The Baruch College Faculty Handbook

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updated on 10/19/04

The Bylaws of the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York, provide descriptions of full-time faculty positions as follows:

Section 11.7. INSTRUCTORS, ASSISTANT PROFESSORS, ASSOCIATE  PROFESSORS, AND PROFESSORS.

A. Position Definition:

It shall be the responsibility of instructors, assistant professors, associate professors and professors to perform teaching, research, and  guidance duties.

They shall also, among other things, be responsible for committee  and  departmental assignments. They shall perform those administrative,  supervisory, and other functions as may be assigned by the appropriate
college or university authorities. Associate professors and professors, as the senior  faculty shall have special responsibilities for maintaining the academic  vitality of their departments. One of the principal means of exercising this  responsibility is the continuation of peer evaluations of teaching members of the  instructional staff, with special attention to their diligence in teaching and professional growth.

Another chief responsibility of the senior faculty is to orient their junior and newly appointed colleagues. Senior faculty shall be available  for such consultation and assistance in problems of both scholarship and teaching as the junior faculty may require.

B. Qualifications:

1. INSTRUCTOR.

For appointment as an instructor, the candidate must have demonstrated satisfactory qualities of personality and character, ability to teach successfully, interest in productive scholarship or creative achievement and willingness to cooperate with others for the good of the institution. He/she must also have an appropriate master’s degree from an accredited institution, or active progress toward a doctorate.

2. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR.

For appointment as or promotion (for instructors appointed prior to October 1, 1968) to assistant professor, the candidate must have demonstrated satisfactory qualities of personality and character, evidence of significant
success as a teacher, interest in productive scholarship or creative achievement and willingness to cooperate with others for the good of the institution. He/she must also have obtained the ph.d. degree, or an equivalent
degree, in an accredited university except that persons holding positions on December 31, 1975 as assistant professors or instructors in the community colleges shall have a master’s degree and four years of appropriate teaching, technological, or industrial experience or the ph.d. degree. In the libraries, for promotion to or appointment as assistant professor, the candidate must, in addition to the requirements of instructor, have completed a doctorate or an additional master’s degree and in exceptional cases some other logical combination of two years’ graduate study or more beyond the bachelor’s degree.

3. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR.

For promotion or appointment to the rank of associate professor, the candidate must possess the qualifications for an assistant professor, must have obtained the ph.d. or an equivalent degree from an accredited university,
and in addition he/she must possess a record of significant achievement in his/her field or profession, or as a college or university administrator. There shall be evidence that his/her alertness and intellectual energy are respected outside his/her own immediate academic community. There shall be evidence of his/her continued growth and of continued effectiveness in teaching. Longevity and seniority alone shall not be sufficient for promotion. In the libraries, for promotion to or appointment as associate professor, the candidate must, in addition to the requirements set forth for assistant professors in the libraries, possess a record of significant
achievement in his/her profession. There shall be evidence that his/her competence and achievements are recognized and respected outside his/her won immediate community.

4. PROFESSOR.

For promotion or appointment to the rank of professor, the candidate must possess the qualifications for an associate professor, and in addition a record of exceptional intellectual, educational, or artistic achievement and an established reputation for excellence in teaching and scholarship in his/her discipline. There shall be evidence of his/her continued growth and the judgment on promotion shall consider primarily evidence of achievement
in teaching and scholarship following the most recent promotion. Longevity and seniority alone shall not be sufficient for promotion.