Common use of Visiting Faculty Appointments Clause in Contracts

Visiting Faculty Appointments. In accordance with NIU guidelines, individuals who meet NIU Board of Trustees and academic department criteria for appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor may be appointed to a non-tenure track position in a "Visiting" capacity. Individuals who receive Visiting appointments must possess the appropriate terminal degree for the discipline. Visiting appointments have an anticipated term of two years or less. Visiting Faculty may be excluded from the Instructors’ bargaining unit under one of the following conditions: a. Replacement for a specific tenured or tenure-track faculty member temporarily on leave; b. To fill a tenure-track position pending completion of a search; c. Hiring a scholar, artist, or professional with special expertise or acclaim; d. Exclusions cited in IELRB Case #92-RC-0029-C. To remain excludable from the Instructors’ bargaining unit, a Visiting Faculty appointment exceeding two years in duration must involve duties that include specialized research and service expectations associated with the ranked faculty appointments of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. Visiting Faculty appointments (excluded from the bargaining unit) should not exceed two years. When a Visiting Faculty appointment does not meet the exclusionary conditions described above, the Instructor designation should be used instead. Teaching loads for Visiting Faculty that would result in a 50 percent or greater appointment will be considered to qualify the individual for inclusion in the bargaining unit after the second year of employment as long as these appointments are also consistent with the unit description. The title for individuals in these situations would then change to "Instructor," although the University may allow them to continue to use the nomenclature "Visiting Professor" in correspondence and curriculum vitae. By September 15 of each year, NIU will inform UPI of any Visiting Faculty appointments of 50% time or more that are excluded from the bargaining unit by the above criteria.