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Faculty Terminology

American Indian/Alaskan Native – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America)
who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment.

Asian – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example,
Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Average Salaries – The CHE follows the IPEDS policy of adjusting salaries to a reflect a nine-month contract basis. For faculty with contract terms

over nine months, salaries are adjusted by the rate of the contract term over 9. Full-time medical faculty with annual salaries below $40,000,
part-time faculty, and faculty with contract terms less than nine months are removed from salary calculations.

Black/African American – An American of African, and especially of black African, descent.

Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) – A numerical classification and standard terminology for higher education instructional programs
provided by the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES). Individual programs are designated by a six digit code and general
academic disciplines are identified by the first two digits of the six digit code.

Faculty – The CHE follows the IPEDS definition which states institutions should identify faculty as staff whose initial assignments are made for the

purpose of conducting instruction, research or public service as a principal activity (or activities). Faculty may hold academic rank titles or
they may hold administrative positions. The designation of faculty does not need to reflect the current duties assigned to the individual.

Faculty Rank – Faculty rank is assigned to individuals by institutions. The CHE tracks the following five levels of ranked faculty: professor,
associate professor, assistant professor, lecturer, or instructor.

Full-Time, Teaching Faculty – These faculty are a subset of the total faculty and include only those faculty members the institution designates as

having teaching or instruction as their current principal activity.

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