RESOLUTION
UNIVERSITY SENATE
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer

WHEREAS, Auburn University currently has “instructor” faculty that have a maximum five year appointment;

WHEREAS, there is a need to provide term appointments to instructional faculty that accommodate a major undergraduate credit load;

WHEREAS, such non-tenure term appointed faculty will have full-time status and be reviewed on an annual basis;

BE IT RESOLVED, that Auburn University Office of the Provost will establish the faculty title of lecturer/senior lecturer and appoint a faculty committee chaired by the Associate Provost to establish the procedures to hire, evaluate, and terminate faculty members in these positions.