Consistent with Strategic
Initiatives 1, 2 and 3 of Goal III in the President’s Strategic Plan,
and in an effort to provide Iona’s students with a diverse, high quality
and appropriately credentialed faculty, all new faculty hires will be made
in compliance with the following recommendations:
Full-Time Faculty
All new full-time faculty hires will be made at the minimum rank of Assistant
Professor following the procedure outlined below. For appointment at this
rank candidates must posses, at the time of appointment, an earned doctoral
degree or the accepted equivalent terminal degree in the field in which they
will be teaching. Those with at least four years of full-time college-level
teaching experience at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher and with
significant scholarly achievement, may be considered for appointment at a
higher rank. Ordinarily, tenure will not be transferred into the College.
When there is an immediate need for full-time faculty within a department
or program but uncertainty as to the longer-term needs, a limited of full-time
faculty may be hired on renewable term contracts for a period not to exceed
three years in total.
Part-Time Faculty
Part-time (Adjunct) faculty will be appointed at the rank of Adjunct
Instructor. For appointment at the rank of Adjunct Assistant Professor,
candidates must posses, at the time of appointment, an earned doctoral
degree or the accepted equivalent terminal degree in the field in which
they will be teaching. Those with at least five years of college-level
teaching experience at the rank of Assistant Professor or higher and with
significant scholarly or professional achievement, may be considered for
appointment at a higher rank. Candidates not possessing the appropriate
terminal qualifications will be hired at the rank of Adjunct Instructor.
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