Update History

Clarified that only years spent as a member of the regular Faculty are counted towards the six-year requirement in order to be eligible for a sabbatical.

Changed the definition of Professor Emeritus to specify that an appointment of professor without tenure (retired) may be renewed. Before this change, such an appointment was normally limited to a maximum of 5 years; now the appointment is normally for 5 years and may be renewed at the discretion of the Provost and appropriate dean.

Added language to the Adjunct Associate Professor and Associate Professor of the Practice designations regarding time and pay. Appointees to these ranks are normally limited to eight years. Removed line about commitment to either of these designations being capped at 50%.

Added language to the Adjunct Professor and Professor of the Practice designations regarding time, pay, renewal, and review.

Appointees to the rank of Sr. Research Scientist, Sr. Research Engineer, and Sr. Research Associate generally are expected to raise funds to conduct research and cover their own salaries.

Updated the vacation policy to align Sponsored Research Staff Appointments with other benefited staff at the Institute.

Made minor change to wording of the definition of Senior Lecturer.

The expense for a layoff of a long-service employee in absence of notice should be drawn from funds administered by the department.

Added 'date of birth' and 'any honors and awards received' to the list of directory information about students.

Tenured faculty on sabbatical leave must report their outside professional activities to their department heads annually.

Removed text indicating that the smallest fraction of a year in calculating years ofservice for faculty is a full term.

Postdoctoral and Senior Postdoctoral Associate appointees must report their outside professional activities to their department heads annually.

All proposals to use MIT's name or other identification should be submitted to the Technology Licensing Office. Proposals dealing with using the name or identification for the purpose of press conferences and public announcements should be submitted to the Technology Licensing Office and the News Office.

Clarified that full-time adjunct associate professors and associate professors of the practice may be granted consulting privileges on an ongoing basis with approval of their department head and the School Dean.

Added the rank of Staff Affiliate to the types of academic research staff appointments.

Added two additional criteria to the list of directory information.  Made several changes in wording to reflect that the Committee on Student Information Policy is an advisory committee to the Chancellor and Deans for Undergraduate Education, Student Life, and Graduate Education.

Repaired link to Rules and Regulations of the Faculty.

Corrected typo in header.

Updated the vacation policy for full-time postdoctoral associates.

Updated the vacation policy with regard to administrative staff to match the Personnel Policy Manual.

Updated the vacation policy to align Technical Instructors with other benefited staff at the Institute.

Changed the wording to stress that support staff positions are not exempt from the FLSA and are entitled to overtime pay. Also, updated the approval process for requesting to fill support staff positions. (The process is determined by the department.)

Changed the wording to indicate that requests to fill service staff positions follow the approval process under the collective bargaining agreement.