Academic Affairs Policy Manual

Section 1: Faculty

104 Other Terminology

The various faculty ranks and positions at the University of Georgia may be modified by a variety of terms, including visiting, adjunct, regular, temporary, and part-time.

1.04-1 Visiting

The University of Georgia encourages faculty members to invite distinguished persons to come to campus as a visiting faculty member. The term visiting is not a rank; rather it is an adjective modifying established faculty ranks. Typically, visitors are at the ranks of associate professor and professor. However, there is no policy that prohibits visiting assistant professors. A visiting faculty member usually is associated with a department or school for a short time, normally not in excess of one year. Visitors may be researchers, teachers, public service scholars, or any combination thereof. The appointment of a visiting faculty member follows the same procedural steps as that of any other faculty appointment.

1.04-2 Adjunct

The statements below are guidelines with respect to the appointment and promotion of adjunct faculty:

1. Adjunct appointments are courtesy appointments. Adjunct faculty cannot be paid.
   
2. Adjunct faculty cannot earn tenure. The appointing unit must review an adjunct appointment every three years and through personnel reports indicate if the adjunct appointment is to continue for another three-year period.
   
3. Appointments of adjunct faculty must be processed in the same way as regular faculty appointments. While searches and EEO approval are not necessary, faculty members in the appointing unit must vote approval of the adjunct appointment. The process of appointment of adjunct faculty will be the same as the process of appointment for regular faculty.
   
4. Adjunct faculty may be persons from outside the University of Georgia.
   
5. Full-time, permanent University faculty also may be appointed as adjunct faculty in a department, college/school or unit other than the department, college/school or unit wherein the faculty member has rank. An appointment of a University faculty member to an adjunct position must be consistent with that faculty member's rank. (For example, an associate professor can be appointed as an adjunct associate professor, not as an adjunct professor.)
   
6. Promotions of adjunct faculty members are processed during the same time period as other promotions through the department, college/school, and University committees. (Based on the preceding point, this promotion process is limited to adjunct faculty members who are not full-time University faculty members. If a full-time University faculty member is promoted, any adjunct title should be adjusted to keep the faculty rank and adjunct title consistent.)
   
7. Adjunct faculty members can be appointed to the Graduate Faculty with all rights and responsibilities of such faculty.
   
8. Adjunct faculty members do not have voting rights in departmental, college/school, and University Council meetings. These faculty members may participate in discussion as invited.

Source: Board of Regents Policy Manual § 302.02
UGA's Office of Vice President for Instruction, September 12, 2000 .

1.04-2.1 Ineligibility for Benefits

Since adjunct faculty members are not paid, they are not eligible for benefits.

1.04-3 Regular

For the meaning of the term regular and the application of benefits, see URL below.

Source: UGA's Human Resources Policy Manual

URL: http://www . busfin.uga.edu/manual and click on “Human Resources” then on “Human Resources Policies” and then on “Types of Employment”

1.04-4 Temporary

For the meaning of the term temporary and the application of benefits, see URL below.

Source: UGA's Human Resources Policy Manual

URL: http://www.busfin.uga.edu/manual and click on “Human Resources” then on “Human Resources Policies” and then on “Types of Employment”

1.04-5 Part-time

For the meaning of the term part-time and the application of benefits, see URL below.

Source: UGA's Human Resources Policy Manual

URL: http://www.busfin.uga.edu/manual and click on “Human Resources” then on “Human Resources Policies” and then on “Types of Employment”