UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH POLICY  \  02-02-13



CATEGORY:                  ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
SECTION:                   Faculty Appointment and Tenure
SUBJECT:                   Graduate Faculty Qualifications
EFFECTIVE DATE:            July 5, 1988
PAGE(S):                   2


I.      SCOPE

        This policy establishes the qualifications for:

        -    Membership in the Graduate Faculty

        -    Teaching graduate courses

        -    Serving on doctoral dissertation committees

II.     POLICY

        Regular membership in the Graduate Faculty may be recommended
        for:

        -    Full-time or tenure-stream part-time members of the
             University faculty

        -    Academic staff with faculty status, who are approved to
             direct graduate study and research at all levels

        Adjunct membership may be recommended for persons:

        -    Whose primary responsibilities are outside the
             University, but who hold a part-time faculty appointment

        -    Approved to direct graduate study and research at all
             levels

        The primary qualification for membership in the Graduate
        Faculty is the competence to direct graduate study and
        research at all levels.  Therefore, each nomination for
        membership should include documentation of the candidate's
        experience in:

        -    Research

        -    Teaching of graduate level courses

        -    Supervision of graduate research

        -    Scholarly publications

        -    Professional employment

        The completion of a doctoral dissertation is not in itself
        sufficient evidence of qualification, nor does the lack of a
        doctorate automatically exclude a faculty member.

        Appropriately qualified faculty members who are not members of
        the Graduate Faculty may be assigned by their chairman, with
        the approval of the Graduate Faculty of the department, to:

        -    Teach graduate courses

        -    Direct master's level research

        -    Serve on doctoral dissertation committees, provided that
             a majority of the committee are Graduate Faculty
             members.

        Candidates for advance degrees, especially those seeking a
        degree from the University of Pittsburgh:

        -    Do not qualify for membership on doctoral dissertation
             committees

        -    Should not serve on Masters committees except in
             exceptional circumstances

        -    Should not be assigned the responsibility for teaching
             graduate courses, except in a few professional areas,
             under supervision of a member of the Graduate Faculty