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Glendale Community College District                                                                             4113

Administrative Regulation

A.        Academic Rank

            The Academic Rank Policy at Glendale College is in no way attached to salary, nor is it to become a merit plan for salary increases.

1.      Instructor.  The title of a faculty member shall be Instructor while he/she is serving in probationary status and in any case until she/he has completed four years of full‑time Glendale College teaching/ service.

2.      Assistant Professor.  Any faculty member who has gained tenure and has completed four years of full-time or equivalent of teaching/service may apply to become an Assistant Professor.  A teacher of a vocational subject must also be a holder of a California Designated Subjects Credential, Class A Vocational Credential, or any other appropriate vocational education credential in order to qualify as an Assistant Professor. Permanent faculty on less than 100% contract may accrue the equivalent of their base contract load per year.

3.      Associate Professor.  A faculty member who has gained tenure may make application for the rank of Associate Professor upon the fulfillment of a. and one of b., c., or d.  following:

a.      Seven (7) years of full-time or equivalent of teaching/service.  Those years may include sabbatical leaves from college service and/or leaves for Fulbright or equivalent appointments. Permanent faculty on less than 100% contract may accrue the equivalent of their base contract load per year.

b.      An earned Master’s degree or an earned doctorate from an accredited institution of higher learning.

c.      Forty-two (42) units of college or university credit beyond a 120‑unit Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Vocational Education degree.

d.      A teacher of a vocational subject may make application for the rank of Associate Professor on the presentation of either (a) a California Designated Subjects Credential, a Class A Vocational Credential, or any other appropriate vocational education credential, or (b) 42 academic and/or trade experience units beyond a 120‑unit Bachelor of Education degree, Bachelor of Vocational Education degree, Bachelor of Arts or Science degree.  (A trade experience unit is equal to 40 hours of approved work in the subject area field).
 

4.      Professor.  A  faculty member who has gained tenure  may make application for the rank of Professor upon the fulfillment of a. and one of  b.,  c.,  d.,  or  e. following:

a.      Twelve (12) years of full-time or equivalent of teaching/service.  Those years may include sabbatical leaves from college service and/or leaves for Fulbright or equivalent appointments. Permanent faculty on less than 100% contract may accrue the equivalent of their base contract load per year.

b.      An earned doctorate from an accredited institution of higher learning.

c.      Eighty‑four (84) units of college or university credit beyond a 120‑unit Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, or Bachelor of Vocational Education degree.

d.      National or international eminence, which shall be demonstrated by publications  recognized  by scholars in the applicant's field, by citation rates (the number of times the applicant  has  been  quoted  by  his  colleagues  in  learned journals), by sponsorship of symposia, by  invited  addresses,  and/or  by  such other relevant evidence of wide acceptance by his colleagues as will satisfy the Academic Rank Committee  of the Faculty Senate.

e.      A teacher of a vocational subject may make application for the rank of Professor on the presentation of either (a) 48 academic and/or trade experience units beyond a California Designated Subjects Credential, Class A Vocational Credential, any other appropriate vocational education credential, or (b) 84 academic and/or trade experience units beyond a 120‑unit Bachelor of Education degree, Bachelor of Vocational Education degree, Bachelor of Arts or Science degree.
 

5.      Emeritus Professor.  Faculty who retire, but continue to teach part-time at Glendale College, will retain Academic Rank and be designated with that rank followed by "Emeritus".

6.      Visiting Professor.  This is a temporary rank and subject to renewal each year. This rank is to be awarded to a teacher of obvious national or international eminence (as defined in Professor (d) ) who may not have the requisite number of years of college service and/or academic qualifications to receive an  appropriate rank  among  the  foregoing.  The choice of subject area must follow the policy below.

7.      Adjunct Faculty Academic Ranks

a.      Instructor.  The title of an adjunct faculty member shall be Instructor until eligible to apply for the rank of Assistant Professor.

b.      Assistant ProfessorThe title of Assistant Professor for adjunct faculty is awarded on a pro-rata basis.  That is, the teaching load or college service load at Glendale College is compared to four years of full-time college teaching/service.  This rank is retained if a faculty member is hired into a tenure-track position.

B.     The  Procedure

1.      The application for advancement in rank is to be submitted to the Academic Rank Committee of the Faculty Senate for review and evalua­tion.  Faculty members who are otherwise eligible for advancement in rank and who will complete the duration-of-service requirements during the current academic year may apply for such advancement.  Faculty Senate approval of any such applications, if granted, will be contingent on, and shall become effective on, actual completion of the duration requirement.

2.      A favorable vote of the Academic Rank Committee and of The Faculty Senate will result in the submission of a recommendation to the Superintendent/President of the College.  When the Superintendent/President of the College receives a recommended change in rank, he will forward a copy of this notification to the Office of Human Resources for insertion in the instructor's personnel file.  The Academic Rank Chairman will give official notification of academic rank advancement to those who have earned it.

3.      An unfavorable decision of the Committee or the Senate may be appealed before an augmented committee composed of the members of the Academic Rank Committee of the Faculty Senate and three (3) additional faculty members appointed by the President of the Facul­ty Senate.  An unfavorable decision by this augmented committee shall be considered as the final appeal.  An applicant so denied advancement in rank may reapply not earlier than one year from the date of the original application.

4.      Academic rank may be discontinued upon the request of a majority of the faculty.

5.      The execution of the above policy shall be the responsibility of the Academic Rank Committee of the Faculty Senate.

a.      To arrive at a recommendation, the committee will require evidence of professional responsibility in one of the following three areas:

i.           Materials for the up‑grading of courses or college assignments (i.e., new courses, course revisions, recent research, etc.)

ii.         Contributions to the academic life of the community (i.e., public lectures, recitals, concerts, readings, exhibits, publications, etc.).

iii.       Offices in faculty, professional, scholarly, or social service associations.

b.      Academic rank, as herein defined, will apply to the teaching staff, librarians, counselors, administrators, and nurses.  Non-teaching faculty and administrators must list their rank in the college catalog without a subject area.

c.      All academic units shall be defined as semester units.

d.      The faculty member applying for rank should  select a single subject  title  (e.g.,  "Associate  Professor  of English" not "Associate Professor of  English  and  French")‑‑that of the subject area in which he/she commonly teaches; however, in unusual cases, dual subjects may be approved if the instructor has  adequate credentials and spends half his/her time in two  subject areas.  An instructor of a vocational subject may choose the subject area of "Applied Technology."  In the case of a teaching staff member, the subject area in which the title is granted must be one in which there is a sequence of course offerings in the day program of the college, and the subject title  must be one of the subjects listed in the official college catalog.  Non-teaching faculty and administrators may not list a subject area after their rank.  Any change in title must be made by application to the Academic Rank Committee.

e.      All units and degrees used in an application for academic rank must be from institutions accredited by a regional crediting agency listed by the Federation of Regional Accrediting Commissions of Higher Education by the American Council on Education.  Special problems (like degrees from foreign countries) shall be evaluated by the Academic Rank Committee.

 

Adopted:        7/10/73
Revised:         3/31/83; 2/21/95; 5/15/07