UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH POLICY 02-02-01

CATEGORY:              ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

SECTION:                  Faculty Appointment and Tenure
SUBJECT:                 Faculty Membership
EFFECTIVE DATE:   July 5, 19998

PAGE(S):                   2

I.    SCOPE

      This policy affirms the membership of the University Faculty.  The following is excerpted

      from the University of Pittsburgh BYLAWS.  (See Appendix A.)

II.   POLICY

      The membership of the University Faculty shall consist of such officers of the Corporation

      or other persons as may be designated by the President, and all members of the teaching

      staff with positions described below:

      Full- and Part-Time, Tenured or Tenure-Stream

      -     Instructors

      -     Assistant Professors

      -     Associate Professors

      -     Professors

      The membership of the Faculty of each degree-recommending unit shall consist of the

      President, the Provost and the appropriate Vice President, the Dean, and all other persons

      in the unit with positions described above, and those full-time persons with positions

      described below:

      Full-Time Non-Tenure Stream

      -     Professors

      -     Associate Professors

      -     Assistant Professors

      -     Instructors

      -     Appointments with the following prefixes to the above ranks: visiting, research, adjunct,

            clinical or field

      -     Senior lecturers

      -     Lecturers

      -     Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, or Instructors of Clinical

            (Subject, e.g., Medicine).

III.  REFERENCE

      University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education BYLAWS,

      Chapter II, Article I, "Membership."  Adopted by the Board of Trustees, January 14, 1969,

      and as amended thereafter.