New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter V - State University of New York › Subchapter B - Policies of the Board of Trustees › Part 326 - Definitions › Section 326.1 - Terms

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
As used in these policies, unless otherwise specified, the
					 following terms shall mean:
(a)
				  University. State University of New York.
(b) Board of trustees. The board of trustees
				  of State University of New York.
(c) Chancellor. The chancellor of State
				  University of New York.
(d)
				  College. A State-operated institution of State University of New
				  York.
(e) Contract college. A
				  statutory or contract college of State University of New York.
(f) Community college. A locally sponsored
				  two-year college established under article 126 of the Education Law.
(g) Council. A council for a college as
				  provided for by section 356  of the Education Law and the board of
				  trustees of the State University College of Environmental Science and Forestry
				  as provided for by section 6003  of the Education Law.
(h) Chief administrative officer. The head of
				  a college or contract college, as the case may be, whether called president,
				  dean, provost, director or otherwise.
(i) Academic staff. The staff comprised of
				  those persons having academic rank or qualified academic rank.
(j) Academic rank. Rank held by those members
				  of the professional staff having the titles of professor, associate professor,
				  assistant professor, instructor, and assistant instructor, including geographic
				  full-time faculty members having such titles, and rank held by members of the
				  professional staff having the titles of librarian, associate librarian, senior
				  assistant librarian, and assistant librarian. A geographic full-time faculty
				  member is a person serving on the faculty of a medical center who is not
				  employed on a full-time basis for the purpose of fixing compensation payable by
				  the State but all of whose professional services and activities are conducted
				  at the medical center or its affiliated hospitals and are available to the
				  State on a full-time basis for clinical and instructional purposes.
(k) Qualified academic rank. Rank held by
				  those members of the academic staff having titles of lecturer, or titles of
				  academic rank preceded by the designations "clinical" or "visiting" or other
				  similar designations.
(l)
				  Professional employee. Professional employee shall mean an employee in the
				  professional services negotiating unit, other than an employee with academic or
				  qualified academic rank.
(m)
				  Academic employee. Academic employee shall mean an employee in the professional
				  services negotiating unit with academic or qualified academic rank.
(n) Professional staff. All persons occupying
				  positions designated by the chancellor as being in the unclassified
				  service.
(o) Professional title.
				  Professional title shall mean the title of a position in the professional
				  services negotiating unit, other than a position of academic or qualified
				  academic rank, as shown on the budget certificate for the position on file with
				  the State Director of the Budget.
(p) Qualified professional title. Qualified
				  professional title shall mean a professional title that is preceded by the
				  designation "special".