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Handbook Section K PART-TIME FACULTY POSITIONS Earlham has two types of part-time positions, regular and adjunct. They differ in responsibilities, compensation levels, benefits eligibility, and eligibility for continuing contracts and tenure. Regular Part-time Faculty These faculty include administrators who work 3/4 time or more, and teaching faculty whose total workload equals 3/4 time or more (even if their teaching load alone is only 1/2 time or more). Such faculty are defined by Earlham as full-time for benefits purposes. Regular part-time faculty are assigned their fractional share of full time faculty responsibilities as outlined in this handbook. Regular part-time teaching faculty will be eligible for contract renewal, and for consideration for tenure (for their appropriate fractional portion of a full time position) no later than their tenth year at Earlham and no earlier than their 6th. Adjunct Teaching Faculty Adjunct faculty are those who work less than 3/4 time. They are compensated on a per-course rate and, depending on their individual arrangement with the College, may assume some additional departmental and advising responsibilities. They are not expected, however, to assume a full fractional share of wider College responsibilities. They may serve on committees and participate in faculty meetings but these are not required. Adjuncts are not eligible for benefits provided for full time faculty, and are not eligible for consideration for tenure. Earlham has two types of adjunct faculty positions, continuing and temporary. They differ in that continuing adjuncts occupy ongoing funded positions, and are therefore eligible for annual renewal of contracts, pending satisfactory performance reviews. Temporary adjuncts are employed because of a particular need in a given year, but which may not be a continuing need in future years. Unless new arrangements have been made, temporary adjunct contracts will expire and not be renewable at the end of their specified term. Part-time Administrative Faculty Part-time administrative faculty are considered parallel to adjunct teaching faculty although they are of course not compensated by reference to courses. All other provisions apply. Combinations of Adjunct Positions Positions other than regular part-time, added together, do not constitute full time employment for benefits purposes. If a part time faculty member accepts another part time position at the College, benefits are provided only if one or the other of the positions is already full time for benefits purposes. The purpose of this policy is to allow current part-time faculty members to compete fairly for positions which may have a compensation limit. It is meant also to protect budget centers that employ part-time faculty from having their expenses rise due to factors over which they have no control. |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |