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Policy on Non-Tenure-Track Titles

Four categories of non-regular academic titles used in the English department

Department of English
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri

approved: April 2007

1. The teaching title applies to full-time, ranked, non-tenure track (NTT) faculty whose primary responsibility is teaching or support of teaching (e.g., administration or supervision of teaching). The department's promotion policy currently applies only to this category.
    
• Assistant Teaching Professor
• Associate Teaching Professor
• Teaching Professor


2. The instructor title is used for full-time, unranked, non-regular faculty. In most cases, this will be used for faculty with MA degrees and limited teaching experience and who, thus, do not qualify for a ranked position.
    
• Instructor


3. The adjunct title is assigned to non-regular faculty who are part-time. In some cases, this is a courtesy title for those whose primary responsibility is not teaching within the English department but who nevertheless teach in a limited capacity for the English department.
    
• Adjunct Instructor
• Adjunct Assistant Professor
• Adjunct Associate Professor
• Adjunct Professor


4. The visiting title is used for non-regular faculty who are on temporary appointments (not to exceed seven years).
    
• Visiting Assistant Professor
• Visiting Associate Professor
• Visiting Professor

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