Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof. ) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries.
- ProfessorIn the United States, the term academic is approximately synonymous with that of the job title professor although in recent decades a growing number of institutions include librarians in the category of "academic staff".
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List of academic ranks
0 linksRank of a scientist or teacher in a college, high school, university or research establishment.
Rank of a scientist or teacher in a college, high school, university or research establishment.
The list of academic ranks below identifies the hierarchical ranking structure found amongst scholars and personnel in academia.
Professor
Scholar
0 linksPerson who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study.
Person who pursues academic and intellectual activities, particularly academics who apply their intellectualism into expertise in an area of study.
A scholar can also be an academic, who works as a professor, teacher, or researcher at a university.
Academic ranks in the United States
0 linksAcademic ranks in the United States are the titles, relative importance and power of professors, researchers, and administrative personnel held in academia.
Professor ("Full Professor", i.e., the destination of the "tenure track," upon exhausting all promotions other than those of special distinction)