Academic Appointments and Titles

Policy number: 
06.002
Policy description: 

In furtherance of its commitment to recruiting and retaining a highly qualified and diverse faculty in support of academic excellence, UNT uses a standardized process for making faculty appointments and for assigning titles across all units. All faculty appointments shall be made and titles assigned in accordance with this policy.

Policy owner: VP for Academic Affairs
Policy contact: 
Angie Cartwright
Asst. Vice Provost, Faculty Success
Faculty Success
Applies to: 
Faculty
Date Issued: 
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Cross-References: 

Last updated: 

Date: 
07/27/2023
Action: 
Revision
Comments: 
Non-process/non-substantive revision. Policy was updated to reflect UNT's adoption of "Professional Faculty" designation; replaces the outgoing "Non-Tenure Track Faculty" designation.
Date: 
05/21/2019
Action: 
Revision
Comments: 
The title definitions were deleted from the policy to provide Faculty Affairs the ability to add, delete, or revise titles as necessary.
Date: 
09/05/2017
Action: 
New Policy
Comments: 
Created to define academic appointments and titles for university uniformity purposes and to deter the creation of unapproved unit-specific titles. Effective 09/05/2017