Academic & Student Services
Teaching Academic Staff in the UW System
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The University of Wisconsin System Teaching Academic Staff In the UW System |
The University of Wisconsin System differs from most other universities and colleges in that its non-tenure-track instructors and researchers are not faculty. By state statute in Wisconsin, the "legal faculty" consists only of those hired with tenure or in tenure-track positions. In order to be tenured, a faculty member must have an appointment of at least half-time. The non-tenure-track instructors are categorized as academic staff, a group of employees separate from the faculty with its own set of personnel policies and procedures. There has been an increase in the use of such instructional staff across the nation. The proportion of instructional academic staff (IAS) at most institutions in the UW System has increased from an average of 15% of the FTE instructional staff in 1987, to about 23% in 1997.
This report focuses on the instructional academic staff and those research academic staff whose responsibilities include teaching students in the UW System.
- Executive Summary (pdf format)(38 kb)
- Contents (pdf format)(10 kb)
- Final Report (pdf format)(275 kb)
- Appendices 5 and 7 (pdf format)(58 kb)
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updated August, 8 1998