麻豆社

Approved by the Faculty 10 December 2021
Approved by the Provost 6 December 2021

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Eligibility for Graduate Faculty Status

• All 麻豆社 Faculty members and non-麻豆社 Faculty members in federated departments and joint graduate degree programs are automatically members of the 麻豆社 Graduate Faculty.

• Instructional Staff (e.g., research professors, university lecturers, visiting professors, professors of practice, adjunct faculty) and Faculty Emeriti may be appointed to the Graduate Faculty for renewable terms of five years. Appointment is made by the academic Dean on the recommendation of the Graduate Faculty members of an academic department or unit, or interdisciplinary graduate program. It is endorsed by the Dean of the Graduate Faculty. Qualifications for appointment include a doctoral degree or accepted terminal degree in the relevant field and evidence of appropriate scholarly activity such as peer-reviewed journal publications, publication of scholarly books or book chapters, editorial activities, externally funded research grants, or the equivalent.

• For agreements endorsed by 麻豆社鈥檚 Senior Administration for establishing joint or dual-degree graduate academic programs or long-term research collaborations with domestic or international universities, visitors holding tenure-track faculty positions in any of these universities may be appointed to 麻豆社鈥檚 Graduate Faculty for a renewable term of up to five years (not exceeding the remaining term of the related agreement). The process and required qualifications are similar to those for appointing 麻豆社 Instructional Staff.

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Privileges and Responsibilities of Graduate Faculty

• All 麻豆社 Faculty members are eligible to serve as primary advisors for PhD dissertations and master鈥檚 theses and as chairpersons of PhD dissertation committees.

• Other Graduate Faculty members may have primary responsibility for delivery of graduate courses, serve on PhD dissertation and master鈥檚 thesis committees, and serve as co-advisors of master鈥檚 theses. They are not eligible to serve as primary advisors or co-advisors for PhD dissertations, or as primary advisors for master鈥檚 theses, or to chair doctoral dissertation committees, unless approved by the Graduate Faculty of the relevant academic department or unit, or interdisciplinary graduate program with subsequent endorsements by the academic Dean and the Dean of the Graduate Faculty.