POLICY 4.6.3.5.10 - Advancement in Rank
Adjunct with same ranks as full-time faculty. Advancement is based on credentials and prior experience at Shenandoah. The process can be initiated by an adjunct, department chair, or the director/dean. Initiator submits an online application (see application for fall deadline) for approval by department chair and director/dean. Director/dean makes recommendation to provost; final approval is given by provost.
Adjunct Lecturer (meet criteria of one of the following):
- less than master’s degree with limited experience
Adjunct Instructor (meet criteria of one of the following):
- less than master’s degree with extensive professional experience
- master’s degree with limited experience
- master’s degree plus 30 semester hours or MFA
Adjunct Assistant Professor (meet criteria of one of the following):
- less than master’s degree with extensive professional experience plus three years experience at Shenandoah University as adjunct instructor (no further advancement in rank)
- master’s degree with three years experience at Shenandoah University as adjunct instructor (no further advancement in rank)
- master’s degree with extensive professional experience with appropriate teaching experience
- master’s degree plus 30 semester hours, or MFA, with two years experience at Shenandoah University as adjunct instructor, or equivalent teaching experience
- doctorate with appropriate teaching experience
Adjunct Associate Professor (meet criteria of one of the following):
- master’s degree with extensive professional experience with five years experience at Shenandoah University as adjunct assistant professor (no further advancement in rank)
- master’s degree plus 30 semester hours, or MFA, with five years experience at Shenandoah University as adjunct assistant professor (no further advancement in rank)
- doctorate with five years experience at Shenandoah University as adjunct assistant professor or equivalent teaching experience
Adjunct Professor
- doctorate with five years experience at Shenandoah University as adjunct associate professor
approved by Academic Cabinet and University Cabinet, May 2024
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