The University
Temple University is a comprehensive research university with its main campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The University’s degree programs are offered through seventeen academic schools and colleges. The University includes a Health Sciences Campus, the Ambler Campus, and educational centers in Center City Philadelphia and Harrisburg in addition to campuses in Tokyo, Japan, and Rome, Italy. Temple University also offers programs in Great Britain, France, and Ireland, among others.
The Carnegie Foundation has designated Temple University as a Research Extensive University, including it among the top of the nation’s universities with comprehensive curricula and nationally recognized research programs.
The History
Dr. Russell H. Conwell founded the institution in 1884, chartered as Temple College in 1888 and incorporated as Temple University in 1907. In 1965, by the Act of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Temple University became a state-related institution in the Commonwealth System of Higher Education.
1.1 Who Are Adjunct Faculty?
Adjunct faculty are persons appointed to conduct the teaching, scholarship or creative work, and/or service activities of the University on a less than full-time basis.
Recommendations for adjunct faculty appointments are normally made by the dean of the respective school and college. In a unit for which there is no dean, appointments of adjunct faculty members may be made by the unit’s director with the letter of appointment co-signed by the provost.
1.2 Adjunct Faculty Titles and Qualifications
Persons appointed as adjunct faculty members shall be appointed to one of the following titles: Adjunct Instructor, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Adjunct Associate Professor, or Adjunct Professor. Adjunct faculty whose responsibilities include the supervision of students at clinical sites or in clinical activities may be appointed as Adjunct Clinical Instructor, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, or Adjunct Clinical Professor. When used in documents or correspondence, these titles are to be used in full.
A pro bono adjunct faculty member is a professional who, for civic, charitable or humanitarian reasons, and without expectation of compensation, volunteers his/her time to teach or perform research or service for the University.
For further information on adjunct qualifications and rank, please see the Policy on Adjunct Faculty available online at https://secretary.temple.edu/policies.
1.3 Scope and Duration of an Adjunct Faculty Appointment
An adjunct faculty appointment is a part-time appointment. Except at Temple’s foreign campuses, a person cannot be appointed as an adjunct faculty member by all University units combined for more than half-time work, which is defined as (a) two courses that in a single semester may not exceed eight course credit hours of teaching, or (b) 20
hours per week of other effort over the course of a single semester defined as fall, spring, or summer (both summer semesters combined equal one semester).
All adjunct faculty appointments are initially made for one semester. Subsequently, reappointments are made on a semester-by-semester basis. In some instances, adjunct faculty appointments may be made for longer periods of time. Adjunct faculty who serve with or without compensation (defined as pro bono adjunct faculty) and whose responsibilities are supervision of students at practice or clinical sites may be appointed for twelve-month periods beginning on July 1st of each year.
1.4 Responsibilities of an Adjunct Faculty Member
Your responsibilities as an adjunct faculty member at Temple University are outlined in your letter of appointment. If your responsibilities include teaching, you are required to make arrangements to hold at least one office hour per week to see students for each course you are teaching. Adjunct faculty members must adhere to Temple University policies on Faculty Office Hours regarding posting and notifying students and administration of scheduled office hours and any cancellation of such office hours. All members of the adjunct faculty should also provide reasonable opportunities for students to reach them apart from class time and/or office hours, such as by e-mail or telephone.
As an adjunct faculty member you are required to follow other instructional policies regarding teaching, including, but not limited to the following: Policy on Academic Progress for Undergraduate Courses (Policy #02.10.15), Policy on Course Syllabi (Policy #02.78.13), and the Policy on Course and Teaching Evaluations (Policy #02.78.14). These and many other instructional policies are available online at http://policies.temple.edu.
1.5 Representing Temple as an Adjunct Faculty Member
Adjunct faculty members may use their Temple University faculty title as a form of identification in their professional or academic endeavors and are encouraged to do so in presentations, papers, publications, and other creative or scholarly works. When used in documents or correspondence, adjunct titles are to be used in full. Adjunct faculty members should not, however, use their faculty titles to purport to represent Temple University, or to seek or solicit clients, business relationships, or other economic arrangements, or to advocate or endorse causes that are not part of their University- related academic assignments.
1.6 Conflict of Interest Policy
Adjunct faculty members are expected to avoid any conflict or appearance of conflict, between their personal interest and the interests of the University in dealing with any organization or individual having, or seeking to have, any business relationship with the University or with any organization or individual whose objectives or interest may be averse to University interests. As an adjunct faculty member at Temple, you should read and abide by the policy on Conflict of Interest – Faculty (Policy #04.16.02) available online at http://policies.temple.edu or through your dean’s office.
1.7 Accessibility Statement
Temple University is committed to providing students, faculty, and staff with access to its facilities and the technology and information they need to succeed in and out of the classroom, and that these resources are accessible in accordance with applicable law.
For more information, please go to: http://www.temple.edu/about/temple-university-accessibility-statement.