Use of the term "Adjunct Professor"

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Many institutions, such as mine, omit the "lecturer" and "senior lecturer" positions and have the ranks of Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor for full-time faculty. Titles for adjuncts vary widely among institutions. We use three titles for our part-time faculty: Adjunct Instructor, Senior Adjunct Instructor and Adjunct Professor. The number of units taught is what determines adjunct rank (full-time rank has additional requirements).

 

I have seen Canadian universities use Adjunct in combination with typical Professor ranks, i.e.:

Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Associate Professor
Adjunct Assistant Professor

This recognizes the rank without the tenure.

 

I'd like to propose a new title:

Assistant to the Associate, Part-time, Adjunct Instructor.

Now there's a title you could be proud of.