The Graduate College
REQUEST FOR EVALUATION FOR GRADUATE FACULTY STATUS
Kennesaw State University requires all faculty members teaching graduate coursework
to meet specific disciplinary or experiential requirements (e.g., advanced degree in
discipline or particularized professional expertise).
Additionally, full-time faculty
members at Kennesaw State University can apply for assessment by the corps of the
Graduate Faculty for either Provisional or Full Graduate Faculty status, conferring a
significant number of rights (such as the right to vote for or sit upon the University’s
Graduate Policies and Curriculum Committee (“GPCC”)), the faculty body ultimately
responsible for decisions of curriculum and the Faculty voice for graduate policy (please
see KSU University Handbook Section 3.8). The Graduate Faculty members in each of
the University’s colleges select two (2) members to serve on the GPCC.
Upon completing this form, please save it as a Word file (with a filename of [date][yourname]-graduatefacultystatus.doc or .docx).
Upon completion of the application, please email it to Ms. Jennifer Harb in The
Graduate College (jharb@kennesaw.edu). Please include the following with the
email:
(1) the application;
(2) a copy of the applicant’s most current CV; and
(3) any supporting documentation.
APPLICATIONS THAT ARE NOT COMPLETE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
If you have questions regarding this process, please contact The Graduate College (470
578 6046).
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APPLICATION FOR GRADUATE FACULTY STATUS
Instructions
Please determine the appropriate Graduate Faculty status for which you are applying.
Please review the criteria for each rank to ensure you are eligible. Please note that only
tenured or tenure-track full-time faculty members are eligible for Full Membership
or Provisional Membership in the Graduate Faculty.
Full – For Full appointment to the Graduate Faculty of Kennesaw State University (KSU), a
faculty member must:
 hold a full-time tenure or tenure-track position at KSU at the rank of Assistant
Professor or above,
 show evidence of effective teaching consistent with The Graduate College’s expectations
for graduate faculty, and,
 have a track record and active program of scholarship or creative activity consistent with
the Graduate College’s expectations for graduate faculty, and
 hold the relevant terminal disciplinary degree, or in unusual cases, have demonstrated
exceptional scholarly activity or professional experience. 1
Full Appointments are made for a period of five years. This is the standard graduate
appointment for all faculty who are engaged in graduate education, broadly defined by their
research and creative activity, teaching, and service to their professional communities.
Provisional – For Provisional appointment to the Graduate Faculty of KSU, a faculty member
must:
 hold a full-time tenure or tenure-track position at KSU at the rank of Assistant
Professor or above,
 have some teaching experience, or demonstrate high potential for effective teaching
consistent with The Graduate College’s expectations for early career graduate faculty, and.
 begin an active program of scholarship or creative activity consistent with The Graduate
College’s expectations for early career graduate faculty, and,
 hold the relevant terminal disciplinary degree, or in unusual cases, have demonstrated
exceptional scholarly activity or professional experience.
A Provisional Appointment is typically awarded to new faculty without an extensive record of
teaching, or who are beginning to develop a record of scholarship consistent with the college’s
expectations for early career graduate faculty. Provisional Appointments may be for a period up
to three years. At the conclusion of that appointment, the applicant may apply for Full
Appointment to the Graduate Faculty, or may, if circumstances warrant it, reapply for Provisional
Graduate Faculty status.
Clinical Professional of Practice – For appointment to the Graduate Faculty of KSU, a Clinical
Professional of Practice member must:
 hold any form of non-tenure track position at KSU (part-time, temporary, adjunct, visiting,
clinical, etc.),
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The general expectation is that those engaged in graduate education will hold the
relevant terminal degree in a discipline relevant to the course or courses the individual is
teaching, as indicated on the Academic Department’s “Course to Faculty Degree
Correlation.”
