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SACS CRITERIA FOR ACCREDITATION

Minimum Standards for Hiring Faculty

NSU employs competent faculty members qualified to accomplish the mission and goals of the

institution. When determining acceptable qualifications of its faculty, NSU gives primary

consideration to the highest earned degree in the discipline in accordance with the guidelines listed

below. NSU also considers competence, effectiveness, and capacity, including as appropriate,

undergraduate and graduate degrees, related work experiences in the field, professional licensure and

certifications, honors and awards, continuous documented excellence in teaching, or other

demonstrated competencies and achievements that contribute to effective teaching and student

learning outcomes. For all cases, the institution is responsible for justifying and documenting the

qualifications of its faculty. (Department heads are responsible for ensuring that the faculty member

meets the credential guidelines established by the Commission on Colleges or furnish a portfolio

providing rationale for an exception).

Faculty teaching general education courses at the undergraduate level: doctor’s or master’s degree in

the teaching discipline or master’s degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (a

minimum of 18 semester hours in the teaching discipline).

Faculty teaching associate degree courses designed for transfer to a baccalaureate degree: doctor’s or

master’s degree in the teaching discipline or master’s degree with a concentration in the teaching

discipline (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline).

Faculty teaching associate degree courses not designed for transfer to the baccalaureate degree:

bachelor’s degree in the teaching discipline, or associate’s degree and demonstrated competencies in

the teaching discipline.

Faculty teaching baccalaureate courses: doctor’s or master’s degree in the teaching discipline or

master’s degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (minimum 18 graduate semester

hours in the teaching discipline). At least 25 percent of the discipline course hours in each

undergraduate major are taught by faculty members holding the terminal degree—usually the earned

doctorate—in the discipline.

Faculty teaching graduate and post-baccalaureate course work: earned doctorate/terminal degree in

the teaching discipline or a related discipline.

July 2007

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