do not yet have a terminal degree at the time that the appointment starts. A faculty member with a terminal degree in his or her field may not be appointed at the rank of Instructor. An Instructor will receive an initial appointment for one year, and may be reappointed as an Instructor for one additional year. Faculty holding appointments as Instructors may not be granted tenure at the Instructor rank. Instructors will be promoted automatically to the rank of Assistant Professor once the requirements for the terminal degree have been satisfied. In no instance may a faculty member be appointed to the rank of Instructor for longer than two (2) years.
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