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University of Pittsburgh Bylaws Chapter II: The Faculty
Includes:
Article I. Membership
Article II. Academic Tenure: Purposes and Obligations
Article III. General Policies of Appointment and Tenure
Article IV. Full-Time Tenured or Tenure-Stream Faculty
Article V. Part-Time Tenured or Tenure-Stream Faculty
Article VI. Full- and Part-Time Appointment-Stream Faculty
Distinguished Professorships and Endowed Chair Appointments
Includes:
General Criteria and Definitions:
University Professor
Distinguished Professor
Distinguished Service Professor
Endowed Chair
Emeritus/Emerita Status
Includes:
Procedure for Emeritus/Emerita Status
Emeritus/Emerita Recognition
Faculty Reviews and Appeals Principles and Procedures
Graduate Faculty
Includes:
Qualifications for Membership in the Graduate Faculty
Procedure for Nomination
Appointment to the Graduate Faculty
Reduction in Length of Faculty Contracts
Retired Faculty
Includes:
University Responsibilities
Faculty Responsibilities
Permanent Reduction of Employment
Planning for Retirement
Third Term and Session Appointments
Transfer of Faculty from Tenure-Stream Appointments to Appointments Outside the Tenure Stream
Includes:
Type A — Temporary Transfer Out of the Tenure Stream
Type B — Permanent Transfer Out of the Tenure Stream
See also Type E — COVID-19 Related Pause on Tenure Consideration