Attachment to Resolution l:

Adjunct Faculty.

In Section 4.1.2 of the Faculty Handbook (“Secondary, Joint, Adjunct, and Visiting Faculty Appointments”), the University uses the term “adjunct faculty” for those “members of the academic staff who are appointed for a limited period of time during the year(s) in which they are actively involved in the teaching and research program of the University.” This provision in the Faculty Handbook further provides that those holding appointments as adjunct faculty (Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or Instructor) “must make a contribution to the University in the form of teaching, research, or consultation,” and furthermore, adjunct faculty are neither eligible for tenure nor paid a stipend. The terms of appointment for adjunct faculty “are annual only, and contracts are not automatically renewed.” Pursuant to this usage, the title of “adjunct faculty” is more of an honorary title for those who are not fulltime members of the faculty but who participate without compensation in teaching and research activities from time to time. Such usage seems to be peculiar to the University and is inconsistent with that of most universities, which use the title “adjunct faculty” for part-time contingent faculty who teach courses on contract. At the same time, the University lacks a distinct title for part-time faculty who teach courses on supplemental (“S”) contracts (as opposed to our fulltime faculty who teach an extra course on an S contract on an overload). Often these faculty are called, for lack of a better term, “supplemental faculty.” Reflecting this confusion, some departments incorrectly refer to such faculty as adjunct faculty. (For example, see here.) To bring our usage in conformance with that of other universities and common practice at the University itself, the term “adjunct faculty” should be used for those persons who teach courses on S contracts and who otherwise are not fulltime faculty at the University. Those who presently are given the title “adjunct faculty” instead should be given the title “Affiliated Faculty” (Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or Instructor).