A faculty is all the teaching staff of a university or college, or of one department. The faculty agreed on a change in the requirements How can faculty improve their teaching so as to encourage creativity? eminent Stanford faculty members
instructors of higher education course work; a group term: one college teacher is "a member of the faculty"
Privilege or permission, granted by favor or indulgence, to do a particular thing; authority; license; dispensation
The academic staff of a Business School or University are its faculty There will be a group of full time faculty plus part time or visiting staff Full time faculty who are permanent staff - may be described as tenured Some senior and or particularly distinguished faculty will be Professors The nature of professorial titles differs around the world The American model has full professors and also Assistant as well as Associate Professors Elsewhere - excepting where the American model has been adopted - there are usually only full professors - who have achieved significant status in their areas of work mainly through their research Some visiting faculty may also have the professorial title - either because they have it in their own institution or because the institution at which they are a visitor has awarded it to them
For administrative purposes, it has been traditional for universities to combine various disciplines into groups, each group known as a faculty In many cases the composition of disciplines within faculties have tended to be similar among universities For example, one university may have a faculty entitled "The Faculty of Arts" and another "The Faculty of Arts and Sciences" The naming and composition of faculties is an internal decision made by each university For large universities the composition of a faculty may be quite discipline-specific whereas for smaller universities the composition of the faculties may cover a range of distinct but disparate disciplines In the case of Central queensland University there are five (5) distinct faculties: Faculty of Arts, Health and Sciences; Faculty of Business and Law; Faculty of Education and Creative Arts; Faculty of Informatics and Communication; and James Goldston Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems
A grouping of award and non-award courses for administrative purposes Faculties in 1994 were: Name Abbreviation Changed name 1994 Business Commerce and Economics Design Education Engineering and Surveying Eng and Surv Humanities and Social Sciences Hum and Soc Sc Law Medicine and Pharmacy Nursing Science and Technology Science and Tech Visual and Performing Arts Vis and Perf Arts
The scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff
The faculty are the teaching and research staff of a Business School Some - the more senior and accompished - carry the Professor title In some Schools , e g in America, there are Assistant, Associate and full Professors - in increasing order of seniority/accompishment Elsewhere - excepting where the American model has been adopted - there are usually only full Professors - who have achieved significant status in their areas of work mainly through their research Some visiting faculty may also have the professorial title - either because they have it in their own institution or because the institution at which they are a visitor has awarded it to them
There are several definitions of faculty Those of primary concern to the College of Agriculture are general faculty and Faculty General faculty includes anyone that is considered appointed personnel (e g , not classified staff); examples are tenure, continuing, year to year, adjunct, or non-tenure eligible) Faculty (without modifier) generally means teaching faculty (tenure track)