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Academic RanksI. Dakota Wesleyan University, USA
General types of academic rank:1. Instructor2. Assistant Professor3. Associate Professor4. Professor
5. Professor Emeritus6. Visiting Professor7. Honorary Professor
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Qualifications for each rank: Instructor:
A master degree (or equivalent teaching &experience).
Assistant Professor:
A doctor or terminal degree; Or masters degree and completion of three yearsof college teaching.
Associate Professor:
A doctorate or terminal degree;
Has held the rank of Assistant Professor for atleast four years;
At least six years of successful college teaching.
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Professor: A doctorate or terminal degree in the field which
s/he is teaching; Has held the rank of Associate Professor for fiveyears;
Is a tenured member of the faculty.
Professor Emeritus: Faculty member retiring from active service; Has tenure and has completed at least fifteen yearsof service to the University in faculty rank;
Not automatic, the honor should be served forthose who have excelled throughout his/her careersas teacher.
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Visiting Professor: May be employed as a part-time, pro rata, or full-
time visiting faculty member from another institution; Be assigned to individuals who hold or have heldprofessional rank (Assistant Professor, AssociateProfessor, or Professor).
Honorary Professor:May be assigned to individuals who offereducational experiences to the students of theUniversity on a part-time basic;
Have no contractual arrangement with theUniversity; Be assigned by the President upon recommendationof the Department Chair & the Vice President of
Academic Affairs and Dean.
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Process for determination of rankpromotion:
- Promotion is intended to: Acknowledge excellent in teaching; Promote professional relationships with studentsand colleagues;
Encourage professional development, service to theUniversity, Community service, and a; Commitment to the mission of the University.
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II. Los Angeles Community College
General types for academic rank :
Instructor Assistant Professor Associate Professor
Professor Qualifications for each rank:
Instructor:
Any faculty member when condition for academirank have not been met.
Assistant Professor: Any faculty member hired as a probationary
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Associate Professor: Assistant professor with masters degree or higher; three (3) years professional service in Districts; Any faculty member with a bachelors degree andseven years professional service.
Professor:
Four (4) years of full-time service as an associateprofessor, or four (4) years of full-time service asprofessional related to the subject or service area; Sixty (60) units of college or university credit beyon
a 120-unit bachelors degree; An earned Doctorate
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III. Canada and the United State
Types for academic rank (Tenured and tenure-
track positions) :1. An introductory level professor
2. A mid-level
3. Professor/Full Professor4. Distinguished Professor/ Endowed Chair
Qualifications for each rank:
An introductory level position: After receiving PhD and/or completing a post-doctoral fellowship;
After 4-8 years as assistant professor.
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A mid-level Usually tenured, professor.
Professor/Full professor : A senior, tenured professor.
Distinguished Professor/Endowed Chair:
Is an honorary position in which a full professorssalary is increased by being tied to an endowmentderived from the university, private individuals, firmsor foundations.
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Types for academic rank (Non-tenure-trackpositions) :
1. Teaching Assistant (TA) or teaching Fellow (TF)2. Adjunct Instructor/ Adjunct Professor/AdjunctLecturer/ Faculty Associate
3. Instructor or Lecturer
4. Collegiate Assistant Professor/CollegiateProfessor/Collegiate Associate Professor
5. Visiting Assistant Professor
6. Research Professor
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Qualifications for each rank:
Teaching Assistant (TA):
Graduate students; Whom plays a supportive role involving grading,review sessions, and labs; Teaching fellows teach entire courses.
Adjunct Instructor: Part-time non-salaried, non-tenure track facultymembers who are paid for each class they teach. Does not always requires a completed PhD.
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Collegiate Professor: Often full-time instructor;Main purpose is to teach and conduct service to thestudents and university/college rather than
conducting research or publishing.
Visiting Assistant Professor: A temporary professor position; Covers the teaching load of a faculty membersabbatical; Who is invited to serve as a member of the faculty ofanother university or college for a limited period oftime.
