3.1 Description of Titles

Academic titles are assigned according to the mix of primary responsibilities at the forefront of the university’s core efforts in research, teaching, and extension or outreach (including library). The use of a title may require that an approved position be available.

Academic Titles are primary titles and all appointments thereto are approved by action of the dean, the provost, or the Board of Trustees. Administrative titles, such as dean and provost, are not included and do not by themselves confer academic status. Additional titles are used in the Medical College.

See Approved Academic Titles for full descriptions of titles used at Cornell University. Faculty and Academic Staff policies are available on the HR Policies page; these include appointment terms, leaves and other policies and procedures.

The Dean of Faculty’s Office maintains the list of Professorial Title Legislation that enables the use of the Clinical Professor, Professor of the Practice, and Research Professor titles at the college level, as well as the list of academic titles with University Voting Rights.

Excepting postdoctoral associates and fellows, any individual who holds one of the approved academic titles, possibly modified by “adjunct”, “visiting”, “acting”, “courtesy”, or “emeritus/a,” shall be regarded throughout the Faculty Handbook as an “academic titleholder.”

 

 

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