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  2. Letter of recommendation - Wikipedia

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    A letter of recommendation or recommendation letter, also known as a letter of reference, reference letter, or simply reference, is a document in which the writer assesses the qualities, characteristics, and capabilities of the person being recommended in terms of that individual's ability to perform a particular task or function.

  3. Academic ranks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, Assistant Professor has been the usual entry-level rank for faculty on the "tenure track", although this depends on the institution and the field.Then, promotion to the rank of Associate Professor and later Professor (informally, "Full Professor") indicates that significant work has been done in research, teaching and institutional service.

  4. List of academic ranks - Wikipedia

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    Assistant professor (ċŠİ理ĉ•™ĉŽˆ) (assistant professor and above are mainly for people who hold a PhD degree. Some are promoted to this rank by distinctive industrial performance.) Lecturer; Adjunct professor; Adjunct associate professor; Adjunct assistant professor (According to the contract work, and less welfare. Usually 1 to 2 years ...

  5. Academic ranks in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Teaching stream (assistant professor, teaching stream; associate professor, teaching stream; and professor, teaching stream): These relatively new designations are used at only some institutions. The defining attribute of these designations is the high teaching requirement, in exchange for less research, and higher expectations for teaching ...

  6. Academic tenure - Wikipedia

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    Positions with titles such as instructor, lecturer, adjunct professor, research professor etc. do not carry the possibility of tenure, have higher teaching loads (other than maybe the research positions), have less influence within the institution, lower compensation with few or no benefits (see adjunct professor), and little protection of ...

  7. Lecturer - Wikipedia

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    The position is equivalent to assistant professor in the US system. The term is not universally applied, with some universities preferring the lecturer/reader/professor titles, while others work with the assistant professor/associate professor/professor title. As such, most lecturers' position can be considered tenure track.

  8. Assistant professor - Wikipedia

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    A typical professorship sequence is assistant professor, associate professor, and full professor in order. After seven years, if successful, assistant professors can get tenure and also get promotion to associate professor. [5] There is high demand for vacant tenure-track assistant professor positions, often with hundreds of applicants.

  9. Professors in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The term "professors" in the United States refers to a group of educators at the college and university level.In the United States, while "Professor" as a proper noun (with a capital "P") generally implies a position title officially bestowed by a university or college to faculty members with a PhD or the highest level terminal degree in a non-academic field (e.g., MFA, MLIS), [citation needed ...