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Appointment of Part-Time and Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct and part-time faculty appointments are temporary and do not imply permanent positions. Workload and pay are determined by contracts negotiated with academic unit heads. Part-time faculty teach courses temporarily while adjunct faculty have long-term commitments and can conduct research and co-advise students, but not solely. Each unit establishes appointment procedures and criteria approved by deans and provosts. Part-time appointments are made by unit heads and approved by deans, while adjunct appointments are initiated by unit heads and made by deans with provost approval.

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Appointment of Part-Time and Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct and part-time faculty appointments are temporary and do not imply permanent positions. Workload and pay are determined by contracts negotiated with academic unit heads. Part-time faculty teach courses temporarily while adjunct faculty have long-term commitments and can conduct research and co-advise students, but not solely. Each unit establishes appointment procedures and criteria approved by deans and provosts. Part-time appointments are made by unit heads and approved by deans, while adjunct appointments are initiated by unit heads and made by deans with provost approval.

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Appointment of Part-time and Adjunct Faculty

IIT Faculty Handbook, IV, B. 5.a:

Adjunct and part-time faculty appointments are made on a year-to-year, semester-to-


semester, or quarter-to-quarter basis. Such appointments are not permanent and carry
no implication of continuing connection with the university. Workload and compensation
are determined by the academic unit head and are to be specified in a contract to be
entered into between the university and the individual.

The title “part-time faculty” shall be used for instructors who will teach courses on a
temporary or short-term basis.

The “adjunct faculty” titles (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Adjunct Associate Professor,
and Adjunct Professor) shall be used for part-time academic appointments for
individuals who will conduct research and/or teach courses and who will have long-term
teaching and service commitments to the academic unit. Adjunct faculty may submit
sponsored research and program proposals as principal investigators. An adjunct
faculty member may serve as co-adviser for Master of Science or Ph.D. students with a
Category I faculty member, but may not as a sole adviser.

Each academic unit will develop a process and criteria for appointment of part-time and
adjunct faculty members that is approved by the dean of the academic unit and the
provost. Adjunct faculty appointments will be proposed to the academic unit head by a
committee of the academic unit composed of Category I faculty members (except
emeritus). It is desirable that an adjunct faculty candidate will give a research seminar
and be interviewed by faculty members of the academic unit before the academic unit
committee makes its recommendation. The committee will review the credentials of the
applicant, collect input from faculty members of the academic unit and external
references, and may consult with active faculty emeriti and Category II and Category III
faculty members during its deliberations.

Part-time faculty appointments will be made by the academic unit head and approved
by the academic dean (in colleges with departments). Adjunct faculty appointments will
be initiated by the academic unit head. The appointment will be made by the academic
dean and approved by the provost. Copies of part-time and adjunct faculty appointment
letters will be sent to the Graduate College Office of Academic Affairs. Copies of
adjunct faculty appointments will also be sent to Graduate College Office of Sponsored
Research and Programs.

02/11

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