2-1 Qualifications of Members
These designations are for the purposes of faculty governance only. Members of the Faculty include regular, part-time and adjunct faculty.
a. Regular faculty member: Those persons appointed to the Faculty who devote a .50 FTE effort or greater and have a written contract with a specified term of appointment, and who are not identified as key academic leaders at the institute (See item D).
b. Part-time faculty member: Those persons appointed to the Faculty who devote a .49 FTE effort or less and have a written contract with a specified term of appointment.
c. Adjunct faculty member: Those persons appointed for a term of service at the 0.0 level.
d. Key Academic leaders at the Institute: The Chairs, Deans, Associate Provost, Provost, and President serve as non voting members of the Faculty of the Institute.
e. Key Leaders of Major Affiliates: The leaders in our major clinical/academic affiliates (MGH, BWH, and SRH) are eligible to serve as non-voting affiliate faculty. Key leaders include those in positions such as directors, vice presidents, or above, who serve as leaders in disciplines for which the Institute has academic programs or for those in related disciplines with which the Institute has a collaborative interest or relationship.
f. Emeritus: Faculty members who retire and have contributed a substantial proportion of their career or have made extraordinary contributions to the Institute. Emeriti faculty are non-voting members of the faculty.