KCTCS Board of Regents Policies

2.1 Kentucky Community and Technical College System Definition of Faculty, Faculty Rank, and Faculty Titles

The faculty is comprised of all employees holding faculty rank. Specific employment status categories are described in Board of Regents Policy 2.0.

2.1.1 Definition of Faculty, Faculty Rank, and Faculty Titles

The Faculty of a college shall consist of the following: full-time ranked faculty who teach; fulltime ranked librarians; full-time ranked counselors; and other full-time personnel who have faculty rank, tenure, or faculty contract status in the college.

All other administrative or professional personnel shall be considered non faculty in terms of this policy.

Within the limits established by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System Procedures and the Rules of the Senate, the faculty members of each college shall determine the educational policies of that college.

A ranked faculty member is a full-time employee of the college who has been appointed to a regular academic rank: Instructor, Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor; and others that are equivalent to the recognized ranks.