Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF)

All Non-Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) academic appointments at the University of Oregon fall within the set of unclassified appointments.  There are three kinds of unclassified appointments at the UO: officers of instruction, officers of research, and officers of administration.  NTTF fall only in the two faculty classifications of officers of instruction and officers of research.  All NTTF are considered to be members of the UO faculty and are afforded professional and social standing in the University community commensurate with faculty status and the duties and responsibilities of their appointments.  

The role of non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) in a research university like the UO is a topic of intense discussion across the U.S.  The issues are complex, and often perplexing, as universities work through the intersection of missions, costs, status and standing, egalitarian instincts versus academic hierarchy, and many other matters, all of which affect higher education in general and the UO specifically. 

The purpose of this section of the web is to provide a comprehensive description of this institution's policies, procedures, and practices that define and affect the appointment and employment of non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) at the University of Oregon.