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 have some teaching experience, or demonstrate high potential for effective teaching
consistent with The Graduate College’s expectations for graduate faculty based upon
professional experience, and,
 have an active program of scholarship or creative activity consistent with The Graduate
College’s expectations for graduate faculty based upon professional experience, and,
 hold the relevant terminal disciplinary degree, or in unusual cases, have demonstrated
exceptional scholarly activity or professional experience (i.e., professionally qualified).
A Clinical Professional of Practice appointment is typically awarded to a non-tenure track
faculty member who will teach a graduate course or serve on a graduate student committee.
Clinical graduate appointments are typically made for a one (1) to three (3) year period reflecting
the assignment in the graduate domain (MS or PhD committee member, temporary teacher,
outside reviewer of graduate performance, Visiting Scholar, etc.). They may be renewed.
Appointment as a Clinical Professional of Practice does not carry the rights and privileges of Full
or Provisional membership on the Graduate Faculty (such as serving on committees limited to
Graduate Faculty members or voting on Graduate Faculty matters). However, when assigned to
a students’ graduate committee and solely in that context, they do have the right to vote as a
Member of the Graduate Faculty would.
Permission to teach graduate courses -- For appointment to the Graduate Faculty of KSU, a
faculty member must:
 hold any form of non-tenure track position at KSU (such as part-time, temporary, adjunct,
visiting, clinical),
 have some teaching experience, or demonstrate high potential for effective teaching
consistent with The Graduate College’s expectations for graduate faculty (as evidenced by
undergraduate teaching record, scholarly activity, or professional experience in a
particular area related to a course or other assignment, and
 hold the relevant terminal disciplinary degree, or in unusual cases, have demonstrated
exceptional scholarly activity or professional experience (i.e., professionally qualified).
Permission to teach graduate courses is typically granted to non-tenure track full-time faculty
or administrators, part-time faculty, and adjunct faculty, who may be reviewed for permission to
teach graduate classes or otherwise direct the experience of graduate students. It may be
granted for a period of up to three years. Approval to teach graduate courses is contingent upon
reappointment to a specified position each year during the three-year period. Permission to teach
graduate courses does not make an individual a member of the Graduate Faculty.
If an applicant is ineligible for appointment at the Full, Provisional, or Clinical ranks, she or he will
be considered for permission to teach graduate courses.
In addition to the categories identified above, the Dean of The Graduate College may, at his or
her discretion, award an applicant a one (1) year “temporary” Graduate Faculty status. This
appointment does not carry the rights and privileges of Full or Provisional membership on the
Graduate Faculty (such as serving on committees limited to Graduate Faculty members or voting
on Graduate Faculty matters). However, when assigned to a students’ graduate committee, they
do have the right to vote as a graduate faculty member in that context.
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Date: __________________
Name of Applicant: __________________
Academic Home Department: __________________
Tenure Status (please check one):
Employment Status (please check one):
Tenured
Tenure Track
Not Tenure Track
Full time
Part time
Professorial Rank (e.g., lecturer, associate professor): __________________
College of Residence: _________________
Department of Residence: ______________
Graduate Degree Program: ______________
Section 1
Academic Preparation
ACADEMIC DEGREES. Please list all academic degrees you hold by (i) type of
degree (e.g., Ph.D., D.N.S.); (ii) date awarded; (iii) major or area of study (as shown
on your transcripts); and (iv) awarding institution. Please begin with terminal
degree(s).
Degree
Ex. Ph.D.
Date Awarded
May 15, 2001
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Major/Area
Physics
Institution
Georgia Tech.
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B. Graduate courses taught during the preceding five (5) calendar years (up to ten
(10)).
