Benefits Eligibility

Faculty Members

Those employees whose primary job assignment is instruction at the collegiate level. Individuals who hold faculty rank but are currently performing work that is primarily administrative are considered Exempt Staff Members for benefit purposes.

 

Full time equivalence is determined contractually for faculty appointments.

  • Tenure Track Faculty – Those faculty members who have been granted tenure or are eligible for consideration for tenure
    • Full Time – At least 75 percent of a full time schedule
     
    • Part Time – Less than 75 percent of a full time schedule
     
  • Non-Tenure Track Faculty - Lecturers or Professors of Practice
    • Full Time – At least 75 percent of a full time schedule
     
    • Part Time – Less than 75 percent of a full time schedule
  • Visiting Faculty – Appointed to temporary teaching assignments and working at least 75 percent of a full time schedule
  • Adjunct Faculty – Appointed to temporary teaching assignments and working less than 75 percent of a full time schedule
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