Such an appointee would carry a title modified to reflect the actual professorial rank, e.g. Albert J. Francis Associate Professor of Advertising Associate professors of exceptional promise may also be appointed to developmental appointments, and this typically may be the more appropriate approach. An assistant professor may not be appointed to a named professorship. A number of developmental named appointments are specifically intended to support the work of exceptionally promising associate and assistant professors. The term of appointment is short, rarely longer than two or three years and sometimes as short as a summer. The associated income is normally provided in its entirety to the faculty member as an allowance, although other arrangements are within the latitude of departmental policy, subject to the provisions of the gift agreement and review at the next administrative level.
Developmental appointments are non-renewable after promotion to indefinite tenure.
The title may vary, depending on the terms of the gift agreement and the available income. Some named chairs, professorships, and faculty fellowships have been established at the college level for recognition of members either anywhere in the college or in a set of related disciplines. Several chairs and professorships have been endowed at the campus level with the intent of allowing the campus to recognize faculty members without any restriction concerning discipline. When a chair is awarded to a person already on the faculty, campus policy is to apply the income in thirds, with at least one third used to provide a salary increment to the appointee, a second third used to provide an allowance, and the final third used to relieve a portion of the appointee's existing salary. If a new appointment is made from the outside, campus policy is to apply one third to an allowance and two thirds to salary.