Course Prefix and Number
Course Title
Ex. ACCT 9001
I Intro. to Research in Accounting
Institution
KSU
C. Publications (up to ten (10)) during the preceding five (5) calendar years
D. Presentations (up to ten (10)) during the preceding five (5) calendar years:
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Section 2
Proposed Graduate Teaching
The award of Graduate Faculty Status or permission to teach graduate courses is limited
in scope, and only permits the applicant to teach those graduate courses for which he or
she has been approved as a result of his or her application. Typically, a faculty member
is approved to teach those courses for which her or his terminal degree has been
identified as a “Qualified Faculty Degree,” and is on file with the University’s Office of
Academic Affairs.
a)
TEACHING GRADUATE COURSES
In this section, an applicant for Graduate Faculty Status should specifically identify the
graduate course or courses that he or she wishes to teach, making certain that her or his
terminal degree has been identified as by his or her academic department as a “qualified
faculty degree” for each of those courses.
If an applicant wishes to teach a course for which his or her degree is not a
“Qualified Faculty Degree,” she or he will need to supplement his or her
application by filing a “justification” (Section III) of this application.
Example: The Faculty of Coles College of Business identifies the Doctor of Business
Administration (“DBA”) among the terminal degrees qualifying a faculty member to teach
BRM 9101 (Foundations of Business Research), a doctoral-level course. In the section
below, the Faculty member would identify the course by prefix and name, and indicate
that her or his degree is considered a “qualified faculty degree” for the course.
Assume that the faculty member has also been asked if he or she would consider
teaching EDL 7600 (School Operations and Community Relations), a master’s-level
course in Bagwell College, and one focusing on the business processes of schools.
While a faculty member possessing a DBA may be highly qualified to teach the course, a
DBA is not among the degrees listed as “Qualified Faculty Degrees” for the course.
Consequently, until the Faculty of the academic department responsible for the course
identifies the DBA as a “qualified faculty degree” for teaching the course, the faculty
member would need to complete Section III (Justification) if she or he wanted to teach
EDL 7600.
If you do not know whether your degree is a “Qualified Faculty Degree” for a
particular course or courses, please check with the Chair of the Academic
Department in which the degree or program is housed.
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DIRECTIONS – Please list all graduate courses that you are requesting permission
to teach. If you do not list a course, you will not be given permission to teach it.
After obtaining Graduate Faculty status or other permission to teach graduate
courses, if you wish to amend this list to include additional courses, you may do
so.
Course Number and
Prefix
Ex: EDL 7100
b)
Course Name
Leadership Theory & Practice
Is applicant’s terminal
degree a “Qualified
Faculty Degree” for this
course?
Yes
OTHER GRADUATE INSTRUCTION
If the applicant is requesting permission to engage in other graduate
teaching/service/scholarship of an instructional nature (such as service on a dissertation
committee or supervision of a graduate research assistant), please describe that
separately:
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Section 3
Justification for Exception
This section should only be completed by faculty members who do not hold a
“Qualified Faculty Degree” (generally the terminal degree) in the discipline of the
course or courses they will be teaching.
This section permits applicants who do not have traditionally required academic
credentials to show that they have “demonstrated exceptional scholarly or creative
activity, or professional experience” conveying expertise that is equivalent to the
appropriate formal academic credentials required for graduate teaching. Please provide
justification and evidence by responding to all of prompts below in separate document.
Please note noting that a successful justification is likely several pages long.
A. Documented Evidence of Performance Competence and Success in College
Teaching:
B. Documented Evidence of Substantial and Successful Related Professional Work
Experience:
C. Documented Evidence of Recognized Certifications or Licensures Related to and
Acceptable for University Level Instruction:
D. Other Documented Evidence of Outstanding Achievement, Expertise,
Scholarship and/or Creative Activity:
E. List of Official Documentation Secured and Attached to Support the Justifications
Outlined in A-D of this Section:
F. Plans for Any Expected Limitations on or Special Supervision Related to KSU
Course Assignments:
APPROVALS SPECIFICALLY FOR GRANTING AN EXCEPTION:
For Graduate College Use Only
Position
Department Chair
College Dean
Graduate Faculty (if applicable)
Dean of the Graduate College
VPAA
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Name
Approval
Date
Approval
on File?
Dr. Charles Amlaner, Jr.
Dr. Ken Harmon
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