She pointed out that while women were entering science in numbers comparable to men, they were not breaking into senior faculty ranks in the same proportion.

After retiring as president, he had the title of institute professor, the university's highest faculty rank, which he held from 1962 to 1971.

Richardson was promoted to librarian with faculty rank in 1884, and again in 1888 to associate professor.

Regents Professor is the highest faculty rank bestowed at the university, an honor reserved for the top 3% of scholars.

In parallel with tenure-track faculty ranks, there are assistant and associate research professor positions.

Across the country, women are entering the lowest faculty ranks in numbers almost equal to men - about 45 percent of assistant professors are women.

Among faculty ranks, assistant professors got the biggest raises, 4.8 percent, the report said.

Minorities and women have made little progress in breaking into the faculty ranks of the Ivy League, according to a new report.

There are four faculty ranks lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor.

Years of budget cuts have reduced the faculty ranks and raised class sizes.