Academic Faculty

Academic Faculty 1

1/8-7/8 VA Faculty

Appointment of faculty who have some component of their compensation through ETSU (1/8 through 7/8) through one of the compensated ETSU faculty types.

Academic Faculty 2

Non-Promotable

Full or part-time faculty appointments that are:
• Non-tenurable
• Not convertible to tenure-track appointments
• Not promotable
• Renewable contracts

Includes the following:
• Faculty coordinators
• Visting faculty
• Professors of Practice

Academic Faculty 3

Non-Tenurable

Appointments of regular full-time faculty that:
• Are non-tenurable 3/5
• Are renewable
• Permit promotion in rank

Includes the following:
• Lecturers
• Senior Lecturers
• Master Lecturers
• Instructors

Academic Faculty 4

Non-Tenure Track (Clinical/Research Track)

Appointments of regular full-time faculty that:
• Are non-tenurable for a fixed term
• Are renewable
• Permit promotion in rank
• If noted in the hiring contract as convertible, may be converted to tenure-track at any time prior to but not later than the expiration of the first three-year term, depending on funding availability and faculty performance. In instances where the appointment is converted to tenure-track, the three (3) years served in the clinical/research-track appointment, at the discretion of the president, may be credited toward the individual’s probationary status. Convertible track appointments not converted within the three-year period automatically revert to nonconvertible clinical/research-track appointments.

Academic Faculty 5

Tenure Track

Appointments for regular full-time faculty with academic rank that may be for the academic or fiscal year. Faculty are employed in a probationary period prior to consideration for tenure and appointments shall not include any right to permanent or continuous employment, shall not create any manner of legal right, interest, or expectancy of renewal or any other type of appointment, and shall be subject to annual renewal by the institution.

Academic Faculty 6

Tenured

Appointments of full-time faculty who have been awarded tenure by the Board of Trustees. To protect academic freedom, tenure appointments include the assurance of continued employment for the appointment year for an indefinite period, subject to expiration, relinquishment, or termination of tenure as noted in the tenure policy. Such appointments do not include assurance of continued employment at any specified salary, position, or employment during summers or intersessions (if the employment is for less than 12 months).