There are, broadly defined, three categories of employees of the University:
faculty, administrators, and staff.
Faculty are employees who hold the academic rank of lecturer, master
lecturer, assistant instructor, instructor, assistant professor, associate
professor, professor, distinguished professor, University professor, or one of
these titles modified by clinical, research, adjunct, visiting, executive in
residence, or emeritus, e.g., clinical professor, adjunct assistant professor.
Other titles which have faculty status and academic rank are dean of
libraries, librarian, associate librarian, assistant librarian, curator,
associate curator, assistant curator, instructional development specialist I and
II, and extension specialist I, II, III, and IV. Extension specialists hold
academic rank only when they are appointed in academic units.
Administrators are employees who hold the titles assistant director,
associate director, director, assistant dean, associate dean, dean, assistant
vice chancellor, associate vice chancellor, vice chancellor, assistant
chancellor, associate chancellor, chancellor, or one of these titles modified by
the term executive. Some administrators also hold faculty rank.
Staff are all employees of the University who are not faculty or
administrators. Staff may be classified or non-classified.