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Research Professor No obligation for teaching ;
No salary commitment from their institution; Salary from external funding sources such asgrants and contracts.
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VI. Egypt
General types for academic rank :
Teaching Assistant Senior Teaching Assistant Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor
Qualifications for each rank: Teaching Assistant:
Top ranking students of the most recent graduate,or publishing advertisements; Obtains a masters degree within five (5) years ofcommencing employment;
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Must either leave the university, or be transferred toany administrative department that s/he is qualified for.
Senior Teaching Assistant: Must obtain a doctoral degree within five (5) years; Must either leave the university, or be transferred toany administrative department that s/he is qualified for.
Assistant Professor: Once a senior teaching assistant obtains a doctorate,s/he is hired as an assistant professor, and receivestenureship;
Duties include delivering lectures, supervisinggraduation projects, masters thesis, and doctoraldissertations.
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Senior Teaching Assistant: After at least five (5) years as assistant professor
Based on scholarly contributions of the applicant, interms of publications and thesisses dissertationssupervised.
Professor:
After at least five years as associate professor; Based on the scholarly contributions of theapplication, in terms of publications and thesis anddissertation supervised.
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V. Sweden
General types for academic rank :
Adjunkt Doctor (Doktor) Graduate Assistant/Forskarassistant Lecturer (Lektor) Associate Professor (Docent) Professor
Qualifications for each rank:
Adjunkt Often part-time, which required at least abachelors degree; Similar to the adjunct instructor in the USA.
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Doctor/Doktor: The title entails a research education, typicallyinvolving publication of scientific articles andsuccessful defense of a doctoral thesis; Equivalents to PhD.
Graduate Assistant/Forskarassistant
Requires a PhD, and which is typically undertakenfollowing a PhD in order qualify as a Docent; Similar to the Assistant Professor in the USA.
Lecturer/Lektor:
Requires a PhD; Broadly similar to the USA.
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Associate Professor/ Docent: Requires PhD and typically entails havingdocumented scientific independence in the form ofadditional publications; Requires teaching experience, and training in bothteaching and scientific mentorship; Serves as the main supervisor for PhD students and asa member of an examination committee for evaluationof a doctoral thesis.
Professor:
Requires a PhD degree, a strong publication record,proven teaching skills; serves as main supervisor of PhD students whichhave successfully obtained their PhD.
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IV. PhilippineGeneral types for academic rank:
Instructor I & II Assistant Professor Associate Professor Professor College/University Assistant
Qualifications for each rank: Instructor I : Common Criteria for Evaluation (CCE)
points and below; A Bachelors Degree Holder, who graduate
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S/He is given three years to finish the appropriateMasters degree course.
Instructor II: AMasters Degree Holder in the area ofspecialization; CCE points of at least 66 points and qualitative
contributions in instruction, otherwise known asTeaching Effectiveness.
Assistant Professor: Masters Degree holder;
CCE points of at least 88 points; Qualitative contributions in instruction, otherwiseknown as Teaching Effectiveness.
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Assistant Professor: CCE points of at least 124 Masters Degree in the areaof specialization; and Qualitative contributions in research, extension andproduction or in at least two of the four functionalareas.
Professor: CCE points of least 159 points; Doctorate holder; Qualitative contributions in research, extension and
production or in at least two of the four functionalareas; and Books, monographs, compendiums and major bodiesof published work;
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Scientific articles in publications of internationalcirculation, and other works of similar nature; Discoveries, invention and other significant original
contributions; Research recommendations transformed to publicpolicy benefitting the country; Supervision, tutoring or coaching of graduate
scientists and technologies.
College/University Assistant: Outstanding scholar as shown in the quality of his/
her publication and research done in the principalfield of study or in allied fields, or has manifestedperformance of his/here executive leadership role;
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Have high reputation among his/her colleagues andother scholars for mastery of the subject of his/herspecialization;
Have contributed to the advancement of his/her fieldof specialization; Have been accorded various forms of honors, awards,chairs, titles, etc.
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