Professional research personnel are members of the General Faculty; they are not, however, members of the Academic Senate, nor are they eligible for tenure. While research personnel are subject to many of the general hiring and promotion criteria for instructional faculty, there are significant differences.

The four counterpart ranks for instructional and research members of the General Faculty are as indicated below.

Instructional Faculty             Research Faculty

Instructor                                 Research Scientist I

Assistant Professor              Research Scientist II

Associate Professor             Senior Research Scientist

Professor                               Principal Research Scientist

Note: The term "Scientist" is used to indicate the appropriate designation--Engineer, Scientist, Technologist, or Associate.