Faculty Appointments and Conditions of Employment

Secondary, Joint, Adjunct, and Visiting Faculty

Effective immediately, all secondary faculty appointments refer to an academic appointment made to a professional in the same or other department. If the person does not have a core faculty appointment (that is, they are a professional and don't have a faculty appointment to "return to"), then a faculty appointment for them would be "secondary."

The term Joint Faculty appointment will refer to an academic appointment made to someone with a primary academic appointment in another department. This joint appointment may be split funded between departments or funding might reside entirely in the home (primary) department. In other words, if the person has a core faculty appointment, their additional faculty appointments are "joint" whether funded or unfunded.

Adjunct faculty are 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. Persons holding appointment as Adjunct (Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or Instructor) must make a contribution to the University in the form of teaching, research, or consultation.

Adjunct status is accorded only after the regular academic review and evaluation. Rank is established according to the same criteria as regular faculty. Adjunct faculty are not eligible for tenure. No stipend is paid; terms of appointment are annual only, and contracts are not automatically renewed.

Rank is reviewed annually. Recommendations for promotion do not have to go through the usual committee procedures, but evidence beside a vita sheet should be forwarded to indicate meritorious service (e.g., teaching evaluations if the chief duties are in teaching). Adjunct faculty receive University I.D. cards and have access to the Library; they may purchase parking permits and football tickets at faculty rates. They may not participate in the tuition fee waiver program. Although not members of the University voting faculty, some departments or colleges may give them voting rights in their own units; the practice varies.

Visiting faculty include individuals, usually faculty, who come from another institution to the University for a specified period of time. The expectation is that these individuals will return to their home institutions at the end of their appointment period at the University of Delaware.

Benefits for visiting faculty include:

• Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Dental Insurance
• Fee Waiver
• University I.D. card which will provide access to all facilities and associated privileges
  

Updated 11.2.06

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