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Level A Graduate Faculty Standing authorizes full-time, tenured, or tenure-eligible faculty to perform the following duties: 

1. Serve as thesis or dissertation director (major adviser or equivalent).
2. Serve on graduate committees.
3. Teach graduate courses.
4. Serve as a voting member of the Graduate Faculty.
5. Serve as the Graduate School representative on doctoral committees.
6. Serve on the Graduate Council.

For more information:

• Level A appointments are generally for six (6) years, with the exceptions noted in the Policy Library
• Review Level A Standing Eligibility Criteria
• Graduate Faculty Nomination -   

Level B Graduate Faculty Standing authorizes full-time or adjunct faculty and staff to perform the following duties: 

1. Serve on graduate committees.
2. Teach graduate courses.
3. Serve as a voting member of the Graduate Faculty.

For more information:

• Appointment to Level B will be for as long as the faculty or staff member remains at ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.
• Review Level B Standing Eligibility Criteria
• Graduate Faculty Nomination - 

Level C Graduate Faculty Standing authorizes full-time, adjunct or part-time faculty and staff to perform the following duties: 

1. Teach graduate courses.

For more information:

• Appointment to Level C will be for as long as the faculty or staff member remains at ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.
• Review Level C Standing Eligibility Criteria
• Graduate Faculty Nomination - 

Having a respected scholar or professional from another institution serve on a graduate examination committee can be very valuable. Therefore, an off-campus scholar who meets the criteria for Level B and Level C Graduate Faculty Standing and is nominated by the department chair may serve as a voting member of a comprehensive or final examination committee for an individual graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

Off-campus scholars serve in addition to the minimum required number of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Level A or Level B members of the Graduate Faculty. Off-campus scholars may not chair a graduate examination committee, direct theses or dissertations, or serve as the representative of the Graduate School.

• Graduate Faculty Nomination - 

When a faculty member leaves active service in the University (through either resignation or retirement), a department chair, with the approval of the Dean of the Graduate School, may authorize the individual, upon his or her request, to continue as dissertation director or thesis adviser for those ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs already in progress. The Department Chair should email the Associate Dean of the Graduate School to request permission for the resigned or retired faculty member to continue working with a specific ºÚÁÏÉçÇø.

Retired faculty members may not accept new thesis or dissertation ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs without the approval of the department chair and the Dean of the Graduate School.

Faculty who have opted for the Early Retirement Plan, but will be available for consultation with ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs on a regular basis, will be permitted to continue direction of current thesis and dissertation ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs and to accept new ºÚÁÏÉçÇøs with the approval of the department chair and the Dean of the Graduate School.

 

 

Having a respected scholar or professional from another institution serve on a graduate examination committee can be very valuable. Therefore, an off-campus scholar who meets the criteria for Level B and Level C Graduate Faculty Standing, and who is nominated by the department chair may serve as a voting member of a comprehensive or final examination committee for an individual graduate ºÚÁÏÉçÇø. Off-campus scholars serve in addition to the minimum required number of ºÚÁÏÉçÇø Level A or Level B members of the Graduate Faculty. Off-campus scholars may not chair a graduate examination committee, direct theses or dissertations, or serve as the representative of the Graduate School.