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Visiting Scholar
Appointment Details
- Title: Visiting Scholar
- Job Class Code: 0438
- Service Period: 1-12 months
- Limitations on Appointment: No other title can be held at UW simultaneously. Visiting Scholars cannot be the instructor of record for any course. Visiting Scholars cannot have an indefinite appointment.
- Length of Appointment: Up to two years
- Eligible for Tenure: No
- Voting rights: No
- Allowed earn types - C/A
- Salary Requirements: Not eligible for UW salary
- Eligible to receive payment through purchasing.
- Full-time / Part-time: both
- Promotable: No
- Search Required: No
- Required Approvals: AHR approval not required prior to OPUS entry
New Appointment Details
- Educational/Experience Details: Must hold professorial title at another institution.
- Documentation Required:
- Offer letter from unit Chair/Director to scholar, signed by both.
- Appointment Agreement, signed
- Visa, if applicable
Promotion Details
Reappointment Details
- Eligible for reappointment up to two years only.
Separation Details
- Emeritus Eligibility: No
- Separation action needs to be entered in OPUS.
